The Wages of Fear
‘Dynamic’ ‘Tremendous’ ‘Shattering’
DramaThrillerAdventurepetrolfirelife and deathbased on novel or bookunsociabilitycentral and south americacapitalismvenezuelatankerdynamitemale friendshipnitroglycerin
A relentless, high-stakes thriller about desperate men gambling with their lives for wages, where the road itself becomes an instrument of existential dread.
In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.
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