Tashunga - Merciless Persecution
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Tashunga - Merciless Persecution |
| Original title | North Star |
| Country of production | France , Norway , Italy , United Kingdom |
| original language | English , Inuktitut |
| Publishing year | 1996 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Nils Gaup |
| script |
Gilles Béhat Philippe Schwartz Sergio Donati Lorenzo Donati Paul Ohl |
| production | Anne François |
| music |
Bruce Rowland John Scott |
| camera | Bruno de Keyzer |
| cut |
Michael A. Hoey Kant Pan |
| occupation | |
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Tashunga - Merciless Persecution (Original title: North Star ) is an adventure film from the year 1996 . In the Western play Christopher Lambert and James Caan the leading roles. The script is based on a novel by Heck Allen .
action
Alaska in 1899: In the remote gold mining settlement of Nome , the unscrupulous Sean McLennon forbids all non-Americans to seek mining rights. He had other claim owners killed and auctioned off their properties. Likewise the gold-bearing terrain of the half-blood Hudson Saanteek, whom McLennon's men only believe they have killed. In Nome, he can only escape the gang a second time by kidnapping McLennon's fiancé Sarah. In Hudson's hiding place, she gradually gains trust in him and realizes that McLennon is the real villain when he and his followers track down Hudson's hut. Hudson and Sarah flee separately, the latter observes how the crooks shoot down the entire search party of the sheriff. Hudson kills McLennon's last two followers and is believed to be dead after falling under an ice sheet. In Nome, McLennon is arrested during a speech for the observed six-fold murder, but is able to escape his guards in prison. He now seeks out Sarah for revenge, but Hudson is there at the right time and stabs McLennon.
Reviews
“The Norwegian Nils Gaup piles up everything the genre has to offer: breakneck escapes through the mountains, sleigh rides in the snowstorm and campfire romance to warm up. The rest leaves you completely cold: a script from the drawing board, characters in the simplest red and white painting, crowned by a bumpy montage. It is always faded out when the hero falls into the ice water again and miraculously survives. Brrrrr! "
“An adventure film set in a magnificent snowy landscape in an elaborate staging. Two shortcomings tarnish the entertainment value: the scope format does not come into its own on video, and the numerous acts of killing are presented with exaggerated casualness. "
background
- The film was shot in Norway .
Web links
- Tashunga - Merciless persecution in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tashunga - Merciless Pursuit in the online movie database
- Tashunga - Merciless Persecution at Rotten Tomatoes (English)