Not sure why this film doesn't get better ratings. It really is a great movie with a great (and very realistic) story line.
The acting is superb (especially Bruce Dern) along with the action scenes which are as good or better than anything you'd see today... and it was done without CGI!
The story is basically about a terrorist organization that believes the US is on the wrong side of the Palestine/Israel feud and seeks to punish Americans until they change sides. Pretty basic modes-operandi that we've been dealing with forever: "If you don't help us we will kill you." Some bargain... :\
Anyway, the locations for the film are very impressive including an actual football game and other public locations where most of the "extras" were real people who didn't know what was going on... as Frankenheimer was known to do.
If you've ever seen the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises", the plot line and ending are suspiciously similar to "Black Sunday."
The only reason I give it 9 stars instead of 10 was that some of the visual effects near the end of the film were a little low-budget and cheesy and the final moment was a little underwhelming and anti-climactic. Even without the use of today's CGI wizardry, I think they could have done a bit better especially given the incredible action sequences up to that point.
Anyway, this is a great film and a good reminder that there are always evil monsters out there ready to do horrible things to innocent people just to get their way.
The acting is superb (especially Bruce Dern) along with the action scenes which are as good or better than anything you'd see today... and it was done without CGI!
The story is basically about a terrorist organization that believes the US is on the wrong side of the Palestine/Israel feud and seeks to punish Americans until they change sides. Pretty basic modes-operandi that we've been dealing with forever: "If you don't help us we will kill you." Some bargain... :\
Anyway, the locations for the film are very impressive including an actual football game and other public locations where most of the "extras" were real people who didn't know what was going on... as Frankenheimer was known to do.
If you've ever seen the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises", the plot line and ending are suspiciously similar to "Black Sunday."
The only reason I give it 9 stars instead of 10 was that some of the visual effects near the end of the film were a little low-budget and cheesy and the final moment was a little underwhelming and anti-climactic. Even without the use of today's CGI wizardry, I think they could have done a bit better especially given the incredible action sequences up to that point.
Anyway, this is a great film and a good reminder that there are always evil monsters out there ready to do horrible things to innocent people just to get their way.