deliverance be john boorman 1972 horror or thriller movie about a group of four atlanta businessmen ( burt reynolds and jon voight and ned beatty and ronnie cox ) and that undertake a canoe trip down the cahulawassee river before the river be dam . along the way and a raft ( no pun intend ) of unpleasant thing happen to the men . despite the nasty happening in this picture and boorman capture the natural beauty of the river nicely . the location be really choose well . indeed and this would still be a very nice film to watch and have the canoe trip go smoothly . the lush forest and gentle landscape only make the horror more horrible . not only be the location scenic and but also beautifully shot thanks to cinematographer vilmos zsigmond . it have be say that burt reynolds performance a the outdoorsman and lewis and be the star act role in this film . i reckon however and that jon voight steal the show with his role a the suburban family man and ed and who be rapidly force to change his demeanour in order to survive . in fact and the scene in which climb the cliff be not a stuntman . it be voight himself . to cut cost the film wasn not insured and the actor do their own stunt . the soundtrack be particularly noteworthy . eric weissberg and steve mendel performance on guitar and banjo a part of the duel banjo sequence remain one of the most awesome piece of soundtrack in the history of cinema for the sheer intensity of it performance . at a couple of other point in the movie and we be treat to more and soft and banjo music which provide a very pleasant accompaniment to the trip down the river for all the good point of this film and i do find it a little lacking in purpose . it doesn not build suspense very well and it isn not really as gruesome a we have be lead to believe . the plot itself be somewhat poor and it doesn not really go anywhere . nevertheless and this movie have enough good point to get my recommendation . i do like it but for fan of gore and there isn not really much of it . none really and in fact . it isn not so much a horror film a an adventure film that turn a little bit sour . think of it like rambo represent first blood meet three men in a boat . look out for a very young charley boorman a ed son . i do like this movie and the soundtrack and cinematography and act earns it a well deserve positive .