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North Star (1996)

1996-10-25 (US) Action, Adventure, Drama, Western 1h 30m

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Where land is power and revenge is obsession.

Overview

Set during the Alaskan gold rush of the late 1800s. In his efforts to gain control of a small mining town, Sean McLennon is buying up every claim that becomes available, usually after the deaths of the previous owners at the hands of McLennon's 'assistants'. One of the miners targeted by McLennon, a half-Indian hunter named Hudson Saanteek, manages to escape his hired thugs and comes back into town looking to re-establish his claim and get revenge. McLennon and his men have the advantage of numbers and weapons, but Saanteek has his survival skills and knowledge of the Alaskan wilderness.

Nils Gaup

Director
Sergio Donati

Writer
Paul Ohl

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Lorenzo Donati

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James Caan

Sean McLennon
Christopher Lambert

Hudson Saanteek
Catherine McCormack

Sarah
Burt Young

Reno
Morten Faldaas

Smiley
Sverre Anker Ousdal

Lindberg
Jacques François

Colonel Henry Johnson
Frank Salsedo

Nakki
Reidar Sørensen

Bjorn Svenson
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A review by Wuchak

60%

Written by Wuchak on July 24, 2018

A Winter Western with a curiously rushed ending

RELEASED IN 1996 and directed by Nils Gaup, "North Star" is a Western that takes place in Nome, Alaska, during a gold rush in 1899. James Caan plays the love-to-hate mogul who denies mining claims to foreigners and attempts to kill a half-breed Indian (Christopher Lambert) for the claim to a cave filled with gold, which the Natives use in their ceremonies. The half-breed ends up abducting the mogul's woman, played by the beautiful Catherine McCormack, who you might remember as Wallace's doomed wife at the beginning of "Braveheart" (1995). The... read the rest.

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