Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1953 thriller The Wages of Fear was
remade in 1977 as William Friedkin's Sorcerer and now gets
another remake courtesy of director Julien Leclercq. This one sees a crack crew tasked with
transporting deadly nitroglycerin across harsh terrain in order to detonate an oil well that
poses a threat to a nearby refugee camp.
The cast features Franck Gastambide, Alban Lenoir, Ana Girardot and Sofiane Zermani.
The Wages of Fear is on Netflix from March 29th.
Check out the trailer below.
The official synopsis reads:
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 less than 20 hours to reach the oil well. 20 hours to traverse hostile zones controlled by armed rebels, cross minefields, and drive two trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over rough terrain! The race against the clock has begun...