Shoot to Kill (1988)

Shoot to Kill (known outside North America as Deadly Pursuit) is a 1988 American buddy cop action thriller film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Sidney Poitier (in his first role in eleven years), Tom Berenger, Clancy Brown, Andrew Robinson and Kirstie Alley.

Plot

A man is discovered breaking into his own San Francisco jewelry store in the dead of night. Upon questioning by the FBI, it is discovered that his wife is being held hostage at their home by a brutal extortionist who demands the diamonds in the shop’s safe in exchange for the woman’s life. During a standoff outside the jeweler’s home, the family maid is sent out the front door with a message for the FBI; she is promptly shot by the unseen extortionist, who demands the jeweler’s Mercedes, which he will use to escape. The killer and the jeweler’s wife travel in the Mercedes to the docks with FBI agent Warren Stantin following them.

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Following a tense exchange between Stantin and the killer, the jeweler’s wife is shot in her left eye and killed. The police then attempt to pursue what they believe to be a getaway boat, only to learn it is unmanned, and the killer gets away. Feeling that he has failed, Stantin becomes obsessed with finding the killer and trails him into the rugged forests of Washington. Upon Stantin’s arrival in Washington, a naked male body is discovered in a local mine shaft. Stantin arrives to investigate the body and sees that the man has been shot through the eye. Stantin becomes convinced that the person responsible for the

killing of the man in the mine is the extortionist, who has now likely assumed the identity of the dead man. Investigating, Stantin learns that Sarah Rennell, a fishing guide, is leading a fishing party from the mine into the woods. Stantin learns that Sarah’s partner Jonathon Knox is an expert on the local wilderness, and seeks Knox’s help locating Sarah and the fishermen. Unimpressed with a big city FBI agent, Knox prepares to head into the wilderness alone to rescue Sarah, but Stantin threatens him with arrest for obstruction of justice, forcing Knox to lead Stantin into the mountains.

Box office.

The film was a box office success. On a budget of $15 million, the film made $29.3 million