Plot
A high-rolling corporate shark and his impoverished young guide play the most dangerous game during a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 6.7/10 (104 voted)
Critic's Score: /100
Director: Jean-Baptiste Léonetti
Stars: Michael Douglas, Jeremy Irvine, Martin Palmer
Storyline
A high-rolling corporate shark and his impoverished young guide play the most dangerous game during a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert.
Writers: Robb White, Stephen Susco
Cast: Michael Douglas -
Madec
Jeremy Irvine -
Ben
Hanna Mangan Lawrence -
Ronny Cox -
The Sheriff
Patricia Bethune -
Secretary
Martin Palmer -
Charlie
David Garver -
Ben's father
Taglines:
What began as an accident has become a deadly game.
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 29 April 2015
Filming Locations: Farmington, New Mexico, USA
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Runtime:
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Trivia:
Based on the 1972 novel Deathwatch by Robb White See more »
User Review
Author:
Rating: 7/10
Occasionally we all get needy. So Ben, a young hunting guide, may
perhaps be forgiven for taking a large bribe from an arrogant,
ridiculously wealthy and fearless client. The two descend into the
Mojave Desert wilderness in order to hunt bighorn out of season. There
are many red flags to this, yet Ben's girlfriend just left for college
and he is left considering if solitude and poverty are in his future.
Deep into the desert it is not long before an incident occurs that sets
Ben and Madec, a C.E.O. with a sport utility vehicle that costs over
half a million dollars, at odds with each other. It is the
old-school-young versus the new-technology-old in a delicious thriller.
Michael Douglas, starring as Madec, returns to his stock and trade as a
depraved and greedy man who lets no one get in the way of himself and
his obsessions. Douglas gives a fine performance, yet he can't carry
the film on his own. It is far-fetched, shallow and disjointed at
times. The film is, however, compelling and fulfilling in its story and
the possibilities it presents. It gives truth to Melville's saying that
"an utterly fearless companion is a far more dangerous comrade than a
coward." Seen at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
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