A fast rising hi tech executive must protect his career and family from the ruthless tactics of a homicidal corporate headhunter.
Alan Ruck draws connections between his breakout role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and his recent work on the Emmy-nominated "Succession."
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Christian Slater | ... | Vincent Palmer | |
| Gil Bellows | ... | Ben Keats | |
| Estella Warren | ... | Emily Keats | |
| Michael Clarke Duncan | ... | Franklin | |
| Conchita Campbell | ... | Alison Keats | |
| Kevin McNulty | ... | John Blakely | |
| Tyler Labine | ... | Wade Steiner | |
| Sarah Strange | ... | Petra Ghirov | |
| Chelah Horsdal | ... | Sharon | |
| Saul Rubinek | ... | Dexter O'Neil | |
| Scott Hylands | ... | Robert Langford | |
| Camille Mitchell | ... | Jen (Real Esate Agent) | |
| Candus Churchill | ... | Nurse | |
| Kirsten Robek | ... | Sherry | |
| Enid-Raye Adams | ... | Manager | |
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Wall Street's leading headhunter Vincent Palmer isn't just extremely good in finding the ideal executives for corporate top jobs and offering them a deal hard to resist. His special knack is making them sign even if they really don't want to. Such a hard nut is Benjamin 'Ben' Keats, who invented a brilliant persons tracking device and is committed to his partners and staff to use it to launch their firm VizTrack on the stock exchange. Vincent pulls all seductive stops with Ben, his wife and daughter, in vain. Then he hints even murder is in his repertoire. Ben checks out that's true but decides ti fight back. Written by KGF Vissers
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20 September 2006 (Kuwait) See more »Also Known As:
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Jeff Celentano was attached to direct at one point with Val Kilmer attached to star. Celentano said it was one of the best projects he'd been involved with. After Kilmer abruptly left the project, it fell apart and went through several subsequent rewrites. See more »Goofs
When Vincent breaks into Ben's house after finding out Ben wasn't on the plane, he goes on a rampage and breaks the lamp. The lamp was already broken because as soon as he touches the lamp, parts of it crumble in his hand. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Kristoffer Tabori's "Pursued", suffers from the screen play written by Maggie April. Mr. Tabori, an excellent actor, who has turned his attention to directing, seems to be out of his element with this movie. Thrillers that are based on revolutionary technology don't seem to translate well to the screen, as it's the case with "Pursued".
In fact, Mr. Tabori gets an over the top performance from Christian Slater, as the evil Vincent Palmer, who like all villains, seems to be miles ahead of everyone else in the story. On the other hand, Gil Bellows, who is the victim of Palmer, seems to be completely impotent to do anything, or even go to the police with the troubles he is facing. The problem seems to be exacerbated by Mr. Bellows' take on the character, as he makes him even weaker.
The result is an uneven film, that showed possibilities, but in the end, doesn't fulfill them. For a film that deals in cutting edge technology, one would think that Ben Keats, the genius behind the new program that will revolutionize cyberspace tracking, would have been aware of the spies out there, especially the scumbag that is making his life impossible, and invested in the best anti-spy software money could buy. The only point the film makes is how prevalent industrial spying is in the hands of people like the repulsive Vincent Palmer.