PlatinumRead Just so...so bad

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

kapelusznik18 ***SPOILERS*** After a ten year absence Sidney Poitier is back in front of the cameras as big time FBI Agent Warren Stantin with a new pair of thermal underwear as he searches in the great American North-West not for "Bigfoot" but for a killer whom he let escape or slip out of his fingers after a kidnap murderer back in San Francisco. In what looks like a re-make of the 1958 film the "Defient Ones" but as good guys and not being handcuffed together Poitier as Agent Stantin and his partner rugged mountain man Jonathon Knox played by a very fit and in tip top shape, for what's expected of him in the movie,Tom Berenger are out looking for an escaped murderer and kidnapper Steve-no last name given in the credits-played by Clancy Brown who hooked up with a group of people out to climb the mountains and enjoy the wonders of nature.With the movie being filmed in the politically correct 1980's the fact that Stantin is black as well as the boss and Knox is white and a bit of a redneck race was almost totally absent in the two mens relationships but replaced with Stantin being a big time city FBI man and Knox being an almost hermit like mountain or country boy. This caused a lot of tension between the two who earned each others respect by saving each others lives by the time the movie ended.****SPOILERS**** After Steve murderer all the hikers he was with he took their guide Sarah Rennell, Christie Alley, not just hostage but to help him find his way to Canada where he plans to spend the some $3,000,000.00 in diamonds that he stole back in SF. As we soon found out Sarah is Knox's girlfriend that makes his tracking down Steve a very personal matter. The movie end up in Vancouver Canada with both our hero's after getting a shave shower and new clean set of clothes, the old ones stunk like hell, finally tracking down the elusive Steve that results in a wild car chase as well as shoot out on a ferry that ends almost at the bottom of Vancouver Bay. With Knox again saving, for the second time, Stantin life who was about to go under for the third time.

punishmentpark A terrific thriller adventure flick with lots of fine acting by Sydney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Kirstie Alley and the whole bunch playing the survivalists. The film is roughly divided into three geographical sections: 'heist' (prelude), 'survival trip' (the main course) and 'finale in Vancouver' (aftermath). All parts are suspenseful (and comical at moments), but the different settings really add to the colour of the movie.The group dynamics when Alley's characters teams up with a crew (one of them is the baddie, but who?) work great, and Berenger and Poitier have good chemistry as well. Of course, the film works best when you see it for the first time (and you still don't know who the baddie is), but I'm always looking forward to seeing it once in a while on the BBC. It's one of those re-runs that never bores, and I must have seen it at least four or five times by now.9 out of 10.

richieandsam DEADLY PURSUITI had never heard of this film until I saw it for sale on DVD. I am a sucker for an 80s film, so thought I would get it and give it a go.The movie is about a thief and murderer on the run. An FBI agent and a local guide is chasing him and it is a race against time through mountains and forests to save the hostage that the murderer has.It is a typical thriller. The guess work was there from the off set. I loved the way the film started. There was no introducing characters or extra added story. It dived right in there with a hostage situation and a couple of murders. It was a fast paced start to the film which got me hooked right away.The group of tourists that were on the guide around the mountains was well done too. It did keep me guessing and wondering who the killer was. It did a god job at hiding it too because the person I thought it was turned out to be innocent. I never would have guessed who it was. I did think they revealed the killer a little bit too soon though, they could have stretched it out a little bit more for suspense.The whole film felt like a TV movie. I couldn't imagine this being in the cinema. If anything it could have been an extended episode of a crime show from the 80s.The acting was terrible. Tom Berenger did an OK job, but there were moments when I thought he just didn't pull off his emotions right. Sidney Poitier was OK, but seeing him deliver his lines was comical. He just looked uncomfortable in the role and it didn't seem very natural. Kirsty Alley was probably the best actress in the movie. She was the victim and played it well.Overall this is a good movie, but it wasn't anything special. This movie has been made quite a lot of times before and the story will be used again and again.I will give this film 6 out of 10."Everybody else up here acts like they've never seen a black man before. Why should the bear be different?"For more reviews, please like my Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ordinary-Person-Movie- Reviews/456572047728204?ref=hl

The_Void Deadly Pursuit certainly has it's fair share of problems, but as an entertaining little action thriller; it stands up well to criticism, as while some of the dialogue, situations and character drawings don't exactly ring true; the film moves quickly and director Roger Spottiswoode does a good job of ensuring that the film is easy viewing and never becomes boring. Deadly Pursuit is something of a film of two halves; it starts off as a gritty cop thriller, and then mutates into a survivalist themed chase movie. The plot is fairly standard at first, as we witness a man being caught robbing a diamond store. The plot thickens when, after some interrogation from the arresting officers, it turns out that the thief actually owns the store! We then learn that he's stealing the diamonds to pay a kidnapper for the release of his wife. FBI agent Warren Stantin manages to chase the kidnapper down, but he gets away with the diamonds and flees into a forest near Canada; thus meaning that Agent Stantin must chase the killer into the woods, with the help of a rugged local who knows the area.The film does have a number of problems - sometimes, for example, it seems to just jump from one scene to the next without much in the way of a connection. This does keep things moving, but the film can feel a bit disjointed because of it. Still, the plot flows fairly well and enough different angles are created to keep things interesting. The film features a decent cast, headed up by Sidney Poitier. Poitier's character changes a lot through the film, and while the actor sometimes looks a bit silly, he does seem to manage this well. He is joined by Tom Berenger, who also gives a decent performance in his role, while the rest of the cast is filled out by the likes of Clancy Brown, Kirstie Alley and Andrew Robinson. Perhaps the best thing about this movie is the fact that we don't know who the killer is for so long, which builds suspense - and mystery, and the film also carries off a nice twist little twist with the choice of actors surrounding the killer. Overall, I can't really say that Deadly Pursuit is one of the best films of its type - but it's certainly a very good thriller and I recommend watching it!