North Star (1996)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Nils Gaup

Writers:

Heck Allen (novel)
Gilles Béhat (story) ...

Release Date:

25 October 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Western

Tagline:

Where land is power and revenge is obsession.

Plot:

Set during the Alaskan gold rush of the late 1800's. In his efforts to gain control of a small mining town...

Plot Keywords:

Wilderness | Revenge | Hunter | Gold Rush | Saloon

Cast

James Caan	...	Sean McLennon
Christopher Lambert	...	Hudson Saanteek (as Christophe Lambert)
Catherine McCormack	...	Sarah
Burt Young	...	Reno
Morten Faldaas
Jacques François	...	Colonel Henry Johnson
Mary M. Walker	...	Haina
Renny Hoalona Loren	...	Cheelik
Frank Salsedo	...	Nakki
Don Backhurst	...	Native American
Roddy 'Two Eagle' Randall	...	Native American
Reidar Sørensen	...	Bjorn Svenson (as Reidar Sorenson)
Pedea Torget	...	Jesper
Hilde Grythe	...	Hannah
John Cassady	...	Jim Hanson

Also Known As:

The North Star (France) (promotional title) (International: English title) (UK) (promotional title)
Duello tra i ghiacci (Italy)
Grand nord
Tashunga

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and language.

Runtime:

90 min | Argentina:89 min | UK:88 min | USA:88 min

Country:

France | UK | Italy | Norway

Language:

English | Inuktitut

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:16 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Maridalen, Oslo, Norway

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Goofs:

Factual errors: The Army Officer who comes to Nome to declare martial law is wearing the crossed sabers on his hat; those of a cavalry officer. The hat badge is upside down. The hilts of the sabers should be in the lower half, not the upper. The blade tips belong at the upper half.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Reno: Where is Hudson Saanteek?

Far Country II

Sorry friends this is a frozen turkey; just it's an interesting turkey courtesy of Caan & Young. Years back they made two superior films- The Gambler & The Killer Elite. It's nice to seem them looking so good 25 years later even considering the material.

When the movie starts I started to think of Jimmy Stewart & Walter Brennan in The Far Country. Afterwards, Valdez is Coming. By the end it just freezes to death of its own weight. It's supposed to showcaset this Highlander guy but he doesn't even rise to the level of Steven Seagal.

I laughed and enjoyed Caan as a ruthless businessman turned psycho killer but somewhere Sonny Corleone is shaking his head. John McIntire too.