Memorable, crazy movie

Good movie but grossly overrated

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

You should watch this. Don't read anything more about it needing nothing more than an excellent opportunity to experience another life in highly plausible reality believably. In ways a slow starter, keep it in forefront and appreciate subtle detailing throughout vs occasional and arbitrary emphasis. Appreciate the art of man-tracking and the skills necessary minimalist survival is merely uncomfortable. Anticipate multi-individual characters developing and can't remember when last guessed what will happen next, and was right. Be in that other time where we as a people came from and experience dynamics that develop legends and young people's heroes. Who would you be 100 yrs ago?

Perhaps I wasn't in the right mood but I just couldn't enjoy this film no matter how hard I tried. I felt this movie had all the artistic merit of a NZ tourism commercial. When I read about the cast and story I was ready to get down to business because if Ray Winstone is in a film I'm ready to at least give it the time of day. By about the half hour mark I was beginning to question Ray's involvement. Temuera Morrison is an actor who can display rather marvelous psychotic abilities, but his acting range is rather limited beyond that, and that was a big let down for me. I found him more and more annoying as the film progressed.Overall I just couldn't get into The Tracker, it's greatest crime in my opinion is that it is a very ordinary film. If it was indeed cut down to a 40 second NZ tourism commercial, it may very well have been a success.

I live in Hawai'i and because of that, I could relate to the history of how a Polynesian of Maori descent would've been treated back then. The British treated the Maori just the same as how the Americans treated the Hawaiians. But then again, back then, anything other than being white, you were less than human. The British and Americans treated their dogs better than they did someone of color. But going back to the movie, I found it to be a good story with very good acting from Winstone and Morrison. Temuera Morrison seems to be the go to actor when filming in or about Aotearoa. The relationship that developed between the two characters was interesting and I was waiting to see if/when the common bonds would kick in. In the end, I'm glad that it did. It somehow redeemed the fact that there is some decency in humans after all on the part of Van Diemen. The only reason I didn't give it a 10 was because of the weak supporting cast of characters. I could see this movie being acted out with just the two characters of Winstone and Morrison once the story was set in place.

I am not sure what the complaints are all about. The acting is brilliant, the story line holds together just fine. The scenery is fantastic. It is culturally and historically sensitive.The back and forth in the story between the Tracker and the Maori escapee is reminiscent of another great movie, Hell in the Pacific, which starred Toshiro Mifune and Lee Marvin. Each of them would get the upper hand from time to time.This movie had me on the edge of my seat and the twist at the end had me gasping. I cannot say enough about this movie. All I can say is watch it!