Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio del Toro, Connie Nielsen, Leslie Stefanson, John Finn,
Plot: In the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallam. A former Special Operations instructor is approached and asked to apprehend Hallam—his former student—who has 'gone rogue' after suffering severe battle stress from his time in Kosovo.
Masculinity under stress: late films by Sam Peckinpah and William Friedkin
Two veteran directors, late in their careers, revisit their explorations of masculinity and violence in a pair of films which weren’t well-received by critics: Sam Peckinpah’s sole venture into the war movie genre Cross of Iron (1977) […]