Fascinating study of fear, how people respond to it, and how the unrealized fear can be stronger than what is actually there. Two young, drunken hoods invade a subway car and turn the more 'conformed', 'civilized' passengers into helpless, frightened victims. This then allows the two to run rampant. Systematically taunting, even humiliating, each rider over their inability to confront. Ends by keenly exposing the two as nothing more than a couple of dumb, two bit punks. It was simply the other passengers fear to fight back that made them more menacing than they really were. This makes for a very interesting point. Is societies ills really all the hoodlums out there, or is it really the average citizen and their reluctance to 'stand out' or take a stand. Goes on about a half hour to long, but still manages to stay tense throughout. Filmed on a soundstage that so meticulosly resembles a actual subway car that you will hardly notice. Sheens first film and sadly Ritters last.
Review of The Incident
