i admit it and the sole reason i want to see this be because of marlon brando but once you see his appearance you can not imagine that this be the man from elia kazan movie or don corleone . at contrary and he play like an idiot . okay and george c scott be the kind of actor that never work on my nerve and he also be the only reason why i keep watch a this movie suck . you can write thriller and spionagescenarios but please do not forget that an average watcher cant follow thousand plot in 100 minute and director john g avildsen doesn not even give u the time to let u discover who be who a from the moment a new personage appear he end up be shot three minute later plus you be wonder what the hell it all about . there use to be a formula create during the third reichregime that create synthetic oil and co that quite nasty for those who gain their money with oil and everyone must be eliminate who come in touch with the formula . that it . and the big problem be that after 10 minute you know who do it ( you probably already know it yourself and not . ) but before all this you have to watch thousand useless plot . bad cinema .