Netflix has released a trailer and images for The Wages of Fear, director Julien Leclercq’s adaptation of George Arnaud’s 1950 novel Le Salaire de la peur.
Previously adapted by Henri-Georges Clouzot (The Wages of Fear – 1953), Howard W. Koch (Violent Road – 1958), and William Friedkin (Sorcerer – 1977), the French action thriller follows a team as they are tasked with transporting two trucks loaded with nitroglycerin across a hostile environment of armed rebels and minefields in under 24 hours in order to prevent a terrible catastrophe. Check out the trailer and images below…
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…
The Wages of Fear arrives on Netflix on March 29th.
