Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAn Afrikaner Boer War veteran immigrates to New Zealand. Hired to track a fugitive accused of killing a soldier, he captures him but learns he's innocent. Faced with turning him in or freein... Tout lireAn Afrikaner Boer War veteran immigrates to New Zealand. Hired to track a fugitive accused of killing a soldier, he captures him but learns he's innocent. Faced with turning him in or freeing him, only one will survive.An Afrikaner Boer War veteran immigrates to New Zealand. Hired to track a fugitive accused of killing a soldier, he captures him but learns he's innocent. Faced with turning him in or freeing him, only one will survive.
- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
- Récompenses
- 1 nomination au total
- Posse Soldier Crowther
- (as Matt Sunderland)
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For the longest time, I struggle to formulate Arjan's journey. I don't think that this movie ends perfectly but it ends well enough. One way to help is not to show the inciting incident. His innocence or guilt can be achieved in other ways. The arrival to that opinion can parallel Arjan's journey. It's harder to pinpoint his thinking unless it's laid bare. I do like the finger idea but it's a little rushed. They should reveal his finger premise from the very beginning. All in all, this is a riveting chase movie with two great actors and a few minor problems.
Reading the above synopsis the premise is one that's very familiar , almost too familiar . In many ways it resembles that of a revisionary Western in the tradition of CHATO'S LAND where whites pursue the noble savage and as the story unravels white men are portrayed as being less noble and more savage than their prey . Certainly the audience are under no illusion who to root for but unfortunately the film suffers from a seen it all before feel . It's a common feeling on this page that TRACKER is a film that isn't as good as it could have been but it's impossible to do anything radically different with this type of story
One aspect that is very noticeable is the landscapes . It was common in 1970s Antipodian cinema to to have sweeping rural locations for settings . Later on Australian cinema seemed to locate to urban locations to tell a story where as New Zealand seemed happy to keep its output in a rural setting . Of course LORD OF THE RINGS needed a landscape of wide open spaces but you can see any director quickly falling in love with the country with its beautiful vistas of coastline , forests , mountains and rivers . Here director Ian Sharp seems hypnotised by the countryside , so much so that the hypnotic beauty of the natural countryside ends up becoming the star of TRACKED and overwhelms the narrative
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesThe Boer war took place between Oct 11, 1899 - May 31, 1902.
- GaffesOn the Coastal trail, after the official tracker (Bryce) acknowledged that they are following the wrong man, we see Arjan van Diemen at his campsite with a small brightly burning fire (no smoke). Then we see Kereama at his campsite from where he sees dense smoke rinsing from Diemen(?)'s campfire. Then once more we see Diemen's smokeless fire.
- Citations
Arjan van Diemen: I'm not taking chances with the rain, not in this bloody country.
Kereama: It's not going to rain. I'm a sailor. I can tell you the weather from the color of the water.
[a sudden cloud burst starts pouring down]
- ConnexionsFeatured in Breakfast: Épisode datant du 21 avril 2011 (2011)
Meilleurs choix
- How long is Tracker?Alimenté par Alexa
Détails
Box-office
- Budget
- 6 500 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut mondial
- 54 437 $US
- Durée1 heure 42 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 2.35 : 1