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Actors: Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Carl Weathers
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Death Hunt
A canadian mountain man buys an injured dog from a trapper.
The trapper claims that the dog was stolen. He and a bunch of his cohorts go to the mountain man's cabin to kill him. They kill the dog, but the mountain man kills one of them and chases the rest away.
The trapper goes to the mountie captain and explains his side of the story.
The trapper and his men and the captain and two of his mounties go to bring the mountain man in.
The captain tries to keep things peaceful, but the trappers start shooting.
The mountain man kills several of the trappers and escapes into the mountains.
The mounties and the rest of the trapper give chase.
The mountain man kills the trapprrs one by one and one of the mounties. He captures one of the trappers and switches clothes with him.
The captain, thinking it's the mountain man, kills the trapper. He spots the mountain man going over the top of a mountain. He has a clear shot, but he respects him too much to kill him so he lets him go.

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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%



Time/Era of Movie: - 1960's-1970's
Wilderness adventure Yes
Plotlets: - chased/chasing criminals
Terrain - mountain

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - very short/crewcut (man)
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - white/grey
Hair style - (man) very short/crewcut
Body type - average build (man)
Unclothed? - chest
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - general circumstances

Setting
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - Canada
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing on trails

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - non-gory references to death/punishment
How many deaths in film? - 4-8
How much use of techno gadgets? - 1 ()
Kind of violence: - guns
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
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