Predrag "Death Hunt" is a great action flick, make no doubt. It's oddly enjoyable seeing old veterans such as Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin - both in the twilight of their unique careers - chewing up the lush Canadian scenery while involved in a battle of wills during a early 20th century man hunt. But it's the build up to the eventual chase, based on a true story, most viewers will remember from this sadly neglected film. he film, based on a true story (but denounced by many Canadian historians for its' misrepresentation of the facts), takes place in the Yukon Territories in the year 1931. It centers on Albert Johnson (Bronson), a lone trapper who becomes a fugitive, pursued by the doggedly determined Sgt. Edgar Millen, RCMP (Marvin), essentially for a crime he didn't commit. After a run in with a group of less than savory individuals, lead by Hazel (Lauter), Johnson is accused of murder, and the curmudgeonly Millen, with his rookie Mountie (Andrews) in tow, investigate the allegations. Millen suspects Johnson acted in self-defense, and tries to convince Johnson to come peaceably, but a trigger happy member of the posse (one of Hazel's men) spoils those plans, inadvertently bringing the fury down on their collective heads as Johnson, who we learn later, is a WWI veteran, extremely proficient with weapons and trained to survive in nearly any terrain, leads the group on a bloody chase across the snowy, arctic tundra.The scenery is spectacular and the hunt itself becomes almost a circus as cash bounties entice the townspeople to join in. One can feel just how grueling and exhausting the hardships are for everyone who's involved. It does become evident that the hunter and hunted have a certain admiration for each other, two old school guys who's type is nearing extinction, due to changing times. The film is a great chase. You find yourself routing for hunter and hunted alike. With Death Hunt you get great direction, great dialogue, great scenic locations, and wonderful acting. This all adds up to A-plus entertainment.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

sol1218 **SPOILERS** Having saved a sled dog from being torn apart in a savage dog fight trapper Albert Johnson, Charles Bonson, get's involved in a shooting, in self-defense, that has the Royal Mounted Canadian Police sent to arrest him. The head of the Mounties in the district, the northern Yukon, Sgt.Edger Millen, Lee Marvin,is anything but interested in capturing Johnson feeling that he killed one of those trappers who were out to kill him. The group lead by Hazel, Ed Lauther, who's dog Johnson saved now were determined to track down and kill Johnson feeling that he's the notorious "Mad Trapper" that everyone in law enforcement north of the Mason Dixon line are looking for.Johnson a loner who wants nothing to do with the outside world ends up being chased up the Yukon wilderness as he tries to make it to safety in the inaccessible wilds of Alaska. It' during the chase that were introduced to the real "Mad Trapper" who Johnson is mistaken for. This lowlife, the "Mad Trapper", has a habit of murdering his unsuspecting victims and then pulling their gold teeth or fillings out of their mouths.Together on the hunt, for Johnson, with the no so interested Sgt. Millen is his new deputy the Dudley Do-Right-like Constable Alvin Adams, Andrew Stevens, and Millen's sidekick the former Negro League star pitcher Sundog or George Washington Lincoln Brown Played by Carl Weathers. Millen who's been cooped up in the Youkon for years has finally gotten romantically involved with an attractive American woman Vanessa McBride, Angie Dickerson, compared to the Eskimo hookers, that he calls buffalo women, that he's used to partying around with. Venessa who had come up north to pick up her dead husbands things, his watch and trapping license, fell heads over heels for the weather beaten and dog-faced Sgt. Millen who, with the exception of Constable Adams, was about the only normal and sane man in the area. That despite his constantly guzzling down bottle after bottle or rat gut moonshine and smoking notoriously smelly home made cigars. It also turned out that the frustrated Hazel, who had everything going wrong for him in the movie, looking to get some hot action for himself, in the freezing and unfriendly Yukon winter, took an enormous liking to the very cute and boyish Constable Adams. As expected Hazel ended up, after Adams cold cocked him, almost six feet under when he got a wee bit touchy feely with the young Mountie.****SPOILERS**** With all the efforts to catch him that included a WWI vintage airplane, Johnson did make it to the safety of the Alasken border but only after knocking off almost all those in Sgt. Millen's posse who were trying to both kill and capture him for a reward of $1,000. As we soon learned Johnson wasn't the ghoulish "Mad Trapper" that almost everyone accused him of being. It was both Sgt. Millen and Constable Adams who, with the help of Johnson, unwittingly tracked the "Mad Trapper" down and finally ended his reign of terror in the northern territories.

Witchfinder General 666 Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin - these two great actors had already starred together in Robert Aldrich's awesome hangdog war flick "The Dirty Dozen" and their casting alone is reason enough to watch a film. Actually, the casting of one of the two would be reason enough, but this flick happens to star both of them, as well as the wonderful Angie Dickinson. Teriffically set in the snow-covered Yukon territory of the early 1930s "Death Hunt" of 1981 is an atmospheric and tough-minded film that is not only recommended to my fellow Bronson fans. This film, which is (supposedly) based on a true story, is set in 1931, but in an area that still seems like late 19th century, a chillingly cold and sparsely populated mountain wasteland that is home to tough trappers, lone hermits and, mainly, people who don't put particular value on a human life.The loner Albert Johnson (Bronson) saves an almost dead dog by buying it from its owner after it has been severely wounded in a dogfight. The owner (Ed Lauter) did not exactly plan to sell it, however, and even though Johnson has paid for his purchase, the owners complaint results in a manhunt. The hunt for Albert Johnson is lead by the elderly Mountie Sgt. Millen (Marvin), who, even though sympathetic towards Johnson's motives, has to do his duty, his black assistant Sundog (Carl Weathers) and rookie Mountie Alvin (Andrew Stevens)...The film bares several resemblances to Michael Winner's great revenge Western "Chato's Land" (1972). While not quite as great as Winner's film, "Death Hunt" is definitely a highly recommendable manhunt-film that stands out in its tough-mindedness and menacing atmosphere. Ever since I fist saw Sergio Corbucci's Italian Western masterpiece "Il Grande Silenzio", which is one of my all-time favorite movies, I have a thing for films set in snow-covered mountains, and the Yukon setting is awesome and makes you almost feel the cold of the Canadian borderland. The film's two stars, Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin are as great as one may expect, and Angie Dickinson plays a small role as Marvin's girlfriend. Ed Lauter furthermore makes a particularly sleazy and unlikable bad guy, and the supporting actors seem like they're coming straight out of 1931 Yukon territory - dirty, brutal and willing to kill everybody for money. The film has some minor flaws, but the atmosphere is menacing throughout and the photography is excellent. For Charles Bronson fans "Death Hunt" is a must-see, and it is also highly recommendable to everybody else!

MARIO GAUCI This is one of Charles Bronson's more popular vehicles (though I've missed it more than I care to remember in the past!) – as much for his pairing with Lee Marvin as for the tough, snow-bound action of the plot.The film, in fact, is based on true events depicting a bloody manhunt which has gone down in history; ironically, its source seems to have been a trivial argument about possession of a wounded dog! While the location photography is pretty spectacular, the narrative tightly-paced and the action sequences undeniably well-handled (Peter Hunt being a veteran of James Bond movies as both editor and director), it's unfortunate that characterization – the posse grows in number once a bounty is offered for the capture of trapper Bronson – is mostly relegated to unpleasant stock types.Even if both stars (who only get to share one scene) were clearly ageing by this time, they bring conviction to their respective roles: Bronson demonstrates his characteristic quiet fortitude as the hunted man, while Marvin is the experienced and tenacious lawman on his trail (but whose cynicism gives way towards the end to reveal an essential humanism underneath). Angie Dickinson briefly supplies the redundant love interest to Marvin's character; this was the last of their three pairings – the other titles being the far superior THE KILLERS (1964) and POINT BLANK (1967).