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But it's not just that rickety bridge where there are a lot of tense moments.

But there are also some other moments involving some people who actually live in the mountains that was actually kind of reminiscent of Deliverance without the rape.

That may be a little bit of a spoiler, but still these perceived hillbillies who live in these Oregon woods and much to the chagrin of the prisoners, as well as the prison guards who are watching over them, including Laytender, who's played by George Burgess, and Amos, who's played by Sam Hazeldine.

They also have some tricks up their sleeve, and also there's that deal about these people who are carrying gold bricks along this poor stretch of Oregon, and their means of survival.

the idea that the movie subverted some other people's ideas that this was going to be another paper moon.

But it also has some things in common with a lot of films from the 70s, particularly those starring Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty and Burt Reynolds.

I mentioned Deliverance previously.

And Ethan Hawke comes off probably a bit more like John Voight's characters during some of the movies that he did in the 60s and 70s.

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And it's using modern indie film techniques with like a very 70s ethos, which I really appreciated.

I mean, you might also think of like Deliverance because they're in the woods.

But I really enjoyed it.

I think sort of tonally it's a little confused.

Set during the Great Depression, The Wait follows a father sent to a brutal war camp and offered one dangerous chance to win his freedom and return to his daughter.

McKinley shot the film in the punishing conditions of the Bavarian forest, drawing inspiration from the character-driven adventure films of the 70s, Sorcerer, Deliverance, and Jeremiah Johnson.

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And he sent me, he said, it's not Sorcerer.

He said, it's Deliverance.

That's what it's more like.

It's very involving.

But a lot of people have compared it to those great kind of survival adventures of the '70s like, um, Southern Comfort and Sorcerer and Deliverance and, and that's right in my wheelhouse.

So I really love this, the kind of small-scale movie for grown-ups that really rewards being seen on a big screen with a crowd.

So, um, high recommend from me.