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- 1988
- R
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 50 m
- 1988
- R
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 50 m
Summary An F.B.I. Agent teams up with a tracker to pursue a murderer after he vanishes into the mountains and infiltrates a hiking group.
Directed By: Roger Spottiswoode
Written By: Harv Zimmel, Michael Burton, Daniel Petrie Jr.
- 1988
- R
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 50 m
- 1988
- R
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 50 m
Shoot to Kill
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Summary An F.B.I. Agent teams up with a tracker to pursue a murderer after he vanishes into the mountains and infiltrates a hiking group.
Directed By: Roger Spottiswoode
Written By: Harv Zimmel, Michael Burton, Daniel Petrie Jr.
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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45% Positive
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5 Reviews
55% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
56
45% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
55% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Shoot to Kill is fast-food moviemaking - quick, satisfying and transient.
The action is rousing and the suspense is relentless in this adventure yarn about a San Francisco cop and an Oregon mountain-man chasing a psychopathic killer through the wilderness. [19 Feb 1988, p.21]
Poitier is Poitier, and that, after such a dry spell, is reason enough to see the movie. [12 Feb 1988, p.C5]
A half-baked FBI drama in the 48 HRS.-Lethal Weapon buddy-buddy mode. [12 Feb 1988, p.7]
Despite the avoidance of fundamental surprise -- there are a few good ones along the way -- Shoot To Kill is still an OK suspense adventure. Director Roger Spottiswoode (Under Fire, The Best of Times) makes the most of the wild, sometimes vertical terrain, and the acting is fine. [15 Feb 1988, p.C04]
The movie is grisly, illogical, contradictory, borderline tasteless, riddled with plot holes--and at the same time, decently photographed, cleanly edited and crisply directed. All in all, the waste it represents--of talent, of intelligence, of fine craftsmen and of the audience’s good will--is enough to make one howl like a dog.
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Production Company
Touchstone Pictures,
Silver Screen Partners III,
Century Park Pictures
Release Date Feb 12, 1988
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating R
Tagline A ruthless killer. A beautiful hostage. Two men follow them into the mountains. One for love. One for revenge.
Awards
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 2 Nominations
