Death Hunt

Death Hunt

Nicely crafted adventure yarn set in 1931. Anymore info and it would spoil the fun. Lee Marvin plays his role as a run-down lawman in a run-down Yukon trapping town with a tongue in cheek charm that he was known for in his later efforts. Add to this Charles Bronson doing his stoic loner and a great list of character actors (including William Sanderson) coupled with a tightly woven script, beautiful cinematography and some rousing action and you've got a neat little classic. Supposedly based on a true story, but whether it holds to the facts or not, who cares? Is it accurate? Maybe, maybe not. Is it a good movie? You bet! And in the end that is all that matters.

Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin in an action flick; sounds like it can't miss, right? It doesn't! Charles Bronson plays a sort of recluse who lives high up in snowy mountains. He pisses off some local jo-jo's who then try and kill him, but our man fights back and kills one of them and attempts to flee the country afterwards. That's the beginning of a massive man hunt that's led by law enforcement official Lee Marvin. What makes this movie really work are few things in particular. The pairing of Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin, two of the toughest bad asses, is a real treat. The film has magnificent scenery throughout and is beautifully filmed and has some great action sequences also. Directed by Peter Hunt, who also made the best Bond film (On Her Majesty's Secret Service), this guy knows how to make action films.

Charles Bronson is an ex-patriot of the United States who travels to the Yukon to escape his past. He gets on the bad side of a group of trappers, kills one of them in self-defense, and is wrongfully accused of murder. Lee Marvin as a veteran Mountie, Carl Weathers, and fresh from training Mountie Andrew Stevens set out to track Bronson down as he tries to escape into Alaska. The acting in this film is sensational, the settings are true to life, and the story is riveting. A must see!

When you look at a lot of the action movies released today, all you can see are special effects. There is usually nothing else going on. When you look at a film like "Death hunt" it's something totally different. Marvin is great and Bronson is fabulous in this action movie set in North Canada in the early 30's. Besides the movie being decent when it comes to editing, directing etc,the two leading men are perfect in this hostile environment that the story is set in. . A must for every fan of a decent action flick. For Bronson fans it's obligatory!