***SPOILERS*** The tough as nails and cool as a cucumber Robert Mitchum plays the over the hill, at age 40, USAF jet fighter pilot Cleve Saville who gets himself involved with one his squadron pilot's wives. It's when Maj. Saville brought the out on his feet, from having one too many, 1st Let Carl Abbott, Lee Philips, home to his pretty Norwegian wife Kris, May Bitt, that sparks started to fly between the two. Kris has been suffering through her husbands bout with the bottle, with the bottle winning hands down, and the sight of the tall and sure of himself as well as sober Maj Saville was too much of a prize from her to turn down.
Still having to be shipped to the Korean War zone Maj. Saville as well as the barley awake 1st Let. Abbott were flown from Koyto Japan to South Korea to fight the good fight against the commies in order to keep the entire Korean peninsular as well as Japan from falling into communists hands. If things weren't hot enough for the two, Maj. Saville & 1st. Let Abbott, in the skies over Korea they got a lot hotter on the ground. With Maj. Saville never missing a chance to get up close and personal with Kris while her husband was struggling to stay awake the the previous days hangover. It's brought out that 1st. Let. Abbott's bizarre behavior steams from him being on 30 combat missions and never having shot down a commie MIG to his credit. This had 1st Let Abbott feel as if he couldn't cut it as a USAF combat pilot as well as a husband to his by now, in him not paying attention to her, very frustrated wife Kris.
The movie "The Hunters" is saved by it's breathtaking air to air combat scenes, mostly with model aircraft, that in-spite of their importance there were just too few of them in the film. Were instead overwhelmed with the love triangle between Saville Carl Abbott and his wife Kris that at times becomes almost unbearable to watch. There's a big build up for a showdown in the air between Maj. Saville and the Red Chinese top ace someone called Casey Jones, Leon Lontoc, that takes up over half of the movie. By the time it finally arrives it's so short that if you blinked or went to washroom you'd have missed the entire forgettable event!
Were also introduced always half way through the movie to hot shot and hip talking USAF pilot Let. Ed Pell, Robert Wagner, who's cowboy like antics, in trying to be the top USAF ace in the war, ends up causing fellow pilot 1st. Lt. Corona, John Gabriel, to lose his life when Let. Pell broke formation in order to gun down an enemy MIG. Having no use for him at all Maj. Saville punches out Let. Pell at the very first opportunity after he was forced by his superior Col. Dutch Imil, Richard Egan, to have him as his wing man.
***SPOILERS*** It's later in the movie when Let. Pell came to Maj. Saville's rescue in helping him bring the always getting himself into trouble Let. Abbott, who was shot down, back home across enemy lines that the reluctant air force veteran changed his opinion about him. Maj. Saville also seemed to have change his opinion about Kris in leaving her with her on and off drunk husband Let. Abbott and getting back to his true love of flying into combat and gunning down Commie MIG 15's & later 17's jet fighters every chance he can.
Still having to be shipped to the Korean War zone Maj. Saville as well as the barley awake 1st Let. Abbott were flown from Koyto Japan to South Korea to fight the good fight against the commies in order to keep the entire Korean peninsular as well as Japan from falling into communists hands. If things weren't hot enough for the two, Maj. Saville & 1st. Let Abbott, in the skies over Korea they got a lot hotter on the ground. With Maj. Saville never missing a chance to get up close and personal with Kris while her husband was struggling to stay awake the the previous days hangover. It's brought out that 1st. Let. Abbott's bizarre behavior steams from him being on 30 combat missions and never having shot down a commie MIG to his credit. This had 1st Let Abbott feel as if he couldn't cut it as a USAF combat pilot as well as a husband to his by now, in him not paying attention to her, very frustrated wife Kris.
The movie "The Hunters" is saved by it's breathtaking air to air combat scenes, mostly with model aircraft, that in-spite of their importance there were just too few of them in the film. Were instead overwhelmed with the love triangle between Saville Carl Abbott and his wife Kris that at times becomes almost unbearable to watch. There's a big build up for a showdown in the air between Maj. Saville and the Red Chinese top ace someone called Casey Jones, Leon Lontoc, that takes up over half of the movie. By the time it finally arrives it's so short that if you blinked or went to washroom you'd have missed the entire forgettable event!
Were also introduced always half way through the movie to hot shot and hip talking USAF pilot Let. Ed Pell, Robert Wagner, who's cowboy like antics, in trying to be the top USAF ace in the war, ends up causing fellow pilot 1st. Lt. Corona, John Gabriel, to lose his life when Let. Pell broke formation in order to gun down an enemy MIG. Having no use for him at all Maj. Saville punches out Let. Pell at the very first opportunity after he was forced by his superior Col. Dutch Imil, Richard Egan, to have him as his wing man.
***SPOILERS*** It's later in the movie when Let. Pell came to Maj. Saville's rescue in helping him bring the always getting himself into trouble Let. Abbott, who was shot down, back home across enemy lines that the reluctant air force veteran changed his opinion about him. Maj. Saville also seemed to have change his opinion about Kris in leaving her with her on and off drunk husband Let. Abbott and getting back to his true love of flying into combat and gunning down Commie MIG 15's & later 17's jet fighters every chance he can.