Wounded (1997)

The forest rangers Julie Clayton and her boyfriend Don Powell find several grizzly-bear slaughtered in the forest. They report to their superior and he comes with the FBI Agent Eric Ashton ... See full summary »

Director:

Richard Martin

Writers:

Harry Longstreet (story) (as Harry S. Longstreet), Harry Longstreet (screenplay) (as Harry S. Longstreet)

Stars:

Mädchen Amick, Graham Greene, Adrian Pasdar

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mädchen Amick	...	Julie Clayton
Graham Greene	...	Nick Rollins
Adrian Pasdar	...	Hanaghan
Robert Costanzo	...	Stu Sachen
Richard Joseph Paul	...	Don Powell
Daniel Kash	...	David Boyd
Jim Beaver	...	Agent Eric Ashton
François Chau	...	Mr. Lee
Michael Anthony Rawlins	...	Agent Clark (as Michael Rawlins)
J.B. Bivens	...	Richard Pearson (as John Paul Bivens Jr.)
Greg Rogers	...	Dr. Jay Voight
Jerry Wasserman	...	Dr. Sam Cohen
Frank Crudele	...	Bill Gillespie
Michael Dobson	...	Lee's Lawyer
Akiko Morison	...	Nurse #1

Storyline

The forest rangers Julie Clayton and her boyfriend Don Powell find several grizzly-bear slaughtered in the forest. They report to their superior and he comes with the FBI Agent Eric Ashton and his partner and other rangers. They team-up and go to the wilderness by helicopter to seek out the poacher. However, the man kills the rangers and the FBI agent and Julie is seriously wounded. She miraculously survives and learns that her beloved Don was murdered. Julie is deeply affected but when she meets the alcoholic police detective Nick Rollins, he motivates her to live with hate planning revenge. Meanwhile the FBI decides to use Julie as bait to catch the poacher Hanaghan. But Hanaghan has developed a weird attraction for Julie.

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Plot Keywords:

wildlife | fbi | poacher | psychiatric hospital | toilet | 

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Taglines:

A hunter never leaves his prey wounded

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and some language

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 April 1997 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Malherida

Filming Locations:

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Keystone Pictures, Téléfilm Canada

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color (Alphacine)

Did You Know?

Connections

References The Muppet Show (1976)

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User Reviews

First-class suspense!

The best reason to watch this sleeper hit is for the duel of wits and wills between Amick's character and Pasdar's. They are more than just characters in this movie. They each represent values. Pasdar re- presents the cold-blooded, calculating ruthlessness of the hunter- competitor; Amick represents the compassion and thoughtfulness that blunts his unreflective violence. You don't have to be an animal rights activist or a feminist to be rooting with all your might for Julie Clayton as she struggles to outwit the trapper Hanaghan.

At the beginning, Julie is admittedly at a disadvantage in her battle with Hanaghan. She has been through the trauma of an attack in the woods and is wounded and weak. She's not only weak physically. She's weak psychologically as well. She has to overcome her own fear and co-dependency. She would nearly have died herself, were it not for a chance encounter with a veteran police officer, played well by Greene. He helps her marshal the courage necessary to outsmart Hanaghan.

To its credit, this movie resists the strong temptation to degenerate into a series of explosions and wanton gunfire once Hanaghan has found

Julie. He must outwit her. He must prevent her from having her say.

But he cannot afford to kill her. He is in her world and out of his own wild element. So it remains a battle of wits all the way through this movie. This is not John Rambo vs. the Establishment in the wilderness!

The movie succeeds on another level as well. Although Julie Clayton becomes more like Hanaghan as she confronts him, she doesn't become exactly like him. That is, she doesn't become the mindless killing machine that he is. She retains her compassion, her humanity and her sanity. She's as strong as he is on her own terms. This is a victory not just for herself but for human dignity, which she represents.

The year 1997 seems to have been a good year for movies, especially sleeper movies like this one. This is a little jewel of a movie! Whoever can should catch it on cable. It's worth three stars!!