Jim Rhodes is the main protagonist of the 2011 action film Hunt to Kill.
He is a former US Border Patrol Agent who lives with his daughter, Kim Rhodes; he is then forced into a situation to help Banks and his gang to find Lawson in order for them to spare his own life and his daughter.
He was portrayed by Stone Cold Steve Austin, who also portrayed Jack Conrad in The Condemned, and John Brickner in Damage.
Biography[]
At the start of the film, Jim Rhodes and Lee Davis explore a seemingly abandoned trailer in Texas. Before entering the trailer, Lee gives Jim a watch made from climbing rope that can be used as emergency gear. They find a meth lab and are promptly attacked by men who shoot Lee and set the trailer on fire. Lee dies, and Jim is forced to flee the trailer before it explodes.
Four years later, Jim now lives with his rebellious daughter Kim. He's called in to pick her up from the sheriff's office after she was caught shoplifting, only to discover the leader of a gang of thieves named Banks beating and killing the sheriff. They force Jim to help them traverse the wilderness and find Lawson, a former member of their gang who betrayed them, threatening to kill Kim if he refuses. Jim reluctantly agrees, and the group sets out into the mountains. The thieves catch up to Lawson, who they kill after taking back the money. Assuming that Kim can guide them to the Canadian Border, they push Jim off a cliff.
Jim survives and, now more enraged, hunts the thieves, picking them off individually until only Banks is left. Banks flees, and Jim arrives on the scene and takes one of the remaining ATVs to chase after Banks, telling Kim to use the other to get help. He catches up to Banks in an abandoned mineshaft and factory, and the two men battle, culminating in Jim killing Banks by pinning him to a wall with an ATV and causing an explosion with a flare gun. The film ends with Jim and Kim safe, having finally bonded, but realizing that they must now walk home as the other ATVs were destroyed.