"The Rules are Simple: Kill or Be Killed."

1994

1h 36m

6.2(226 votes)

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Overview

A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Rutger Hauer

Burns

Ice-T

Mason

Charles S. Dutton

Cole

John C. McGinley

Griffin

William McNamara

Wolfe, Jr.

Jeff Corey

Hank

Gary Busey

Hawkins

F. Murray Abraham

Wolfe, Sr.

Bob Minor

Security Guard

Lawrence C. McCoy

Hotel Clerk

Creative team

Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
Written by: Eric Bernt
Produced by: David Permut

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