Duel

Early Steven Spielberg before he went woke.

After growing up in the 80's watching ET, Close Encounters & Indiana Jones it was fun to find this 1971 hidden gem from Spielberg. You get to see some of the same filming techniques that he would later use in Jurassic Park with the Jeep running from the T-Rex. It's a low budget TV movie of course but he found a way to keep you interested and rooting for the good guy in the little car to get away from the crazy guy in the big truck.

No WOKE at all, since that wasn't a thing back in 1971.

It's been so long since I've seen this I forgot a lot of it. It's a classic and is still watchable with some good tension and unsettling scenes. The camera work is incredible and worth watching for that alone. The biggest issue is it depends largely on if it's your first watch or not. There have been so many copycats since it was made that a lot of the scenes seem cliché now and you can see what's coming a mile away. The other big issue is the 'hero' is so unlikable and such a pathetic whiney idiot who constantly does the dumbest things. The ending also is a bit of a letdown. There is nothing woke and it is never boring but if it's a first time watch it may not seem as good as it was when it first came out.