Duel
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Jon Watts
Writer: Eden Townsend
Based on the 1971 Short Story by Robert Matheson & Film DUEL
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Michael Madsen, Rupert Grint, Toby Kebbell, Laura Linney (VOICE)
Budget: $50,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $47,001,005
Foreign Box Office: $39,489,101
Total Profit: -$19,490,254
Reaction: Three losses in a row to open Season 31 for the studio, combining for a total of over $116 million in the red.
"Jon Watts masterfully creates a simple yet incredibly thrilling film, building hard tension for a character who's relentlessly pursued by someone in a deadly machine. The fear is heightened by the lack of any clear motive other than (maybe) ego. While Nicolas Cage effortlessly carries most of the film's story, certain things left unresolved ultimately leaves much to be desired." - Jason Helm, New York Observer
"Duel is an unimaginative remake pitting Nicolas Cage against a psychotic, unseen trucker. Cage feels subdued and borderline comatose in the role, unable to deliver anything outside the box with the script he was given. The car chases are solid, as expected, but nothing in this film does enough to make it more worthy of the big-screen treatment than Spielberg's original television film." - Frank Estelle, Boca Breeze
"Aside from some early scenes, Duel is often overly faithful to the original film/story. The action felt almost identical, not fully taking advantage of the resources the studio provided to make things bigger and better. As a result the action feels slow and unoriginal. Nicolas Cage is not given much to work with as the lead, but the supporting cast fare even worse with their roles all severely under-written and one-dimensional." - Charlie Sage, HBC-TV
R for violence, language, and some sexual content
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