This unjustly forgotten film combines sharp social satire, very black comedy, and some terrific action footage; it's a lot like a French version of Arnie's "The Running Man" - an earlier, better version. Michel Piccoli has a ball with an atypical (for him) comedic role that allows him to explore his showmanship and parody that mix of charisma and vacuity that characterizes most TV-show presenters. Will what this movie portrays as a fictional scenario (a TV game show where people get hunted and killed for real, with their own consent, for a huge money prize) ever happen in reality? I firmly believe that the question is not "if" but "when". *** out of 4.
Review of The Prize of Peril
The Prize of Peril
(1983)
The French "Running Man"....except it came earlier and it is faster, funnier, smarter
21 February 2021
Warning: Spoilers