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L'ultimo Cacciatore (The Last Hunter) (1980) (Region 2) (Import)

David Warbeck , Tisa Farrow , Antonio Margheriti    DVD
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  • Actors: David Warbeck, Tisa Farrow, Tony King, Bobby Rhodes, Margit Evelyn Newton
  • Directors: Antonio Margheriti
  • Format: Import, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: Danish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Run Time: 96 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B003VR2A3Y
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 82,212 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Danish Edition, PAL/Region 2 DVD: Subtitles: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish. War is Hell... and to carry out his top secret mission, one soldier will make a deal with the Devil. Italian frightmaster Antonio Margheriti (Cannibal Apocalypse) turned to the horrors of war for this explosive action film set near the end of the Vietnam conflict. Following the grisly suicide of his shellshocked friend, Captain Harry Morris (David Warbeck, The Beyond) accepts one final mission: to go behind enemy lines and destroy a Viet Cong radio tower broadcasting anti-American propaganda to US troops. Aided by a ragtag squadron of commandos and shadowed by a beautiful photojournalist (Tisa Farrow, Zombie), Morris carries out his search and destroy mission with extreme prejudice, straight into the heart of darkness. Made in the wake of the success of The Deer Hunter and shot on Philippine locations left over from Apocalypse Now, The Last Hunter is an over-the-top example of Italian exploitation filmmaking at its most shameless... and unforgettable.


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3.0 out of 5 stars Fun Italian Apocalypse Now cash-in 23 Jan 2003
Format:DVD
Antonio Margheriti (here credited as Anthony M Dawson as was the case with most of his US-aimed films) was probably the best Italian director when it came to action movies. Through the 1980's he gave us a whole host of madcap action movies with enough explosions per foot of film to rival any of Hollywood's most bombastic output. The Last Hunter is his "homage" (a word the Italians prefer over "rip-off") to Apocalypse Now, set in Vietnam with its central character, David Warbeck, taking on the role of a burnt out special forces operative heading off into the jungle for a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Much of the action is quite small-scale especially when compared to Coppola's masterpiece; small scale firefights in small villages or in catacombs within hillsides, floating gunfights in boats on the river, nothing too spectacular in Hollywood terms, but boy does Marghetiti know how to rig explosions - they're massive, often using some great miniatures and models to make the huge balls of flame he manages to produce look even bigger. The opening sequence in what appears to be a brothel is testament to this, it starts quietly and ends five minutes later with dozens of soldiers dead and fire and brimstone literally raining down all around. Aswell as explosions, being Italian you just know Margheriti's going to have a penchant for gore too - machete's in heads, big gunshot wounds, everything you'd expect from him is here in abundance.
The plot's fairly basic - David Warbeck is sent on a mission to silence an outpost behind Viet Cong lines that's broadcasting anti American propaganda. He links up with a platoon of combat-crazy US troops who happen to have a journalist (spaghetti regular Tisa Farrow) along for the ride, and together they all set off to carry out the mission. It all goes horribly wrong, as usual, and the blood flows. Nice. It's probably my personal favourite of Margheriti's action flicks, some others being Codename Wildgeese, The Commander, Commando Leopard, and the Indio series, all of which would be more than welcome if they made an appearance on DVD.

Now, as regards the disc itself it's a mixed bag. The framing's wrong at 1.77:1 when it should be 2.35:1, and the cropping does make a difference to the composition on the screen. Having said that, it's never been available in any widescreen ratio in the UK before so anything's an improvement over the old vhs tapes from the 80's. The source print is Italian and fairly clean, if a little grainy, and the transfer isn't anamorphic, although we're talking Vipco here so anamorphic isn't something you'd expect anyway. There are compression artifacts evident, but nothing particularly distracting. It's about the best looking Vipco release I've seen but everything's relative. It goes without saying this wouldn't look good compared to a release of a modern film, but it's acceptable for what it is - a 20 year old low budget movie.
The sound's OK, nothing spectacular just a functional mono audio mix that would have benefitted from even a lowly stereo remix. Being Vipco, again, you don't really expect these films to be treated with the respect they deserve.
Extras are negligible, nothing of note at all beyond a couple of their usual trailers.

So I've split the difference - 4 for the movie, 2 for the disc giving 3 overall.

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I bought this film thinking it would be gory and horrific as it's a Vipco release and it quotes on the cover 'The most horiffic war movie ever made'. It isn't. Infact, there is only one bit which I can think of that is slightly cringing. Other then that, it's suprisingly tame.

The acting isn't that good, and could have been worse, but the plot leaves much to be desired. The effects are rather good for a B-movie, however during some of the gun battles it's obvious that the guns arn't actually being fired and are just being waved about the place.

But it's got a quality about it that I like. Whatever it is, if you like war movies, then you should like this. Don't expect Saving Private Ryan-style effects or acting though.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fun italian actioner 1 April 2009
By TimmyC
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The Last Hunter stars David Warbeck ( The Beyond ) as captain Morris who's mission is to destroy a vietcong radio transmitter. He joins up with a small groupe of soldiers including a journalist Tisa Farrow ( Zombie Flesh Eaters ) to help him accomplish his mission. This is a great film full of strange characters and lots of violence and fans of italian exploitation will love it.

Vipco's dvd has a nice looking 1.85:1 transfer wich has been cropped from its original 2.35:1 ratio. That said the framing doesn't make much difference as Margheriti was never the most adventurous director with the scope framing and usually places things dead center of the frame. Its worth noting that Vipco's dvd is missing a brief scene where David Warbeck introduces himself to John Steiner, this scene can be found on the R1 Dark Sky release, the scandinavian release from AWE and the bootleg uk dvd from 23rd century which has been mastered form the letterboxed Interlight pre - cert. The only extras are the usual; trailer, gallery and filmographies.
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