Mirage

The first half an hour looks very promising and will probably intrigue you in anticipation of a dark conspiracy thriller. However, as the minutes go by and Edward Dmytryk reveals more than necessary, and especially when it takes a naive direction, you realize that you will only give it stars for the presence of the legendary Gregory Peck and out of politeness. Although the film was made in the mid-60s, it feels like it's at least 15 years older. The ponderousness and naivety of the villains are sometimes even amusing. There is no reason to waste time with Mirage today and pay too much attention to it. Overall impression: 45%. (02/03/2019)

Overwrought, implausible, boring, and unintentionally funny to the point of parody at the end. Definitely the worst movie with Gregory Peck I've ever seen, and a pretty lame attempt at spectacle à la Alfred Hitchcock. So as not only to bash it, though, the opening was quite interesting and the shot of the falling man plus the cut to the squashed watermelon was really good. (09/02/2020)