Regie:
Roger SpottiswoodeCamera:
Michael ChapmanMuziek:
John ScottActeurs:
Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Kirstie Alley, Clancy Brown, Richard Masur, Andrew Robinson, Kevin Scannell, Michael MacRae, Michael Chapman (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
When a diamond thief in the Pacific Northwest heads for the Canadian border with Sarah, a trail guide, as his hostage, it's up to aging, African-American Warren Stantin and the much younger, white John Knox to capture the criminal and bring the hostage back alive. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
Recensie (2)
Deadly Pursuit is a standard adventure/crime drama built on an effective buddy motif and attractive mountain locations. It could have done more with the characters and it’s far from having the spectacle of Cliffhanger, but it’s okay as a pleasant, relaxing reminder of the 1980s.
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"Everybody else up here acts like they've never seen a black man before. Why should the bear be different?" Entertaining in the buddy moments, when the mountain man Berenger and Poitier, returning to acting after eleven years, tame the Washington mountains and the xenophobic fauna. At times, it's unexpectedly harsh (the day of the fishing lemmings), but the drawn-out finale in the Vancouver lowlands didn't suit it much. As for the reveal of the wanted criminal's identity among the five members of the fishing party, it's nice that the creators wanted to keep the audience in suspense with the casting, but the viewer already has a hunch about who in this group doesn't want to lose their head.
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