A movie with both Lorenzo Lamas and Mathias Hues sounded really interesting. And I wasn't disappointed. Hues plays the bad guy as he always does, but this time he's on top instead of second in command. Lamas is of course the hero. Although the movie contains one long and very entertaining fight scene, it's not a typical martial arts movie. Hues, for example, doesn't fight a lot, and he doesn't show us that much of his skills when he does. So don't get fooled by the video-cover, where it looks like some kind of arena-fighting movie. Despite of this, the movie is good. A normal (but fitting, as always) vengeance-plot with some cool scenes makes this more than OK.
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DigitalRevenantX72 December 2015Johnny Damone, a bounty tracker from Boston, arrives in California to visit his brother Paul. But once he arrives, he finds a heavy police presence around Paul's house. Finally allowed in, Johnny discovers that Paul is the only surviving witness to a gangster's money laundering scheme & that his entire workplace of accountants have been massacred by an elite team of assassins. That night, the assassins, led by Erik Gauss, breach the house's police guard & kill Paul & his wife. Only Johnny survives. Determined to track down Gauss, he uses his skills at skip tracing to hunt down the assassins & bring them down.
Bounty Tracker is an early-1990s B-grade action thriller from Image Organization, Canada's most prolific B-budget film studio. They have made everything from cheap actioners to the Scanners sequels.
Bounty Tracker is an unexceptional film in almost all areas. It is filled with hand-to-hand fights to shootouts. The plot is basically a revenge story & has Lorenzo Lamas, who has starred in many cheap B-films during the 1990s & beyond (& even dabbled in some of the Asylum's works) do his best to track down & defeat Matthias Hues' deadly assassin. On the action side, the film has plenty of reasonable scenes but doesn't do much to elevate itself above the tide of similar films that came out at the time. The closest the plot gets to being original is when Lamas & his young hood friends track the gangster's car by stowing somebody inside the trunk.
Lorenzo Lamas does a pretty decent job of a bounty tracker (basically another name for a bounty hunter) who takes on a team of assassins in order to get revenge for his brother's death. Matthias Hues, an actor who has played villains in everything from DROID GUNNER to DARK ANGEL, does his usual brutal manner but the film is too average to become a real minor world-beater. -
I wanted to hate "Bounty Tracker". After all, in the other Lorenzo Lamas films I've seen he has a narrower emotional range than a tomato. But, surprisingly, for what it was it was actually pretty decent. Of course, you need to be willing to tolerate watching a very violent film!
When the story begins, a team of evil mercenaries walks into a tax consulting office and kill everyone in sight...with no dialog, no mercy...just shooting them all. One, however, escapes and soon the killers track down Paul Damone and they kill him and his wife. His brother, Jonathan (Lorenzo Lamas) tries to stop them, but he's too late. What the murderers do not realize is that Jonathan is both a bounty hunter (I am not sure why they only use the term 'bounty tracker') and he's an unstoppable killing machine when provoked.
Jonathan spends the rest of the movie following leads and tracking down leads until the ultimate boss battle at the end. A good addition to this are some young gang members who later team up with him. While Lamas STILL has little emotional range, these young guys were kind of cute and enjoyable and gave the film some needed emotion.
Overall, I was shocked that I enjoyed such a violent film. Part was, of course, the gang members and part was that Lamas' martial arts/fighting skills looked amazing. I never realized he was so accomplished. A decent time-passer.
By the way, I was torn between a 5 and 6....and opted for 5 because when the film began, Lamas was trying to speak with a British accent....and it was unintentionally funny. -
carriembrown20001 December 2004This is Matthias at his gorgeous best! If you like him in Black Belt, I come in Peace, even Kickboxer 2 (as brief as his appearance was), you'll love him in this one. He is as fit and looks as good as I've ever seen him.
The plot is predictable, of course. We all know how what will happen in the end, but who cares!? You're in heaven every time Matthias is on the screen.
His presence overtakes the movie. He should have had top billing instead of 2nd billing. Matthias is what makes the movie really worth watching, especially his 1st fight sequence! Rent, or buy this one. You'll want to watch it over and over again. I guarantee if you are not a Matthias fan before, you'll be one after. Catch it, and you'll keep on catching it! Over and over and over again. -
Maziun22 June 2018Starring Lorenzo Lamas - king of the C-class action movies. The plot ? It's your typical " They killed his family member . They made a BIG MISTAKE. " run of the mill revenge movie. The villain is played by Matthias Hues who I remember from "I come in peace" (aka "Dark angel"). He can't act (just like Lamas) , but he certainly has the look to play the villain.
All in all forgettable stuff. I found this movie in my local supermarket . It cost me 5$ . I regret having to pay for this trash.
I give it 1/10. For action junkies only. -
swedzin3 September 2013Yeah, yeah I know this is not "Renegade", but still it has such a strong resemblance to it. First of all, we have Lorenzo Lamas, the star of "Renegade", with his usual long hair, rugged looks, martial arts skills, not that solid acting skills and he is a bounty hunter. Well the title of the film says "Bounty Tracker", just not to think that this has nothing to do with "Renegade". Well, it doesn't but, it still has a big resemblance! What is the matter with you, people?! When you see most of these action, martial arts films, with Van Damme, Seagal, Lundgren and all others, they are just type casted for the sake of entertainment to play themselves over and over again. They just change their names, for example Lorenzo's name here is Johnathan Damone (the usual name for a action hero, you know – John, Jack, James, George, Casey, Bill, Jericho ), forget it, he is Vince Black, aka Reno Raines and shut up. The story is, of course a revenge story , no more, no less, in "Renegade" Lamas is seeking justice, to clear his name, and also a vengeance, nothing far from this film, in "Renegade", they kill his girlfriend, here they kill his brother so, we all know what happens next. This is just a usual action low budget film from the 90s, so turn of your brain and enjoy yourself. The only thing I like are the fight scenes, pretty well done. We also have some interesting players here, Matthias Hues for example, I think he is pretty good for playing villains in low budget films, he is tall, menacing and he has this evil looks, but no acting skills at all. But, always has this strange charisma, you just enjoy watching him as a villain. And we also have Cyndi Pass, ah, that little sexy, sexy from the 90s, damn 90s were really hot. So, grab your chair, rent this film, if you really enjoy this kind of fun and watch it.
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Just stumbled upon this film and decided to give it a watch. I would say it is one of those films that is almost good, but just falls short. That being said it was a fun watch and not boring, but just a bit to unrealistic in areas and inconsistent. Lorenzo Lamas is the star of this film, never really saw him in anything else as I never watched the show renegade where he is a bounty hunter I believe. Here he is a bounty tracker and despite what you may think, they are like completely different!
The story has our hero beat up some people in a bar wearing glasses for reasons I am unsure of. He displays his butt kicking ability before taking a trip to Los Angeles where he is going to stay with his brother who, unfortunately, is a target for an elite group of mercenaries or something. Soon, the brother is killed as is his wife so bounty tracker is going after the men who were hired by some dude in prison to like, kill everyone. Of course, bounty tracker can kill too and outfight a class of warriors with swords, but has trouble with dudes in bars with beer bottles, but that is okay, some kids bounty tracker will put in constant danger are going to lend a hand!
The film had its moments of action and strange inconsistencies as one minute Lorenzo has no problem fighting off martial artists with weapons, but then gets nearly done in by random bar dudes. You will watch as the mercenaries do their job and then turn on the guy who hired them. Seriously, not a good business model if you are thugs for hire. Gee, I need someone to do a job for me, whoa, not those guys, they kill ya!
So one of those films you watch and just enjoy the action and make fun of the total randomness of it all. I for the life of me cannot see someone able to go around killing cops in L.A. being able to stay hidden and not be totally taken out quickly, but hey, it's a movie. Just not a very good one in terms of plot and stuff, but it is good where roundhouse kicks are concerned! -
tarbosh2200014 January 2013Johnny Damone (Lamas), not to be confused with Johnny Ramone, is a Boston-based Bounty Tracker who always gets his man. When his brother Paul (Paul Regina) has to be sequestered so he can testify against Bernie Madoff-like white collar criminal Sarazin (Glazer), a team of ruthless assassins, who have no problem killing anyone in their path, led by the super-evil Erik Gauss (Hues), tries to find him and kill him. Johnny travels to L.A. to take down Gauss, his hardest collar yet. Helping him on his journey are a trio of homies from the 'hood who also want Gauss for their own reasons. Inevitably, it leads to the final showdown between Johnny and his boys, and Gauss and his gang. Who will prevail? Bounty Tracker is a total winner. It delivers everything you want in a DTV movie from this time and place. It has all the traits that make a movie like this successful. It's always pleasing when filmmakers actually "get it" because so many out there do not. This movie is pure 90's-action-movie fun and if you're a fan of that (and why wouldn't you be?), there is a lot to love about Bounty Tracker.
This truly is Lorenzo Lamas at his absolute best. As the movie kicks off (no pun intended), we see his range as he plays a faux-upper-crust, bowtied nerd. Of course he still has his trademark beard stubble and ponytail. Lamas has a lot of charm, and, in true action-movie style, is always ready with a glib remark. Naturally, Johnny Damone is your classic "ex-Marine, ex-cop, with a black belt in Aikido", who now is a Bounty Tracker, not to be confused with a Bounty Hunter, or even a "Skip Tracer". It's confusing but Reno Raines is a Bounty Hunter. Johnny Damone is a Bounty Tracker. It's hard to keep it all straight. His superiors even call him a "Karate Cowboy", whatever that means, but it might make a great movie in its own right. His fight scenes are highly enjoyable, like the rest of this movie.
Fellow fan favorite Matthias Hues once again plays the villain. To see Lamas and Hues face off is truly a DTV dream come true. It's a good, solid role for Hues, who so often is relegated to the background. Here, along with Lamas, he gets his name top-billed above the title. Ah, the golden age. Can you believe there was a time when a top-billed Matthias Hues was an actual THING? It seems hard to believe now in our cynical era. But here's the proof. His female counterpart in the movie, Jewels, is played by Cyndi Pass, who also appeared in Deadly Reckoning (1998), as well as Mission of Justice (1992), which was produced by Bounty Tracker director Kurt Anderson. Anderson also directed Martial Law II (1992) and produced the first Martial Law (1991). So you see the general spirit of what's going on here.
We actually liked the homies that Damone teams up with. Sure, many punks and/or homies in these movies can be unnecessary or annoying, just look at Esteban Powell from Hit-man's Run (1999). But, the thing is, you have to take these things on a homie-by-homie basis. You can't just throw the homie out with the bathwater. You have to take the proceedings in the spirit of the time. They just want to turn their lives around and help out Damone. You can't fault them for that. Even Damone can use a little help against someone as evil as Erik Gauss. Plus you can tell he's evil because his name is Erik Gauss.
Bounty Tracker is never boring and hits all the right notes. It's a pleasure to watch. There should be more like this.
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saint_brett26 April 2023The movie starts out with "Another Bad Creation," all grown up going deep cover in the club as a Hogwarts black belt regulates the wanted and claims the tax-free bounty on their heads.
Meanwhile, in LA, what looks like Fabio leads a well-dressed posse of sophisticated hitmen who violently murder an office full of tax accountants over some 3-inch floppy discs.
Fabio's punches are missing the target by a good 3 inches.
The echoey sound in this movie sounds like an Atari Dodge 'Em game at times.
Not content with their stash of valuable 3-inch floppy discs, Fabio and his no-nonsense hitmen and one nice-looking lady go after the Hogwarts bounty hunter and send his family a clear message, which comes complete with Defender spaceship crash sound effects.
Why did Hogwarts drop the British accent suddenly?
We'll call him Bo Brady, then.
It's established that the movie's set-up is for Bo Brady to take on Fabio at the end. What else.
There's that Atari 2600 sound again. What is it this time-Galaxian or Moon Patrol?
Whenever you lose a man in an Atari game, that's the sound it makes, whether a spaceship blows up or a car prangs.
It's a cross between "The Langoliers" and a distorted cassette tape that loops and crunches up in the rubber tape heads.
Bo Brady drives around applying for jobs in tattoo parlors and in search of special forces ink only worn by General McCallister's kind. (If General McCallister gave up the wars. And all the people went back to their chores. And all the king's horses and all the king's men could go home.) The muffled "game over" Atari sound effects can be heard loud and clear at the 40:50 minute mark as Bo Brady dishes out punishment to a dojo full of Double Dragon goons. A bonus Double Dragon 3 big boss comes out, meaning business in his silky blue kimono, only to add fodder to the dung pile and is easily defeated in under 20 seconds.
Brady retires for the night only to be attacked by Bridget Fonda, who's still under contract as a hired gun assassin.
Elsewhere, Fabio invites himself into a handicapped man's home and leaves a knife embedded inside of him.
Was all this killing over the information stored on the 3-inch floppy disks worth it?
At the 50:40 minute mark, a delivery boy drops a bag of groceries, which sets off the "game over" Atari sound effects.
The movie takes an immature turn when Bo Brady hooks up with three children and they play detectives in a man's world.
This is all pointless, this senseless shooting business.
I love how Brady just walks into a bar full of bikers and takes about seven men down with consummate ease.
In real life, this wouldn't be the case.
I've lost interest.
Of course, the movie's going to come down to the two leads running out of bullets, resulting in them having a fist fight. (And what a lame, one-sided battle that is.) Fabio and Bo Brady come to blows as predicted, and it's Brady winning on points so far as the Atari sound effects go full blown berserk to amplify Brady's combination punches. Well, look at that: Berserk is actually a game on the Atari 2600.
Fabio, aka Neil Vargas, comes out with this doozy: "You're going to die, Bo Brady tracker." It reminds me of that line from "Kung Pow," "Your time's up, mister." Sadly, no Atari sound effects are used as Fabio gets killed by blunt two-inch pegs sticking out of a wall.
What a complete fizzer of an ending!
What was all this killing over?
They stole the 3-inch floppy disks they wanted.
They got their million dollars in diamonds.
Why the senseless violence, and for what?
Don't ask me. -
Scarecrow-8831 December 2015A wily Boston bounty tracker, with a martial arts background, comes to LA to visit his brother who was employed in a company unfortunately with a businessman holding damaging evidence involving a white collar criminal. This crook hires merciless, cold-blooded mercenaries to hunt down and kill anyone that could keep him behind bars. When they murder the bounty tracker's brother and wife, he makes it his mission to take them all down. What they don't anticipate is his toughness, fighting prowess, and ability to escape numerous efforts to rid themselves of their menace.
Lorenzo Lamas was one of those lower tier, made-for-cable / made-for-satellite action heroes, much like Don 'The Dragon' Wilson. There was a comfortable living to be made in the early 90s for these guys. And Bounty Tracker (1993) is one of my favorites from Lamas' low budget action resume. It doesn't task him with trying to win any thespian honors, and Lamas is allowed to look like a badass. He gets in a handicapped fight against three or so karate fighters in a dojo and makes mincemeat out of them. He avoids lots of gunfire while everyone else isn't so lucky. He simply goes to ask about main nemesis Matthew Hues (a forgotten heavy who was a regular in these types of VHS rental shelf fodder) to Judd Omen's wheel-chair cripple (back broken by Hues for simply wanting to leave his entourage!), after driving around to identify a specific tattoo, and it costs the innocent man his life! Omen's pupil, a kid he mentors, wants to get even also, and, with a couple of wannabe hoods, joins Lamas in his quest to rid LA of scum offering their mercenary duties to those with the coin to afford them. Cyndi Pass is memorable as a hot body mercenary equally as willing to kill anyone as Hues. Eugene Glazer is the classic rich cretin with a serpentine smile and devious mind, using his financial resources (surely accumulated through whatever shady method or heinous act he could accomplish) to get himself out of prison where he belongs. This is the kind of action movie where most people who come in contact with Lamas wind up dead except him.
There's a lot of violence, with the likes of fists, kicks, and bullets. One scene has Hues, Pass, and their team of killers just opening up a wave of gunfire on a company of employees, and later they show no mercy on an outpost of cops who were a task force working to find them! The implausibility of how one man (Lamas) could survive while so many others are obliterated is yet again stretched to the max. The film builds to seeing those behind the killing spree (both the moneybags and weapons of destruction) get their just desserts and Lamas is comfortable on screen just getting the opportunity to flex his fighting skills and persevere on top. The plot is especially simple and cliché.
A select audience is who this film is intended for. Conclusion in an auto junk yard does seem like a fitting location for a film such as this. Lamas has an array of punches and kicks to Hues certain to impress the film goes out of its way to make him look like a million bucks. Hues often is featured as an intimidating presence against inferior foes and starts off well against the hero of these flicks, only to get embarrassed by the end of the fight this is the same way. This doesn't re-invent the wheel. If you are okay with that, this might work. -
8512222 November 2014Greetings from Lithuania.
"Bounty Tracker" (1993) was one of the movies i watched dozen of times when i was 8-10 years old on my old VHS cassette. What a great actionier that was. Recently i stumbled on this flick on TV, and with enjoyment i re watched it. 19 years have past since i last time saw it, and it's still is an interesting action thriller. I always taught that Matthias Hues / Erik Gauss was one of the most deadliest villains in a movies - yes, i know it's a B flick made specifically for videos, with kinda one dimensional characters, but still, he was a very cool villain.
Overall, 9/10 for "Bounty Tracker" - it delivers exactly what it promises to deliver and more - cool action scenes, deadly villain and charming , cool and bad ass Lorenzo Lamas - you can't ask for more. -
A Bostonian bounty hunter Johnathan Damone gets involved in L.A. with a gang of assassins after they kill his brother as part of a cleaning up operation to remove witnesses on behalf of a criminal Luis Sarazin who is just about to go on trial. Using his professional skills he tracks them down in revenge. Cue lots of well staged fighting and gun play. It is not bad at all. It move along fast and amid the action there is good characterisation that keeps one interested to the end.
Lorenzo Lamas plays the bounty tracker in his usual solid way. It also has the bonus of the great Matthias Hues as the villainous Erik Gauss who doesn't have to say anything to be scary. His final fight with Lorenzo Lamas is great. The three actors playing the home boys who help the hero are entertaining in their roles. Cyndi Pass is passable as the gun toting female assassin. The role of G-Roy is played by Thunderwolf who did it very well.
Found it surprisingly better than expected. -
LuvsFood29 April 1999Rent this one if you want to see Lorenzo Llamas kick some serious butt. Plot is a throwaway, natch, with dialogue to match. But Kurt Andersen is an action director to watch, and he serves up some great fight scenes, including a sequence in a dojo that has to be seen to be believed.
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Leofwine_draca23 October 2018BOUNTY TRACKER is one of those straight-to-video action flicks of the 1990s, and it stars Lorenzo Lamas to boot. However, it also turns out to be a surprisingly entertaining and engaging little picture, filled with vitality and action sequences which don't disappoint. I find these B-movies gain a lot from having a decent villain and there's none more imposing than Matthias Hues, here playing a hulking assassin who takes out a ton of innocent people as the running time progresses. A typically slick Lamas has his work cut out, that's for sure. The story is nothing special but the hard-kicking fight scenes are a lot of fun and there's plenty of collateral damage along the way; action fans will be in heaven.
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Lorenzo Lamas plays a long haired bounty hunter. Sound familiar? (Renegade) Well that's where the similarity ends. His rich brother is dead and he is on the trail of his killers in his brothers porsche. He hooks up with three home boys out to avenge the death of their mentor. Together they kick ass. There is a major martial arts scene where he takes on the whole dojo only to find the master waiting to do him in. Between barbs he catches his breath before taking on the master. It has got to be the longest stretch of karate footage in any of his movies(5 min.)and he shines. As he picks up a pole he gives out a deep "kiya" but doesn't get hurt till they turn to swords. This only gets you ready for a rough action scene at the end with Mathias Hues. The actions great. The double meanings come at you so fast you have to watch it a dozen times to make sure you got them all. And you'll enjoy it more each time you do!