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Redundant and unnecessary.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

I could understand how this movie could be social commentary on masculinity or gun enthusiasm but the choices these characters make just seem unrealistic. The story is that a group of World War 2 and Vietnam veterans are all hunting in the forest when they come across another group of hunters. Instead of saying hello or waving, they stare at each other before one of the other group inexplicably shoots at the main characters. It erupts into a short fire fight before both groups disperse into the forest. After this occurs, Rex (Cliff Robertson) decides against calling the police for some reason and decides to make plans to go back and seek revenge. They're all in the National Guard so they somehow are able to get permission to mobilize their unit to go into the forest and get revenge. When they get to the forest the other party is waiting and shoots first. This movie raises so many questions. Why did they get shot at? Why do they want revenge so bad? Why don't they call the police? How were they able to use the National Guard to get revenge? It makes no sense. The choices that these characters make are beyond belief and it's really no wonder how they ended up wounded. It's not a bad movie but it's not good either. Moreover it's really just a bore. I don't really recommend it a whole lot.

***SPOILERS****Little known film despite it top cast including 1955 Academy Award winner- for his role in "Marty"- Ernist Borgnine as hunter Lou about a tragic hunting accident that leads to a full scale armed confrontation between the two warring parties of hunters in the wild Canadian woods. It's when James Graham's hunting party opened fire on that of Rex Jeanette, Cliff Robertson, for what Graham felt was invading his party of hunters space Rex's fellow hunter Zeak, Henry Silva, returning fire gunned down one of Graham's men. Not seeing on TV or the the local newspapers the news that the person that Zeak shot was killed Rex came to the conclusion that the Graham party of hunters were out for revenge. And decided to settle the matter or score on their own, without the courts, in a shootout the very next week on the first chance they get to confront, on their hunting trip, each other.Getting all the guns and military equipment ready Rex, a Major in the National Guard, plans a shootout at the obscure area of Saddle Lake that was set to take place that Saturday when the two groups are set in Rex's mind to meet each other. It was Rex who earlier went to see the late James wife, Kate Reid, to express, as a friend of James, his condolence. It's there that he noticed that she sensed to know that he had something to do with her husband's death as well as smells the whiskey on her breath and her failed attempt, in her drunken state, to get him to go to bed with her. He also realized that her husband's death was kept from the news so his friend in the hunting party were going to settle the score on their own not with the help of the law!***SPOILERS**** It took a while for Rex's friend Lou who at first wanted none of this, the modern version of the shoot-out at O.K Corral, to join in the action that in the end ended with him as well as Rex's almost entire party of gunman-hunters and national guardsmen-getting killed in the fighting with Rex himself blinded when it was all over. All this death and destruction being the result of a hunting accident showed just how crazy and insane people can get when they let things get way out of hand. And how mob psychiatry can overrule common sense that like in here settled nothing but in fact ended the lives of some dozens of people who were infected by it!

Yes folks, when a hunter shoots at first sight, I did fell in love with this film the very same way, in the early eighties, when it was released in France in VHS. I rented it and made a copy just after the first viewing. A film as I love. It reminds me SOUTHERN COMFORT, DELIVERANCE, WOLF CREEK, OPEN SEASON, in summary another kind of survival, a men's tale. ONLY for men. And I also have read the novel that inspired this authentic gem. Very interesting too. With a real character study, an offbeat study which the ending makes more important; watch it and you'll understand why. A hit right into the face.The film is very faithful to the book, except the novel emphasizes more on the characters. But it is a very unusual story, entertaining, even totally unbelievable. Nothing realistic here. Nothing. But who cares?I'll never be tired to watch it again and again.

A group of war veterans led by Cliff Robertson are ambushed while hunting in the Canadian hills and return fire.Suspecting a future retaliation they gather together more army comrades,stock an arsenal of weapons and head back to the hills for a final shoot-out."Shoot" is a Canadian survivalist drama with Cliff Robertson,Henry Silva and Ernest Borgnine.The film can be easily compared to "Deliverance" and "Southern Comfort".I must admit that the first and the final shoot-outs are very intense and violent,unfortunately the middle section of the film is too talky and suitably dull.The message of "Shoot" is pretty clear:an easy access to weaponry can turn peaceful hunting trip into war zone.7 out of 10.