North Star (1996)

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01/03/1996Action, Adventure, Drama, Western1h 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.

Top Billed Cast

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

A review by Wuchak

6.0

Written by Wuchak on Jul 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). Th...