Having directed other French Netflix exclusives like 2021’s Ganglands and 2020’s Earth and Blood, director Julien Leclercq has once again arrived on the streaming platform with a feature that is sure to satisfy those in the action genre. Titled The Wages of Fear (or Le salaire de la peur), this is actually a modern-day remake of a 1953 thriller of the same name which sold over six million tickets in France. The original also won numerous awards, like the Best Film at the 8th British Academy Film Awards and the Golden Bear (an accolade of the highest degree) at the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival. With both financial wins and positive reviews under its belt, it’s no surprise that Leclercq’s story never derived that far away from director Henri-Georges Clouzot’s vision — both are very tense and suspenseful.