In a word, Pursued is terrible.
It pushes itself as a high-grade techno-thriller, but falls so far short of the mark on all fronts it should be an embarrassment to the solid cast that participated in it.
The acting is poor, but more likely than not the result of the fact that the characters in this movie are one dimensional.
Gil Bellows plays Ben Keats, a technology genius on the verge of marketing a state of the art tracking system.
Christian Slater plays an "all or nothing" recruiter trying to get Ben to switch jobs.
I'd go into detail about what was wrong with this movie, but I can't bring myself to waste another minute on it.
The only Pursued had going for it was the concept of the tracking system Ben had developed. That might have been kinda cool.
Unfortunately they wrapped it in a really shallow and predictable stalker story with no rhyme or reason.
The depiction of the technology is mid 80s and terrible. The only techno-component with any credibility is a couple of cameos by Google.
The character Ben Keats is pathetic and one dimensional. Christian Slater's recruiter is not believable, and his sole purpose in life appears to be destroying the lives of the people he's recruiting. Not totally beyond reality, but his portrayal pushes it over the edge.
1/10 - do not waste two hours of your life on this.
It pushes itself as a high-grade techno-thriller, but falls so far short of the mark on all fronts it should be an embarrassment to the solid cast that participated in it.
The acting is poor, but more likely than not the result of the fact that the characters in this movie are one dimensional.
Gil Bellows plays Ben Keats, a technology genius on the verge of marketing a state of the art tracking system.
Christian Slater plays an "all or nothing" recruiter trying to get Ben to switch jobs.
I'd go into detail about what was wrong with this movie, but I can't bring myself to waste another minute on it.
The only Pursued had going for it was the concept of the tracking system Ben had developed. That might have been kinda cool.
Unfortunately they wrapped it in a really shallow and predictable stalker story with no rhyme or reason.
The depiction of the technology is mid 80s and terrible. The only techno-component with any credibility is a couple of cameos by Google.
The character Ben Keats is pathetic and one dimensional. Christian Slater's recruiter is not believable, and his sole purpose in life appears to be destroying the lives of the people he's recruiting. Not totally beyond reality, but his portrayal pushes it over the edge.
1/10 - do not waste two hours of your life on this.