| The Tracker | 
 enlarge | Director: John Guillermin
Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Scott Wilson, Mark Moses, David Huddleston, John Quade
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 26594
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 98
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: HBOD90158D
ISBN: 0783118589
UPC: 026359015823
EAN: 9780783118581
ASIN: B000059H7K
Theatrical Release Date: March 26, 1988
Release Date: May 8, 2001
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Product Description
Legendary tracker and indian fighter noble adams is coaxed out of retirement to hunt down crazed killer and self-appointed avenging angel red jack stilwell. He and his gang are terrorizing the country on a vicious rampage leaving adams no choice but to take up his gun and hunt them down. Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 02/08/2005 Starring: Kris Kristofferson Mark Moses Run time: 102 minutes Rating: R Director: John Guillermin
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 The Tracker April 17, 2008
One of the greatest westerns I have watched. Of course I think Kris Kristofferson rates one of the greatest. I don't like sad ending movies but I am so glad I didn't miss this one. Noble Adams (Kris) was one of the best trackers of his time. He showed no mercy to the killers he tracted and he knew if he wasn't hard they would surley kill him. But on his gentle loving side he send his son Tom Adams (Mark Moses) to get an education so people would look up to him and he could walk proud. Noble now felt no one would ever feel Tom was unfortunate. Mark did a great job of acting and sure gave the movie some suprises of what a college student could learn along with book learning. I recommend this DVD highly
I will watch it again and again.
Tom Adams
 DVD movies October 18, 2007
I remember this movie from my days watching cable TV movies. I love westerns, not enough made nowadays. Good story, solid movie, but limited appeal.
 No Academy Awards Here January 14, 2006
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
A pretty lame western from all aspects. Weak story line, poor character development and the acting (if one can call it that)was almost non-existant. The movie was filmed in beautiful locations however, the director was not even interested enough in the project to shoot in locations void of jet trails in the sky.
If you like westerns like I do, I would not watch this one more than once. I was very relieved when it ended, so relieved I skipped the credits at the end.
Good morality tale October 23, 2005
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
Westerns seem uniquely well suited for the presentation of (near) epic morality tales. Even when made for television they lend themselves to the Big Issues. Beautifully filmed in New Mexico, THE TRACKER is a 1988 HBO production that touches on the stuff with deep roots - need and obligation, trust and home. Mostly, though, it about vengeance and the fine line between the Good and the Bad.
The Bad is ably portrayed by Scott Wilson, who's probably best remembered as Robert Blake's killing-spree partner in In Cold Blood. Wilson plays fervent Danite and general sicko Jack `Red Jack' Stillwell. The legendary Danites, as the movie explains, were a perverted branch of Mormons who cleansed the Earth by indiscriminate murder. When Red Jack and gang invade New Mexico Federal Marshal Lane Crawford (David Huddleston) is called on to track them down, dead or alive. But Crawford isn't as young as he used to be, and he needs help. He calls on old friend and renowned tracker Noble Adams (Kris Kristofferson - `even the Apaches were afraid of Adams.') Although inwardly reluctant, Adams agrees to track down the bad guys. Even more reluctant is he to allow his half-son Tom (Mark Moses) to tag along, but the young man is set on it. And so it is three hunting six - four bad guys and two female hostages.
Although Kristofferson sometimes comes across a little detached he doesn't do anything here to embarrass Kevin Jarre's smart script or John Guillermin's taut direction. Noble Adams is more complex than Kristofferson plays him. He's a reluctant avenger, a brutal killer when the situation demands it, a man who sends his son off to college and learns that his return home may not be permanent. It's the type of character western fans like to cheer for, one that's best developed by an actor who can play all the angles. We cheer for Adams, alright, but we're a lot more interested when Wilson's Red Jack is on the screen. All that doesn't make THE TRACKER any less a very good western, nor one that I wouldn't hesitate to heartily endorse.
Formulaic HBO entry September 6, 2003
18 out of 29 found this review helpful
Plot, drama, suspense, character development -- this western has them all, to reasonable measure. It seems awfully like other HBO movies I have seen. If you like westerns, this may be a candidate for an evening's entertainment. If you like exceptional westerns, try "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance", "A Big Hand for the Little Lady", "El Mariachi", "Stagecoach" or the Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns.
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