Shoot to Kill |  | Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Actors: Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Kirstie Alley, Clancy Brown, Richard Masur
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 7750
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Unknown)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: DISD18542D
UPC: 717951005564
EAN: 0717951005564
ASIN: B00008L3UQ
Theatrical Release Date: February 12, 1988
Release Date: September 30, 2003
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Product Description
A citified fbi agent teams up with a wilderness tracker to hunt a murderous extortionist through the rugged mountains of the pacific northwest. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 01/10/2006 Starring: Sidney Poitier Patricia Allison Run time: 109 minutes Rating: R
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 Sidney Poitier goes hiking March 11, 2010
H. Bala (Carson - hey, we have an IKEA store! - CA USA)
SHOOT TO KILL is worth watching not only for the fun interaction between Poitier and Berenger but, for fans of Poitier, it's probably even more relevant that their man, after ten years of directing, finally returns to the front of the camera. Not too surprisingly, he's as good as ever. No one says his lines quite like Sidney Poitier.
He plays veteran FBI agent Warren Statin, and the film starts out with his botching of a hostage negotiation. Statin becomes obsessed and follows the psychopath to the rugged wilds bordering Washington and Canada. Statin, a dedicated city slicker, "convinces" hostile woodsman John Knox to act as tracker. Knox is one of those independent hermit types who aren't too comfortable around people and would rather be left alone (one rube notes: "Aw, John's alright, he's just different.").
It's a good thing for Special Agent Statin, then, that Knox's trail guide girlfriend Sarah (a really good Kirstie Alley) is escorting a party of outdoorsmen to a fishing site and that Statin's psychopath is hiding in this bunch. Knox, desperately worried for his girl (in his stoic kind of way), aims to eschew the tenderfoot trails for the harder but more direct paths. Can the FBI guy keep up?
SHOOT TO KILL effectively combines genre elements of the buddy chase flick and that of man vs. nature. The nighttime city sequences at the start of the film build the suspense and give you a feel for just how twisted the villain is. In that early segment Poitier's character, calm and cool and twenty-two years on the job, inevitably gets outsmarted and outmaneuvered. And then to really remove him from familiar territory, here come the stunning wilderness locations, and you sense just how out of sorts the big city FBI guy must feel, exposed out in the harsh borderlands, buffeted by the unforgiving climate, munching on rodent. Poitier effortlessly translates this unease on film, and often he even puts a smile on your face. The camera provides a nice, constant change of pace by smartly shifting back and forth between Statin and Knox's pursuit and the goings-on in Sarah's hiking tour.
There's a breathtaking sequence which starts with Berenger precariously navigating a rope bridge, and this was a hell of a crazy stunt and easily the highlight of the film. But SHOOT TO KILL is also graced with terrific smaller moments, some of them funny and respectively involving horses and a moose and a bear. And then, of course, there's that frequently taut, occasionally amusing interplay between Poitier and Tom Berenger, their characters very dissimilar sorts. Poitier, by the way, was in his early 60s when this film was shot, but you wouldn't have known it by watching him onscreen. He looked fit and could've passed for someone in his mid-40s or early 50s. Ever elegant and righteous and in shape is Sidney Poitier, and no amount of saddle sores or cuddling with shirtless mountainmen can change that.
This is a good and often overlooked outdoors thriller, and I've seen it a bunch of times now down the years. Poitier's performance carries the film which, by the way, does take an implausible turn in the last 15 minutes or so. And a small part of me can't help but wonder why there weren't more FBI guys in on this manhunt. But, then again, Sidney Poitier is a baaaaad man.
 A Classic March 4, 2010
J. Streeter (Omaha, NE)
The recent movie "The Perfect Getaway" made me think of this movie. I enjoyed The Perfect Getaway, but I don't think it comes close to this film. Truly a classic. A must see for anyone.
Excellent action film but you must accept conventions January 3, 2010
Claudio Di Gregorio (Argentina)
It is a pleasure to watch. Lots of suspense and very well filmed action scenes. Acting is first rate by the four main characters (the bad guy included, of course).
All good things said by other reviewers apply.
However, I cannot rate it 5 stars due to a couple of implausibilities, one of them a fatal flaw to the verisimilitude of the plot.
Other reviewers have pointed out, for instance, that once back in the city Berenger, a civilian, could not have been allowed to participate in the chase against an armed murderer, and even Poitier would not be allowed to go around with a gun in Canada. These are valid objections, but in my view there is a much more serious criticism.
*Spoilers*
The bad guy is a cold blooded murderer, who only keeps Alley alive because he needs her to lead him out of the woods. Then, why --apart from the Hollywood requirement that the good and brave girl must survive-- once he reaches Vancouver, he doesn't get rid of her? And how does the killer keep a very reluctant hostage on check in plain site, while he is moving back and forth in the streets with her at his side? No one notices that she is not happy to go along?
 Unbelievable!!! December 14, 2009
Anony Mous (Los Angeles)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
You'll find just about every cliche of the thriller genere in this movie. There are no real characters here --just sterotypes that you've seen again and again ad nauseum. You can predict the occurence of every action and its result. It goes from one unbelievable happening after another--to keep the main characters in almost constant jeopardy--in a plot that is artificially contrived to keep you at the edge of your seat. Ho-hum...
 Shoot to Kill DVD Review December 12, 2009
Manny M. Agah
Shoot to Kill is an entertaining crime drama. The DVD is of very good quality.
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