Pursued

2004
5.2| 1h35m| R| en
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A fast rising hi-tech executive must protect his career and family from the ruthless tactics of a homicidal corporate headhunter.

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Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
plumcreative The acting is decent and Christian Slater is certainly right for the role of headhunter/stalker. He comes across as creepy and charming all at the same time. Unfortunately the plot got to the point where you were asking "This guy Ben is supposed to be smart? I wouldn't hire a guy that is this stupid." There were so many ways he could have extricated himself. Record almost any of their phone conversations, have other people listen to their conversations, get the security company involved earlier and turn the tables, tell anyone/everyone what the guy was doing to him, etc. His boss, with brain tumor, even told him early on how the headhunters will often stop at nothing to recruit-- including bugging and hidden video (including a video camera in pen). Why the heck would he take a pen from the psycho or let his daughter have a gift from him after being told that? And why did he not scan for bugs and video cameras in his home and office much earlier? It makes one wonder if anyone even read this script before they started shooting. With a few changes it could have been an OK movie-- instead of making me sad for having wasted time on it. Toward the end the use of the cool high tech tracking system was kind of too-little too-late and pointless-- but even at this point he could have sent the police to his house to catch him breaking in. Using the tracking system would have made more sense earlier on. So bottom line: not worth your time. Feel sorry for the cast because there is no way they could have saved this picture with such a badly written plot.
Enchorde Recap: Ben Keats is the director of small but upcoming company Viztrax (or something like it) that is about to hit it big. His success has not gone unnoticed and soon he gets a call from the executive head hunter Vincent Palmer. Palmer is brutally (literally) ruthless and won't take no for an answer. Palmer's methods are obsessive. Keats first thinks he can just turn him away but Palmer then begins to stalk him and his family. And Keats start to think that Palmer's methods are not so innocent. At the same time he got to handle his family that is starting to crack under the pressure.Comments: A thriller that quickly ran out of promise and got tiresome. The character Palmer is meant to be very obsessive and oppressive, yes, but this felt like over the top. I generally like Slater but this time he mishandled his role, or got the wrong directions from the director. And really, the set up doesn't hold. A homicidal head hunter? Really? But the worst fault was a classic one. One that many second rate thrillers have fallen into before, but this one seemed a need to explore once more. The one were the supposed victim thinks he can do it all himself so much that he is over and far beyond the line of stupidity. He don't communicate with his wife. Not at all. Some of that can be explained as they recently has hit a rough patch. But when Ben get pretty sure that Vincent is seriously dangerous, and threatens his family and Vincent still doesn't have any real hold on him yet, why don't he go to the police? Or at least the security consultant that his company already has hired? Instead he plays along, inevitably getting caught in Vincent's net.The cast is actually rather good, Gillows, Slater are joined by Warren and Clarke Duncan. But they never seem to get something going. And that sums up the entire movie. It never got going. There are many thrillers out there that are a lot better. Watch them instead.3/10
vhs1999 Christian Slater leads this cast in a superb performance he plays a head hunter that will stop at nothing to get what he wants. In the world of hi tech technology a man in charge of a small company is pursued by a hot shot from a higher up company, This is a game were know one wins. Estella warren plays and average role as the mother and wife and Michael Clarke Duncan plays his role for a good amount of time, any longer and for that reason could have ruined the movie for me. The twist was just what i was looking for, Not realistic and not over the top but believable is in which all movies should end with. If you enjoy a good thriller of if you are a fan of b grade films then you have picked the right movie. This is one for the collection.
sergio choren Oh my god!...this movie is terrible. The plot is silly, the goofs are very easy to find, the editing sucks, and everything is predictable. Is sad to see cool actors like Slater and Duncan Clark doing that kind of crap. The character played by Gil Bellows is probably the most stupid genius in movie history... a computer expert who can't find a way to show everybody what's happening to him. And the idea of a liquid tracking system is too much. The wife just can't believe in her husband, the boss looks strong like a bull but is terminally ill, and the security expert follows the car of a maniac without any precaution. Don't waste 2 hours of your life in this movie, really...