Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Release Date: 08/28/2001
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 5.1/1
Run Time: 125 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
Doc Levy (
Roy Scheider) is an American secret agent who has been running interference between the U.S. government and escaped Nazi war criminal
Szell (
Laurence Olivier). Believing that
Doc has stolen a valuable cache of gems,
Szell emerges from his South American hiding place and heads for New York. He has
Doc killed, then kidnaps
Doc's in-the-dark brother,
Babe (
Dustin Hoffman). Repeating the phrase "Is it safe?" over and over,
Szell, a onetime concentration camp dentist, tries to extract information from
Babe by performing sadistic "oral surgery" upon him.
Babe, who still doesn't know about the gems, escapes, breaking his own self-imposed rule of nonviolence to defend himself against his pursuers and gearing up for sadistic revenge.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
