I bought this DVD having recently enjoyed Alain Delon in "Le Samourai and "Le Cercle Rouge". OK, firstly, those films were both directed by Jean Pierre Melville and were completely French movies, location and language-wise. "Scorpio" was directed by Michael Winner (uh-oh..) and filmed in America, Austria and France. Winner was never a great director this film is honestly a shoddy mess. The sound recording is abysmal (it sounds as though it was recorded on a cheap cassette deck - which it maybe was), as is the continuity (after a reversing car crash destroys the rear of a car, it is undamaged as it drives away!) and the plot is confusing at best and downright silly at it's worst! The script is laughably bad (You're beautiful Jean, but sometimes you have the bad breath of Priests!?) and the acting - well, it has been said that Winner never knew how to get good performances from his actors - this proves it. Delon looks ultracool but merely speaks his lines, and Lancaster - well past his awesome prime by now - just phones in his performance. I expected a really good 1970's spy thriller, along the lines of "Three Days Of The Condor" but this was awful. All in all, I'd avoid it and get something like the above mentioned "Condor" which is truly believable and has good acting throughout (the sheer paranoia displayed by Robert Redford in that movie seems totally real).Read full review
Bought this film scorpion because I like classic films was not disappointed some good action scenes which I liked due to Michael winner being director, I always appreciated the work of Michael winner another one of his famously is death wish 3.
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I bought this DVD because I was a dancer in Theatre An Der Wien Vienna where some of this film was shot and actually met Burt Lancaster. I have never seen the film so after all these years treated myself to a copy which I have still not watched yet but will wait for a special moment soon to sit and Enjoy! I hope I didn't end up on the cutting room floor!
Bit dated 1970s but ok for that period. Cold war treachery/espionage. As always Burt Lancaster is very good
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