Solemplex
To me, this movie is perfection.
Spoonatects
Am i the only one who thinks........Average?
FuzzyTagz
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
Darin
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
thedudebryant
A lot of comparisons to First Blood. This is a more interesting film with great fight scenes. The hand to hand combat is well done. Del Toro is very good and believable.
Michael Ledo
Jake (Josh Stewart) is a great hunter from "By God" West Virginia... or was it West "By God" Virginia. He wants to start his own hunting TV series called "The Tree Hugger" as he spends most of his time in a deer stand. He has a professional camera man friend as they head out to deer camp. They are hunting a newly opened area, one that has a huge buck nicknamed, "Movie Star."There is an early clue as to what is about to happen, although the title isn't clear until later. Kudos to DVD cover guys for not revealing any plot spoilers.Some of the film was fine, but other footage, such as watching the trailer hitch, left something to be desired. Much of the film is found footage, while some is not, and I wish they did the herky-jerky ending in the "not" group. What it really looks like is that Josh works at Cabela's and got a bunch of hunting gear sponsors to make them an 87 minute commercial we would pay to watch.Guide: 1 F-bomb. No sex or nudity
poe-48833
Coming as it did from William Friedkin (THE FRENCH CONNECTION, THE EXORCIST, etc.), one couldn't help but have some pretty high expectations going into THE HUNTED; it wasn't long, however, before one was reminded that it was also Friedkin who gave us the inferior remake of THE WAGES OF FEAR (titled SORCEROR) and (we're told) much of the nasty Brando/Kilmer version of THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU. It seems somehow appropriate to revisit THE HUNTED at this point in History: there has been an average of one mass shooting a day in this country so far this year (a "mass shooting" being defined as a shooting in which four or more people are shot); even more shocking is THIS statistic: there has been an average of one shooting a day BY A TODDLER so far this year, as well. (With 300 Million guns owned by 312 Million people in this country, these stats aren't exactly surprising- although it IS surprising that Congress refuses to allow an investigation into the Cause(s) of such Rampant Violence...) The hand-to-hand combat scenes in THE HUNTED are short but sweet; otherwise, forget it.
gavin6942
An FBI deep-woods tracker captures a trained assassin who has made a sport of hunting humans.With all due respect to director William Friedkin, he has a record that is less than consistent. Back in the 1970s, he blew everyone away with "The Exorcist" and "The French Connection". After that, it has been up and down. I really liked "Bug", but it seemed to go largely under the radar.This one is less than perfect. It starts off okay, and the concept is good, but as it goes on, the acting seems to get worse and worse. How does that happen? Even Benicio del Toro, who is a pretty decent actor, just sort of falls apart. That makes me a sad panda.
