Split Image (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada | USA | Director: Ted Kotcheff
Language: English | Subtitles: English (Optional, embedded in Mkv file)
Aspect ratio: Cinemascope 2.35:1 | Length: 111mn
HDWebrip H264 Mkv – 1920×816- 23.976fps – 4.06gb
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084714/
A rootless young man is drawn into an unnamed religious cult by a beautiful girl. Every moment with the group causes him to become increasingly under the control of the cult’s leader. After his parents fail in their attempt, they hire someone who has experience in kidnapping and then ‘de-programming’, undoing the mental damage which had been done to him.
This is a good one! Director Kotcheff had made some great films in the seventies but was a relative unknown in the US. This film got raving reviews but according to Kotcheff flopped at the box office. Shortly after he shot Rambo 1, got mediocre reviews yet it became a massive success. He often adapted novels, he adapted 3 novels from Mordecai Richler. Probably the reason he did not want to shoot Rambo 2. Split Image offers a great Screenplay and cast. Stellar performance from Woods as the sleazy de-programmer opposite a miscast (imo) Peter Fonda as the cult leader.