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Based on the incredible true story of the deadliest manhunt in history......In Canada; 31st December 1931, the lone trapper Albert Johnson lives for himself in the ice cold mountains near the Yukon river. He shot and killed a man in self-defense near his renote cabin. A few days later Sergeant Edgar Millen, under protest, brought a heavily armed posse to arrest Johnson for murder. In the seige that followed, Johnson defended himself in any way possible before escaping in to the frozen mountains. As the whole nation watched, Millen was forced to pursue Johnson by foot, dogsled and plane in a desperate struggle that took both men from the brink of survival to the edge of vengeance.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Westerns are my favourite genre and I have had to wait some time to be able to acquire Death Hunt. I love the film which has a terrific cast in which Lee Marvin excels as the long in the tooth mountie battling progress and red tape. Charles Bronson carries off the strong silent role of the trapper on the run - with so little dialogue to deliver he is at his best, relying instead on his physical screen presence. Directed at a good pace with excellent photography in the frozen Canadian outback it is complimented by a really good music score. It's a cracking film to settle down and watch on a cold winters night.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Teaming up Dirty Dozen alumni Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin as the `Mad Trapper' Albert Johnson and the Mountie on his trail in the wastes of the Yukon, Death Hunt is a decent rather than great manhunt movie from the appropriately named Peter Hunt, who puts his experience of shooting on ice from OHMSS to good use. Very loosely based on the biggest manhunt in Canada's history, Bronson's reclusive loner gets on the wrong side of Ed Lauter and his assorted yahoos when he forces him to sell his injured fighting dog. Things escalate, dead bodies accumulate and after a failed siege of his log cabin leaves him on the run across the Rocky Mountains, the whole thing blows up into a media circus as various desperate types try to claim the $1000 reward on his head while Marvin tries to bring him back alive. With its protagonist who just wants to be left alone hunted by a professional who respects him while the mob is baying for a piece of his flesh, in some ways it can be seen as a 1930s-set First Blood, which it beat to the screen by a year, though it's less over the top and has less action than you might expect (it's not until the last third that the manhunt really starts). It's the most polished and well crafted of Bronson's 80s films, benefiting from a decent budget and supporting cast, Carl Weathers, Maury Chaykin and William Sanderson among them, though Angie Dickinson, reunited with her Point Blank co-star, is wasted in a nothing part as a prospector's widow whose sole purpose in the film seems to be to lower the testosterone level and add a bit more star power. If it never quite hits the highs, both stars are on good form and it works well enough as a Saturday Nighter to forgive the many huge liberties it takes with the facts.
Cornerstone/Palladium's UK DVD is a standards conversion from NTSC to PAL, which means a softer picture and occasional blurring that's inferior to the US and German releases. While the deleted Anchor Bay NTSC DVD only included a trailer as extra, the recent German PAL DVD (released as Yukon but carrying the US title on the film itself) goes rather better with a radio broadcast of the film's press conference with the stars, with Lee Marvin on dryly amusing form as he takes over the MC's duties because Judith Crist got stuck in traffic!
Cornerstone/Palladium's UK DVD is a standards conversion from NTSC to PAL, which means a softer picture and occasional blurring that's inferior to the US and German releases. While the deleted Anchor Bay NTSC DVD only included a trailer as extra, the recent German PAL DVD (released as Yukon but carrying the US title on the film itself) goes rather better with a radio broadcast of the film's press conference with the stars, with Lee Marvin on dryly amusing form as he takes over the MC's duties because Judith Crist got stuck in traffic!
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Fifteen years aften they fought together in the Dirty Dozen, Bronson and Marvin re-team to fight against each other in DEATH HUNT! Johnson, a trapper (Bronson) and a loner kills a man in self defence at his remote cabin in the Canadian wilderness. It then falls to Sgt Millen (Marvin), a hard livin' mountie to bring him in. But it proves to be easier said then done. With amazing locations this film gripped me from beginning to end. A true Bronson classic from the director of On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
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Death Hunt - but not the first version.....
A very atmospheric and compelling film although it takes considerable liberties with the historical facts and re-characterisation of some of the real people involved. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mr. S. Nunn
Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson in DEATH HUNT
Marvin and Bronson look good in this winter Canadian setting outdoors film along with others. Angie Dickenson's role in the film was a waist of her talent with few scenes. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Friar Tuck
great to see and buy
great to see and buy been looking for this dvd for years could only get it in reg:1 so pleased to see it on amazon and ordered it strait away ordered it friday the 11th feb and it... Read more
Published 15 months ago by knockerval
Speak up Charlie, I Can't Hear You!
"Death Hunt" is an interesting tale, based on a true story that took place in Canada's North West Territories and Yukon in 1931, where a huge manhunt took place to capture... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Bob Salter
Great Stuff
This film is great fun and one of Bronson's best. The performances of Bronson and Marvin are very good but the supporting cast varies considerably. Read more
Published 16 months ago by D.Buttery
Finally on Region 2
BASED ON A TRUE STORY, THIS FILM WILL HAVE YOU HOOKED FROM START TO FINISH. EVEN THOUGH BRONSON AND MARVIN SHARE VERY LITTLE CAMERA TIME TOGETHER THEY ARE BOTH IN FINE FORM, AND... Read more
Published on 14 May 2010 by Mr. P. Clarke
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