Tracker [HD]

'He Must trap the enemy, to set them both free' - Movie tag line
This film is set in 1903, Ray Winstone plays a Boer War veteran Arjan Van Diemen. The Boer War was the first time Colonial troops from New Zealand fought with the British. Part of that campaign included the burning of farms, a scorched earth policy and the herding of Boer families into the first `concentration camps'. Arjan has lost everything and like some of his former comrades, when the New Zealanders return home he went with them.

On arrival he is picked up by the authorities, as he was a notorious Boer guerrilla fighter. He is quickly released, and then a turn of events causes the British to commission him for help. That comes in the form of a Maori whaler, who after jumping ship gets caught in a compromising position with a lady of the night, and the drunken soldiers decide to teach `the savage' a lesson. In the ensuing fight one of them is killed, Kereama (Temuera Morrison) does a runner - as he knows he will be blamed.

Mr Winstone is then engaged to track...

Striking back at the Empire
Having just watched this movie and reading all the reviews, I felt the need to add my own.
Most people seem to cover the plot adequately but completely miss the point of what is truly
going on here. Ray Winstone plays a displaced South African who lost everything in the Boer War.
Temuera Morrison plays a native New Zealand Maori who has witnessed the demise of his family and
culture to the British Empire as well. While the plot is about the one man tracking the other in
the beautiful New Zealand countryside, the movie is really about these two men finding themselves
again. Morrison left New Zealand at a young age and has returned for a reason. Winstone has lost
home and family and is looking for his own salvation. While on the surface, the movie is the plodding
tracking of an accused criminal, it is really the story of these two men finding redemption
in their own lives ... and just a little bit of payback to the Empire thrown in for...

A WONDERFUL DRAMA
This gem of a movie features the great acting of Ray Winstone as he hunts a man accused of killing a fellow soldier. With an engrossing script and the beautiful countryside background this film is a MUST SEE

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