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The Border (1980)
Slow but not a yawner
I watched this movie ages ago and rewatched it yesterday. Honestly, the only thing I remembered was Telly Savalas in it. The opening is fairly exciting, but after that, we go towards slow motion. No doubt there are faster ways to introduce characters and to make the position of our hero clear.
We have it all: bad guys (even a corrupt police chief), lovely innocents, some (hard) action and even gore (the slaughterhouse). And an abrupt ending... I vaguely remember that in the good old days that happened quite often (budgettary or other reasons).
Telly Savalas does an adequate job, masculine chest included, but it's a pity that in large sections of the movie he is absent (probably the budget again).
Too slow to really call it an action movie, but I didn't get bored!