Shoot to Kill (Deadly Pursuit)

Shoot to Kill (Deadly Pursuit) (1988)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (11 reviews)

  • 57% of users liked it
    (5,886 ratings)

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,… More

R,
Directed By
Written By
Daniel Petrie
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Feb 12, 1988 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com

    A gripping manhunt thriller that's also part buddy movie and part outdoor, man-against-the-elements adventure. Might have been taken for granted in 1988, but Shoot to Kill is a corker by today's standards.

  • Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures

    Awesome thriller!

  • Bill Clark, FromTheBalcony

    An underrated, well-directed action flick with a superb performance by Sidney Poitier.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Shoot to Kill is a rip-roaring movie from start to finish.

  • Clint Morris, Moviehole

    You'll feel the sweat dripping off your back. Thrilling beyond belief.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jens S


    A truly unique 80s action thriller: in order to chase a killer and diamond thief, an FBI agent (Poitier) has to team up with an expert hiker (Berenger) whose girlfriend (Alley) leads a group of men through the mountains to the Canadian border, among them: the killer. The movie takes… More

  • Dean M


    Good thriller with Sidney Poitier at 63 when the film was shot, looks little more than 40.

  • Fascade F


    A genuine whodunnit classic...one of Sidney Poitier's and Tom Berringer's best team-up to date. A must see.

  • Barry L


    Brilliant movie showing Poitier hadnt lost it.

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