Review

by Michael G

Amazing Photography

Clint Eastwood stars as a former government assassin turned art teacher who is blackmailed into coming out of his retirement to pull off a difficult last job. A former colleague has been murdered. Eastwood will climb the Eiger face and kill the assassin along the way. The only problem is he isn't sure which of the three other climbers is his target. 'The Eiger Sanction' comes from a difficult grey area of Eastwood's career. He was transitioning between Westerns and Dirty Harry and films like 'The Eiger Sanction' got lost in the mix. On the surface the film is a spy thriller, or a gorgeously shot mountain climbing/survival film. It probably doesn't get enough credit for being very tongue in cheek (it gently pokes fun at both Eastwood and 70's action movies). But 'The Eiger Sanction' is really about the third act though, where the climbing takes place. The photography is just amazing.