There's a Burt Lancaster movie called The Swimmer that I used to get mixed up with an Alain Delon movie called The Swimming Pool (since I've seen the latter, it happens less often), and now here they are in a 1973 movie called Scorpio, which I keep mixing up in my mind with 1973's Serpico. Also, Lancaster and Paul Scofield have appeared in at least one movie together outside Scorpio: 1964's The Train.
All that fairly ordinary trivia from my memory is the review form of procrastination, because there isn't a ton to say about Scorpio. It's a sort of mostly okay thriller that feels a bit sluggish and far from gripping, but executes just enough things well to end up being decently watchable. It also made me think a little of Delon's Le Samourai, only here, he's more or less doing the pursuing rather than being pursued, with his target being a senior spy/former mentor played by Lancaster.
It's been done before and since, and better, too, but the premise still works well enough, and there are a few twists that make it pop just a little bit more. It doesn't feel like the sort of film with a ton of passion behind it, but everyone's doing a pretty good job in front of and behind the camera, and despite some slower parts, I think it ended up being an alright watch.
All that fairly ordinary trivia from my memory is the review form of procrastination, because there isn't a ton to say about Scorpio. It's a sort of mostly okay thriller that feels a bit sluggish and far from gripping, but executes just enough things well to end up being decently watchable. It also made me think a little of Delon's Le Samourai, only here, he's more or less doing the pursuing rather than being pursued, with his target being a senior spy/former mentor played by Lancaster.
It's been done before and since, and better, too, but the premise still works well enough, and there are a few twists that make it pop just a little bit more. It doesn't feel like the sort of film with a ton of passion behind it, but everyone's doing a pretty good job in front of and behind the camera, and despite some slower parts, I think it ended up being an alright watch.