Directed by:
Brian Trenchard-SmithCinematography:
John R. McLeanComposer:
Brian MayCast:
Steve Railsback, Olivia Hussey, Michael Craig, Carmen Duncan, Noel Ferrier, Steve Rackman, Roger Ward, John Ley, Bill Young, Michael Petrovitch, Lynda Stoner (more)VOD (1)
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In a totalitarian near future, defiant citizens are labeled deviants and sentenced to brutal behavior modification camps. But when new prisoners Anders (Steve Railsback) and Walters (Olivia Hussey) are chosen as human prey for rich people to hunt, they will be thrust into a nightmare of depravity, dismemberment, cleaved skulls, exploding heads, lesbians with crossbows, the insane hungers of a deformed cannibal circus freak, and more. Michael Craig, John Ley and Roger Ward co-star in this notorious blood-and-thunder shocker from maverick Ozploitation director Brian Trenchard-Smith and producer Antony I. Ginnane. (Severin Films)
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Turkey Shoot is an action-adventure B-movie with a high-octane plot and a surprisingly big budget. Its subject matter is reminiscent of Battle Royale / Hard Target, but not as a rip-off, but as those films’ bold predecessor. Its violent and coarse, and shockingly politically incorrect by today’s standards. Mainly, however, it is well cast. The prison guards and the warden, the hunter “visitors” and each of the prisoners on which the film focuses fit superbly into the jigsaw puzzle of malevolent and supportive relationships that gradually increase in tension and finally explode – figuratively and literally. The film is actually well written, with unexpected scenes and a little surprise. Only the directing, though dynamic, smacks of 1980s B-movie quality, particularly in the unrealistic and “blind” shootouts, when the characters shoot like idiots into the ground instead of at the target.
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People can enjoy an incredible journey through this gory Ozploitation. Of all the movies about "hunting people down" this is definitely an honorable and imaginative representation, which must please fans of Australian B-movies. Brian Trenchard-Smith got off the rails here. Steve Railsback, who has the look of a psychopathic junkie, and the silly goose Olivia Hussey, as the two main protagonists, do not really carry this movie as the real acting is done by the villains in supporting roles, who obviously had a whale of a time - Roger Ward especially is quite believable as the sadistic warden. This is a great trashy action movie.
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