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A man is discovered breaking into his own jewelery shop in the dead of night. Questioned closely, it is learnt that his wife is being held hostage by an extortionist who demands the diamonds in the shop's safe. The extortionist manages to escape FBI agent Warren Stantin, who subsequently chases him into the forests of Northern America. Stantin recruits the help of a reluctant local Jonathon Knox, who has the skills necessary to track down the criminal. The only problem is that Stantin has no experience in the wilderness...
A murderous extortionist vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, and in pursuit, FBI Agent Stantin, must exchange familiar city streets for unknown wilderness trails. Stantin is forced to enlist expert tracker Knox. They only begin to work together when Knox's girlfriend is taken hostage by the killer.
FBI-agent Stantin zit een misdadiger op de hielen die gijzelaars heeft gedood. Samen met een gids trekt hij de bergen in om te voorkomen dat de man ontsnapt. De gids heeft een goede reden om Stantin te helpen: zijn verloofde is gids van een groep jagers, waarbij de verdachte zich heeft aangesloten.
Sidney Poitier makes his long-overdue return to films in the 1988 thriller Shoot to Kill. Poitier plays an FBI agent, on the trail of an elusive killer. Reluctantly teamed with tracker Tom Berenger, the citified Poitier braves the wilds of the Pacific Northwest in search of his quarry. For Berenger, the pursuit is personal; the killer, whose identity is not immediately revealed, has joined a hunting party being guided through the country by the tracker's girlfriend Kirstie Alley. Though only bearing the slightest resemblance to Real Life (you'll love the scene between lifelong city-dweller Poitier and a huge griz...
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zly bear), Shoot to Kill delivers the goods in the suspense department.
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