Sorcerer

An adaptation of the French novel "Le Salaire de la peur" by Georges Arnaud. The film's introduction establishes the backgrounds of four outlaws. Nilo is a contract killer in Veracruz, Mexico. Kassem is a Palestinian militant, the last free member of an entire organization thwarted by the Israel Defense Forces. Victor Manzon is a French businessman accused of fraud, fleeing Paris following the suicide of his business partner. Jackie Scanlon is an Irish-American gangster from New Jersey. He was responsible for a car accident which killed all the other members of his gang. He is also the sole surviving suspect of a violent attack on the beloved brother of an Italian-American crime lord. And the crime lord wants him dead. All four men end up in a remote village in Colombia, with their money running out. They agree to work as truck drivers, transporting dynamite for an American oil company. This dynamite had been improperly stored and the nitroglycerin has become highly unstable. This job may cost them their lives, and the internal conflicts of the odd team lead to additional trouble.