Shoot to Kill | | Cast : | Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger | | Director : | Roger Spottiswoode | | Studio : | Buena Vista Home Vid | | Format : | Color | | Released Date : | February 12, 1988 | | DVD Released Date : | September 30, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
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| Rating |  | | Date | April 29, 2005 | | Summary | NOT BAD - NOT BAD - NOT BAD - ACTUALLY------- | Content
 | With the title Shoot to Kill -- I was waiting for Jonathan Knox to pull out his rifle [like in Sniper] but ah well.
FBI agent Warren Stantin [Poitier] had the obnoxious attitude that went with twenty years on the force, believing he could keep up and survive in the wilderness with Knox.
The lead up to our villian's disappearence into the wilderness was quite excellent. His evasion tactics were unpredictable. [I didn't see it coming].
I could see Sarah becoming his hostage and she did a good job of trekking through the mountain byways to a highway.
Still had to hold my breath for her safety.
Climbing the rock walls and living through the blizzard added a depth to the bonding of these two men. So different from each other in their outlooks on life, yet they were there for each other. Stantin on a horse? Oh, Oh!
Them poor ole fishermen, their outcome was inevitable - the finding of them a bit eiry?
I had to chuckle at the method of making Mr. Snobby talk - and switching boats? Yep! I was with them on that [almost].
Well, once again, Knox saves Stantin - Yep! thoroughly enjoyable - beautiful wilderness scenes - good action - well paced story - not a classic but worht seeing [adults]
I will admit that I am a very independent chooser of movies - I go with what I like and not on the advice of others.
This would not be for everyone - but is entertainment. |
| Rating | | | Date | September 16, 2004 | | Summary | A red hot thriller! | Content
| This film is a red hot thriller as the New York Times said in February 1988 when it was theatrically released. Warren Stantin(Sidney Poitier) is an FBI agent in pursuit of a kidnapping and murder suspect. He appoints Jonathan Knox(Tom Berenger) as his guide. Jonathan would have been arrested for obstruction of justice if he didn't follow Warren's order. "You're under arrest." said Warren,after Jonathan initially refused to go along with him. Jonathan replied,"Bulls--t!". Rounding out the cast is pre-Cheers Kirstie Alley as the leader of a group on a mountain mission. Another member(Clancy Brown) is the aforementioned suspect who ends up kidnapping Alley and threatening to fatally shoot her. "You kill her and you'll die half a second later!",Warren tells the suspect. Warren also says,"Let her go or die! That's the only deal you're gonna make!" The suspect is shot by Warren and falls into the open seas. Poitier's previous film credits include STIR CRAZY,which he directed only,GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER,UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT and LET'S DO IT AGAIN. Berenger subsequently starred in MAJOR LEAGUE and MAJOR LEAGUE 2. Alley subsequently starred in MADHOUSE,LOOK WHO'S TALKING,LOOK WHO'S TALKING TOO and LOOK WHO'S TALKING NOW. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 09, 2004 | | Summary | A GREAT MOVIE AND I'M GLAD TO FINALLY KNOW IT'S ON DVD | Content
| AN FBI AGENT [SIDNEY POITIER, IN WHAT WAS HIS 1ST ROLE IN A LONG TIME] AND A TRACKER [TOM BERENGER] TEAM UP TO LOCATE THE WHEREABOUTS OF A KILLER. LOT OF ACTION AND LOT OF SUSPENSE MAKE THIS A PLEASANT FILM TO WATCH. AND THE ACTING IS GOOD TOO. GET THIS FILM NOW. YOU DEFINITELY WON'T BE DISSAPOINTED. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 24, 2004 | | Summary | RIVETING ACTION ADVENTURE IN THE WILDERNESS | Content
| A rare action movie that manages to rise above its formula, Shoot to Kill delivers mystery, exciting action, and beautiful cinematography. Tom Berenger has done many action/thriller movies, but Sidney Poitier steps out for a change of pace in this movie. Its formula is "double-fish-out-of-water buddy picture", and it stays pretty close to the formula throughout the movie. Poitier plays an FBI agent who blew an arrest and wound up with a dead civilian, and has tracked the (unseen) thief/killer into the Pacific Northwest. Berenger plays a tracker, whose girlfriend runs a trail guide business. The girlfriend (Kirstie Alley in an outdoor role!) has taken her latest group of travelers out into the woods, and Poitier believes that the killer is among them. If that's not bad enough, a deadly storm looks like it's coming on. The real fun in this movie is in the first half, where you see all of the men in Kirstie Alley's group. All of them are recognizable character actors, and most of them have played villains in other movies before. So which one of them is the killer? I guessed wrong the first time. Unfortunately, this gets revealed about halfway through, and the movie returns to the formula. However, the excellent performances and lush cinematography elevate it beyond the norm. I thought Poitier did a great job as the city-based FBI agent, and Alley was surprisingly good as the trail guide. Definitely worth a watch. Or two. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 17, 2004 | | Summary | One of my all-time favorite movies! | Content
| This is a GREAT movie. I hate gory movies - this wasn't gory. The first time I saw "Shoot to Kill" I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. For the first part of the movie you don't even see the killer's face, so when you finally DO see him in a group of other men, you don't know which one's the bad guy. And just when I thought I had it figured out -- bam! -- it turned out to be someone else! Even after knowing which guy is the bad guy, you can't sit back and relax... it's still so suspenseful as to what's going to happen next, both when the killer is in the scene as well as when the scene revolves around Sidney Poitier and Tom Berenger. The location of the film is beautiful, too. I can't say enough good things about this movie -- it's simply terrific, and if you haven't seen it -- you should!! I was so disappointed that the DVD wasn't released when planned, because we'd been waiting a long time... I'm happy that we finally got it on DVD! |
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