War Hunt
by Denis Sanders
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Actor: Charles Aidman, Gavin MacLeod, John Saxon, Sydney Pollack, Tommy MatsudaDirector: Denis Sanders
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 83 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of War Hunt
Movie Review: Haunting film of the last weeks of the Korean War
Summary: 4 Stars
...As stated elsewhere, Saxon is the real star of this film... Redford does a good job with his character... well meaning, but absolutely unable to make changes, let alone conjure up any heroic actions... Witnessing and surviving are the best that he can do... We are meant to see this story unfold through the eyes of a decent, "All American boy..." drafted and sent to the sharp end...
...Definitely low budget: The Army would not touch this production with a ten foot pole... But the film has a story to tell and does it well. It is unfortunate that Gavin McCleod is a distraction... but he was absolutely unknown when this film was made and his presence was not jarring... On the other hand, the character of the visiting battalion commander is *vastly* too old...
...Real talent used on this film... Even Francis Ford Coppola (uncredited) who was said to be one of the camera men... who also doubled as an extra driving one of the Army trucks...
...As someone who has led and commanded infantry in two wars I can understand the *temptation* of the company commander (though I do not agree with his decision) to play with fire... to use Saxon's character, in spite of the clear dangers... Aside from the natural tendency not to want to get your men killed in extremely dangerous night patrols (and most of them unwilling draftees likely, if they survive... to bring back little information.) Saxon's character is an extremely dangerous weapon... that needs always to be pointed in the right direction...
...I have heard complaints that Saxon's character would never have made it through basic training... let alone having been deployed. True enough, except that sometimes people just "get along" during training and keep a low profile. Once "unzipped" on the steep Korean ridgelines... his real inclinations would spill out... and would grow... to where you could never "get them back into the bag" again...
...The ending of this film is deeply haunting.
Y.P.
Summary of War Hunt
For some soldiers, the fighting never stops even when the battle is over. OscarĀ(r) winner*Robert Redford makes a memorable big-screen debut in this "subtle, poignant, carefully engraved film" (The New Yorker) about the darker side of war. During the final bloody weeks of the Korean War, idealistic Private Loomis (Redford) is sent to the front lines as a replacement in a battle-weary platoon. But when he learns that a reclusive fellow soldier named Endore has been sneaking behind enemy lines to kill under the cover of darkness, Loomis fears that Endore isn't just a fearless warrior but an unpredictable, sinister predator who could prove more dangerous than the enemy! *1980: Director, Ordinary People; 2001: Honorary AwardSimilar DVD Movies
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