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Developer(s) | Ubisoft Bucharest |
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Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
Producer(s) | Alexandru Gris |
Designer(s) | Dan Dimitrescu George Alexandru Ilea Mihnea Ilicevici Ștefănel Adrian Ion Andrei Istrate Lucian Istrate Stefan Net Tudor Șerban |
Artist(s) | Gabriel Barbu |
Writer(s) | Jörg Ihle |
Composer(s) | Jason Graves |
Series | Silent Hunter |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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Genre(s) | Submarine simulator |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic is a submarine simulator for Microsoft Windows developed by Ubisoft Bucharest and published by Ubisoft.It is the fifth and latest installment of the Silent Hunter franchise and the successor of Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific. Like Silent Hunter II and Silent Hunter III, it places the player in command of a GermanU-Boat during World War II, more specifically the Battle of the Atlantic.
Overview[edit]
Screenshot of a U-boat in Silent Hunter 5.
Silent Hunter 5 takes players behind the periscope of a German Type VII U-boat to take on the Allied Forces in battles across the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Players command the U-boat after the first captain, Rahn, departs for another submarine. They assume the role of the next submarine captain from a first-person view in a campaign that spans 1939-1943.
Reception[edit]
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The game received 'mixed' reviews according to video game review aggregatorMetacritic.[1]
GameZone's Steven Hopper said, 'The game offers some deep elements, but the overwhelming interface and steep learning curve make it very difficult to get into. The campaign missions are fairly low-key, with quick missions not really matching the depth of the gameplay. Many bugs and performance issues will also bog down your ability to enjoy the game.'[4]
GameSpot's Brett Todd said, 'Silent Hunter 5 has promise, but this buggy and unstable game needs to be sent back to the drydock for some serious refitting.'[3]
3DJuegos' Álvaro Castellano Córdova said that 'Silent Hunter 5 is the most accurate simulation of World War II submarine conflicts in the Atlantic. With more testing and less bugs this game could have been the best in the series',[11] while PC Gamer UK criticized the bugs and DRM but said that without them, 'it would be the best Silent Hunter yet.'[7]
DRM[edit]
Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic uses Ubisoft's Uplay for digital rights management. Initially Uplay required a constant connection to the internet for Silent Hunter 5 to run, halting the game if the connection was lost during gameplay.[12] The scheme quickly came under fire after a denial-of-service attack on Ubisoft's DRM servers in early March, 2010, rendered Silent Hunter 5 and Assassin's Creed II unplayable for several days.[13] The always-on requirement was quietly lifted towards the end of 2010, being changed to a single validation on game launch.[14] Silent Hunter 5 was later made playable in Uplay's 'offline mode' the following year, effectively eliminating the online requirement entirely.[15]
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Germany recall[edit]
The Collectors Edition of the game has been recalled in Germany, after it was discovered that the publisher failed to remove a portion of Silent Hunter 5's World War II symbols, such as swastika flags which was not in accordance with German law. German law, until 2019, prohibited the distribution of video games with certain Nazi symbols such as swastikas and SS runes.[16]
References[edit]
- ^ ab'Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic for PC Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
- ^Smith, Quintin (March 10, 2010). 'Silent Hunter 5 [Battle of the Atlantic]'. Eurogamer. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
- ^ abTodd, Brett (March 24, 2010). 'Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic Review'. GameSpot. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
- ^ abHopper, Steven (March 30, 2010). 'Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic Review - PC'. GameZone. Archived from the original on April 2, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
- ^Butts, Steve (March 29, 2010). 'Silent Hunter 5 Review'. IGN. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
- ^'Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic'. PC Format. No. 239. May 2010. p. 99.
- ^ ab'Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic'. PC Gamer UK. May 2010. p. 102.
- ^'Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic'. PC Gamer. June 2010. p. 68.
- ^'Review: Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic'. PC PowerPlay. No. 176. May 2010. p. 64.
- ^'PC Review: Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic'. PC Zone. June 2010. p. 80.
- ^http://www.3djuegos.com/juegos/analisis/4555/0/silent-hunter-5
- ^'Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic'. Giant Bomb. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
- ^Plunkett, Luke (March 8, 2010). 'Ubisoft's New DRM System Falls Down, Locks Out Paying Customers'. Kotaku. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
- ^Senior, Tom (December 31, 2010). 'Constant net connection no longer required for Ubisoft games'. PC Gamer. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
- ^Stuart (February 11, 2011). 'Ubisoft Relaxes Silent Hunter 5 DRM'. All About the Games. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
- ^http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27651/Report_Ubisoft_Recalls_Silent_Hunter_5_CE_In_Germany.php
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silent_Hunter_5:_Battle_of_the_Atlantic&oldid=977949531'
The Hunter | |
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Directed by | Buzz Kulik |
Produced by | Mort Engelberg |
Written by | |
Starring | |
Music by | Michel Legrand |
Cinematography | Fred J. Koenekamp |
Edited by | Robert L. Wolfe |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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97 minutes | |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $16,274,150[1] |
The Hunter is a 1980 American actioncrime dramathriller film[2][3] directed by Buzz Kulik.[4] The film was Steve McQueen's final role before his death in November of that year.
The cast also features Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson, and Richard Venture. This was the last theatrical film made by director Buzz Kulik. Erptips manual.
Plot[edit]
Ralph 'Papa' Thorson (Steve McQueen) is a modern-day bounty hunter based in Los Angeles who hunts down and captures criminals who have skipped on their bail to bring them back for a 20% of the reward to his bail bondsman employer. It is revealed in the opening text that Thorson has apprehended more than 5,000 criminals and bail jumpers and life is just getting complicated for him.
In the opening scene, Thorson arrives in a small town in Illinois where despite being a terrible driver of cars (a running joke used throughout the film), he captures fugitive Tommy Price (LeVar Burton) for fleeing on his bail. Next, Thorson drives to Houston where he is to bring in a dangerous punk, named Billie Joe, whose kinfolk include Sheriff Strong, a corrupt redneck lawman who warns Thorson not to get involved. Papa ignores him and ends up in a violent fight with the fugitive, who is so huge, even a beanbag stun gun barely stops him.
Thorson drives both Tommy Price and Billie Joe back to Los Angeles where he collects his $1,800 reward for bringing them back. However, Thorson vouches for Price, and thus soon after becomes one of his many acquaintances who hang out at Thorson's house.
At home, Thorson is revealed to be an old-fashioned guy who has a love of antiques and classical music, drives a 1950s convertible and keeps an antique gasoline pump in his house. His schoolteacher girlfriend Dotty (Kathryn Harrold) is pregnant and would like 'Papa' to be there for her when the baby is born, but his work continually keeps him on the road.
Thorson works for elderly and veteran bail bondsman Ritchie Blumenthal (Eli Wallach) who sends him out on dangerous assignments to chase down fugitives in all parts of the USA. However, Thorson himself is pursued by a psychotic killer who was one of Thorson's former convicts, Rocco Mason (Tracey Walter) who begins stalking Thorson at his home and begins following Dotty around as well.
Thorson's adventures continue when he is sent to rural Nebraska to bring back two fugitives, called the Branch Brothers. He flies out to Nebraska, rents a fancy 1979 Pontiac Trans Am car and drives to the Branch farmhouse where the two psycho brothers steal his car and try to kill him with dynamite. Thorson commandeers a combine machine and chases after the two Branch Brothers through a cornfield which ends when a stick of dynamite dropped by them blows up their car, but they both survive. Thorson arrives back at the local airport to deliver back the destroyed Trans Am and bring the Branch Brothers on the plane back to Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, Rocco Mason begins terrorizing Dotty at her workplace which leads Thorson to try to protect her, but she instead tries to make him give up his bounty hunter way of life and to take her to a Lamaze class. Thorson grows tired of it and Dotty threatens to leave him due to his uncertain feelings towards being there for her.
When Thorson's police friend Captain Spota (Richard Venture) commits suicide after he is investigated for dealing illegal drugs from the Department's evidence rooms, Thorson goes into a further decline.
Blumenthal next sends Thorson to Chicago to pick up fugitive Bernardo (Thomas Rosales Jr.) a dangerous ex-con which leads to a long chase sequence as Thorson and Bernardo exchange gunfire with each other at an apartment building. Thorson chases Bernardo on foot through the streets and to an elevated train where Thorson is forced to climb on the roof of the train to avoid getting shot at. The chase leads to the Marina City complex where they both steal cars and chase each other to the top level the parking garage, where the psychotic fugitive drives off the edge and plunges several stories into the Chicago River to his apparent doom.
After returning to Los Angeles that evening, Thorson learns from Price that Dotty has been kidnapped by Rocco Mason and is holding her at the high school where she teaches. Thorson arrives when Mason attempts to kill him with an M-16 assault rifle. Unarmed after being deprived of his weapon, Thorson lures Mason into one classroom where he floods the room with flammable gas where once Mason opens fire, the sparks ignites the gas and blows up the room with Mason in it.
Having dealt with Mason, Thorson immediately needs to rush Dotty to the hospital when she begins to go into labor. Despite being a terrible driver, he manages to get to the hospital where he collapses, exhausted, in the lobby. He comes to in the final scene to walk back outside where Dotty has given birth and he holds his new baby.
Cast[edit]
- Steve McQueen as Ralph 'Papa' Thorson
- Eli Wallach as Ritchie Blumenthal
- Kathryn Harrold as Dotty
- LeVar Burton as Tommy Price
- Ben Johnson as Sheriff Strong
- Richard Venture as Police Captain Spota
- Tracey Walter as Rocco Mason
- Thomas Rosales Jr. as Bernardo
- Theodore Wilson as Winston Blue
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
The film was developed by Rastar and set up at Paramount. Keygen generator for corel draw x5. Richard Levinson and William Link wrote and script based on Christopher Kean's novel. Steve McQueen became attached to star and Mort Engelberg would produce.[5]
Peter Hyams was hired to write and direct but Hyams was fired after doing a draft. McQueen wanted to replace him as director but the DGA would not allow it because McQueen had been on the project before Hyams. [6] McQueen made the film following Tom Horn. Around this time he was also signed for Tai Pan at the highest fee any actor had received.[7]
Shooting[edit]
Filming started in September 1979.[8] McQueen reportedly did a lot of directing on set.[9]
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The opening street scene was shot in Lemont, Illinois. The capture of Tommy Price (LeVar Burton) in Herscher and payphone scenes with Papa Thorson (Steve McQueen) talking to Sheriff Strong (Ben Johnson) were filmed in Bonfield. The classic riverhouse explosion early in the picture was filmed on the Kankakee River near Aroma Park. The structure was built for the film and then destroyed. The cabin was taken apart (not destroyed) and reassembled and sold for a hunting retreat on an island in the Kankakee river basin.
Notelife 1 0 6 – premium note manager. The airport scene where Papa picks up the Trans Am was filmed at the Greater Kankakee airport. Historic downtown Lemont was used for the scene where Steve McQueen performs a burnout in front of the police officer. Also, the current public works building across from the post office was used as the police station and jail. The cornfield chase scenes between the Firebird and combine were filmed in Manteno[10] on a farm that shared property with the Lithuanian World Center and is now the site of a current residential development.
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A portion of the film was shot in Old Town, Chicago, on the El. Scenes involving Papa chasing his quarry 'Bernardo' in a parking garage were shot at Marina City. The stunt with the fleeing suspect driving off the Marina City garage and plunging into the Chicago River was recreated in 2006 for a commercial for Allstate Insurance.
Critical reception[edit]
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The Hunter received mixed reviews among critics, and currently holds a 55% rating and an average of 5.2/10 at Rotten Tomatoes.[11] In Leonard Maltin's publication TV Movies, the film is given a BOMB rating and the entry states 'McQueen's last picture and probably his worst.'
References[edit]
- ^https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hunter.htm
- ^'The Hunter (1980)'. www.allmovie.com. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^'The Hunter'. www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^'The Hunter'. TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^FILM CLIPS: In the Works at Rastar Kilday, Gregg. Los Angeles Times 27 Mar 1978: e7.
- ^FILM CLIPS: Student Success a Wrap for Disney SCHREGER, CHARLES. Los Angeles Times 12 May 1979: b5.
- ^FILM CLIPS: Director Chair as a Hot Seat SCHREGER, CHARLES. Los Angeles Times 5 Feb 1979: e7.
- ^Tempo Entertainment: Tower TickerGold, Aaron. Chicago Tribune 10 Sep 1979: a8.
- ^Small role with McQueen LeVar Burton's key to filmsGodfrey, Stephen. The Globe and Mail22 July 1980: P.21.
- ^'Kankakee County a great shooting location for flops and blockbusters alike'. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
- ^'The Hunter (1980)'. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
External links[edit]
- The Hunter on IMDb
- The Hunter at the TCM Movie Database
- The Hunter at AllMovie
- The Hunter at Rotten Tomatoes
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