DECENT COVER

Hitchcock's version of the classic oldie brings us few new things, but also doesn't fall far behind from the original. Story about a family that's being dragged into an assassination plot in Mexico that goes terribly wrong is always up-to-date, especially when mixed with a mysterious dash of Orient. Stewart and Day do their work in a correct manner, and so does the great Alfred behind the cameras. Ending will go on to be a little bit tacky, but that is expected since this is after all a movie for the entire family.

„The man who knew too much” is an average oldie which means it is a decent movie overall.

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH – 5/10

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GREAT CONCEPT

There are intellectual thrillers and then there are Alfred Hitchcock's intellectual thrillers! Being the guy that invented the entire genre, the famous director tries and produces one of his best works in a intertwined story about a perfect murder scheme created by the random meeting in a train. Basic plot so simple that it's genius will go on to produce some of the genre's best concepts and a dramatic finale that will justify the director's reputation for making immaculate crime stories for the big screen.

„Strangers on a train” is a great movie in any era, a perfect crime story that stood the test of time and a homework for the generations of movie creators that followed it.

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN – 8/10

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