The Wages of Fear
2024 · Movie · R · 107 min · ★ 6.2 · 34% critics
After an oil well disaster threatens a nearby community, a small team is sent on a high-risk mission: haul a load of nitroglycerine across harsh desert terrain before time runs out. With danger on the road and pressure inside the group, every mile becomes a test of nerve, trust, and survival.
Based on Le Salaire de la peur
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Details
- Original title
- Le salaire de la peur
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-03-28
- Language
- French
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 34/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (493 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a straightforward, high-stakes action ride with constant danger and a ticking clock, similar in spirit to Ganglands; Not for you if you want deeper drama or a more grounded, believable thriller.
Pros: tense desert mission; solid action beats; some team dynamics | Cons: predictable plot; uneven pacing; thin character depth
Themes
- based on novel or book
- nitroglycerin
- remake
Cast & crew
Franck Gastambide
as Fred
Alban Lenoir
as Alex
Ana Girardot
as Clara
Sofiane Zermani
as Gauthier
Astrid Whettnall
as Anne Marchand
Bakary Diombera
as Djibril
Alka Matewa
as Alka
Rabie Kati
as Homme d'affaires
Joseph Beddelem
as Pirate 1
Brice Bexter
as Copilote de l'hélicoptère (as Brice El Glaoui Bexter)
Directed by Julien Leclercq