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Sunday in the Country Reviews

1975
1 hr 30 mins
R

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Ernest Borgnine plays an isolated farmer who takes the law into his own hands when his premises are invaded by killers on the lam. Michael J. Pollard, Hollis McLaren. Dinelli: Louis Zorich. Ackerman: Cec Linder. Luke: Vladimir Valenta. Eddie: Tim Henry. Sergeant: Al Waxman. Conway: Murray Westgate. John Trent directed.

Not the type of Sunday outing one would expect, as Borgnine plays a peaceful farmer whose quest for revenge against a band of murderers leads to some most cruel torture scenes. Somehow the film maintains that Borgnine is in the right in a very distorted manner. This one should set gun-toting vigilantes' hearts pounding. Advertising for the picture compared it with STRAW DOGS (1971), but it bears a closer resemblance to Ingmar Bergman's THE VIRGIN SPRING (1959). Funds for filming were provided in part by the Canadian Film Development Corporation.