You would think a movie with such an all-star cast as Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw(in his very last role), Linda Evans(from that DYNASTY show), and footballer Joe Namath might be more well-remembered. I had never heard of this until recently and after watching it I can kinda understand why. The filmmakers here seem to be trying to mix a disaster film with an espionage/spy flick. The disaster elements are really secondary though and the titular avalanche is done with halfway through the film. The secret agent stuff about transporting Shaw, who's a Russian defector(his actual voice is oddly dubbed over), is also fairly lackluster and manages to make whatever action scenes there are pretty unexciting. On a positive note though horror/exploitation fans get to see the great David Hess actually do some acting outside of the usual roles he was given, so at least there's that.
Wow, what a lack luster trailer. Publicity stills, shaking, tilting, and probably the highlight from the avalanche vfx. Not going to convince anyone to see it.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's almost like they put as little effort as possible into promoting this.
DeleteYeah, I often think that they put together a movie, decide it's not very good, choose not to put any effort into marketing it, and when it bombs, they say, "See, we knew it would fail." Self-defeating.
ReplyDeleteI think in this case the film seems like it was doomed before it was even completed. Director Mark Robson and star Robert Shaw both died before filming was done.
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