This was clearly the blueprint for many, "you'll get into trouble in the middle of nowhere" movies, like The Hills Have Eyes for example. The acting is superb and it's very good for the most part. It is too short though. The suspence could have been built up more and more "events" could have taken place. It's definitely worth watching and it's good enough for you to think about it after the film is over, it's just that more could have been done with it

Not for the weak of heart
Many of the scenes in this movie are hard to watch including a very ugly rape scene. However looking past the graphic scenes, a lot of the acting is very good. Voight, reynolds and ned beatty all excell in their roles. Only for those with a strong stomach. watch and you to will agree with us.

The greatest film of it's genre.

One windy night in the autumn of 1975, I sat up all alone in bed watching the Deliverance for the first time.
Just four ordinary guys all alone in the mountains, hunted by the hill-billies, terrified, desperate to survive.
Outside the trees were creaking and the hedgehogs squealing in the garden. Indoors the window frames bumped and rattled with each gust of wind. Even through a tiny black and white TV screen I became mesemerised and horrified as the story unfloded and the tension mounted.

Deliverance is the archetype for all the " hill-billy horror " movies which followed it, such as "Southern Comfort" and "The Hills have Eyes". Watch it without distractions, and without preconceptions.

But keep your shotgun close at hand.