Directed by Harvey Hart
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
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A group of friends out for a weekend hunting trip stumble upon another group of hunters in the woods. They stare at each other across a river for a few minutes, then shots ring out. They return fire and kill one of the other hunters, who drag his body away then disappear. Back in their hometown, paranoia gradually sets in, causing their leader, an unstable ex-military commander, to take drastic measures. He organizes the local group of gun nuts who still think they are in the Army and leads them back into the woods for another showdown. Cliff Robertson mumbles his way through an unsympathetic role as the leader. Ernest Borgnine is the conscious of the group, but gives in too easily. It's hard to say if the film intends to glorify guns or be against them, it could be interpreted either way, depending on the politics of the viewer.
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