Nonureva Really Surprised!

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

pa631 Just over an hour and half long, nice story, good acting, nice twists in plot, triffic ending, AMAZING scenery. Go watch it!

Theo Robertson Keremea a Moari sailor finds himself being falsely accused of murder in New Zealand at the turn of the 20th Century so flees in to the countryside hotly pursued by a posse led by Arjen Van Diemen a veteran of the Boer war Reading the above synopsis the premise is one that's very familiar , almost too familiar . In many ways it resembles that of a revisionary Western in the tradition of CHATO'S LAND where whites pursue the noble savage and as the story unravels white men are portrayed as being less noble and more savage than their prey . Certainly the audience are under no illusion who to root for but unfortunately the film suffers from a seen it all before feel . It's a common feeling on this page that TRACKER is a film that isn't as good as it could have been but it's impossible to do anything radically different with this type of story One aspect that is very noticeable is the landscapes . It was common in 1970s Antipodian cinema to to have sweeping rural locations for settings . Later on Australian cinema seemed to locate to urban locations to tell a story where as New Zealand seemed happy to keep its output in a rural setting . Of course LORD OF THE RINGS needed a landscape of wide open spaces but you can see any director quickly falling in love with the country with its beautiful vistas of coastline , forests , mountains and rivers . Here director Ian Sharp seems hypnotised by the countryside , so much so that the hypnotic beauty of the natural countryside ends up becoming the star of TRACKED and overwhelms the narrative

SmokeyTee The cat and mouse/hunter-prey theme is pretty well rought but this film adds a convincing human element to a film that might otherwise get caught up in the landscape or action.The early scenes and some of the supporting cast are a little lackluster, and reminded this viewer how difficult it is for New Zealand films to escape a sort of provincialism (for want of a better word) that can often be detected in kiwi films trying to be 'international'. Winstone, Morrison and Andy Anderson as the colonial tracker all stand out in this.The film has plenty of action and fistycuffs and ballyhoo but the focus is firmly on the tension of the hunt and the connection that forms between Winston and Morrison's characters.Without adding a spoiler I will say the ending, while not disappointing, might have been 'more'. You make your own mind up!

afastyorker The movie poster looks great, and i was drawn to watching this movie as i assumed it will be a very well thought out movie. However the backbone to the movie is a very poor storey line. The screen play is rushed, some of the camera work is very good, but some are also very bad. A river crossing scene is done very badly, and doesn't go well with the flow of the movie. The acting is pretty poor, Winston was the right choice for the part, but his South African accent is way too strong, and it is quite hard to understand him at times. Overall the movie is way below par, it could have been much better with a better storey line, and cast!