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An ex-war soldier has just returned to his beloved country and is quickly sent back out to track a man accused of killing a fellow s oldier. While hunting through the country land he captures his fugitive only to learn that he’s innocent of his accused crime. When faced with the life changing decision to turn him in or set him free only one man will walk away alive.
***** 5 Stars ***** A very fine movie made in the mold of great earlier films, "Tracker" explores the complex relationship that can evolve between the captor and the captured ... even as the roles reverse at times. "The Bridge on the River Kwai"(1957) certainly comes to mind, as does the underrated (and quite rare) 1968 film, "Hell In The Pacific" with Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune - Kurosawa's favorite actor, and one of the greats of cinema history. The acting in "Tracker" is outstanding - most of the movie consists of the interplay between Ray Winstone ("The Sweeney" and many others), and Temuera Morrison (various 'Star Wars' flicks, but most importantly, "Once Were Warriors" - a truly great film worth seeking out). And then there is the stunning beauty of New Zealand itself - coastland, forest and mountains, all are here, and all to die for - this is a memorably gorgeous film in almost every shot. So just push 'play,' and get swept away in an exotic but-not-too-distant time in history (1908), and some all-too-human themes. Thanks for reading! (OK, for gun nuts and the simply curious: the strange, boxy pistol carried by van Diemen (Ray Winstone's character) is a Mauser C96 from (duh) 1896; firing a 7.63×25mm Mauser cartridge, it was the most powerful semi-automatic pistol around until the .357 Magnum was introduced in 1935. No, you don't want to get even winged by this monster, as weird as it looks. The C96 was famously carried by Lawrence of Arabia in WW1, and more horrifically, used to murder the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas, and his entire family in 1918 (and sadly, Anastasia was one of them, we now know).
