81
Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkLots of sand but no day at the beach for its characters -- and not, from all appearances, the actors, either. Among the best of director Sidney Lumet's movies not set in New York. [08 Jun 2007, p.8E]
- 83Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyRebel-with-a-cause clichés are mostly averted by sturdy acting, Oswald Morris’ vivid black-and-white cinematography, and a satisfyingly bleak conclusion.
- 80Time OutTime OutSean Connery took a break from Bond to give a sterling performance in this awesomely intense drama set in a North African British army camp, where the favourite punishment for prisoners is to send them clambering up and down a man-made hill in the full heat of the day.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineAn intense, if slightly overlong, drama. The film is well assembled, and the performances are all quite good, especially Connery and Hendry.
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Lumet uses every claustrophobic camera angle in the book to make the viewer feel as trapped as the characters. [04 Nov 2000, p.12]