Netflix has set the global premiere date for The Wages of Fear, a new action thriller film from France. Check out the teaser.
In this remake of the 1953 film The Wages of Fear, which starred Yves Montand, itself based on the novel of the same name by Georges Arnaud, the 2024 french film The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur) follows a powerhouse team who have fewer than 24 hours to transport two trucks full of explosives across a hostile region and prevent a terrible catastrophe.
In the middle of the desert, near a refugee camp, an oil well catches fire, directly threatening the lives of the population. Dispatching experts to the site, the company operating the well realizes that it has only one solution to avert the catastrophe: detonate the oil well with nitroglycerin within 24 hours. Against a large sum of money, a powerhouse team is then sent 800 km away to transport 200 kg of explosives in two trucks.
The team now has fewer than 20 hours to traverse hostile zones controlled by armed rebels, cross minefields, drive two trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over rough terrain, and reach the oil well.
The race against the clock has begun…
The Wages of Fear, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Friday, March 29, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Directed by Julien Leclercq (Ganglands), the film stars Franck Gastambide (Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom), Alban Lenoir (AKA), Ana Girardot (Totems), and Sofiane Zermani (No Limit).
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The Wages of Fear (The Criterion Collection)
