Terrific Stunts, Terrible Script
Michael B. Druxman | Austin, TX | 10/23/2010
(3 out of 5 stars)
"HUNT TO KILL stars Steve Austin as a U.S. Border Patrol agent, stationed in the rugged wilderness of Northern Montana and living with his rebellious teenage daughter.
A group of fleeing, murderous thieves take them hostage and force Austin to lead them through treacherous backwoods across the Canadian border. Knowing that it is only a matter of time before these fugitives, led by Gil Bellows, will kill them, Austin draws on his survivalist training in order to bring them down, one-by-one.
Some stunning scenery and a several terrific stunts, including a couple in which Austin (or his double) take a dive off a perilous cliff, can't save this film from a terrible script that, despite the efforts of some talented actors, presents its villains as cardboard cartoon-like characters whose actions make no sense whatsoever. And, in the end, we have another one of those unbelievable chief heavies (Bellows) who just won't die...even though he's being continually battered and broken by Austin, who is twice his size.
The unfortunate thing about this film is that, had director Keoni Waxman and the writers taken the time to flesh out their heavies and make their actions more believable, this could have been a pretty good little movie. Certainly all of the production values were present.
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