
Variety
Hoffman, you see, is stuck in the role of a bewildered man-in-the-middle about whom bodies fall like flies; eventually he gets into the swing of things and kills a few on his own.
Full reviewDustin Hoffman is a graduate history student unwittingly caught in the middle of an international conspiracy involving stolen diamonds, an exiled Nazi war criminal, and a rogue government agent in this thriller from John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy). Co-stars Laurence Olivier as the ex-Nazi.
Hoffman, you see, is stuck in the role of a bewildered man-in-the-middle about whom bodies fall like flies; eventually he gets into the swing of things and kills a few on his own.
Full reviewQuite effective in its basic set pieces, even if the overall thrust seems a trifle ponderous.
Full reviewThere are all sorts of unanswered questions when the film's over, but I'm not inclined to hold that against it. I enjoy thrillers for the people and predicaments in them, not for their clockwork plots.
Full reviewMarathon Man is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and TVNZ+.
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