The Hunted Reviews

Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but a movie starring both Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio del Toro, plus directed by William Friedkin definitely seemed appealing to me. Indeed, I think Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio del Toro are both some impressive actors and to have them together on screen was a good enough reason for me to watch this flick. However, I have to admit, William Friedkin has way passed his prime so I was rather skeptical about the overall potential of this movie. I still checked it out anyway and I eventually ended up with some mixed feelings about the whole thing. First of all, both actors were quite terrific and delivered some solid performances and they were some good action scenes so the whole thing was rather thrilling to watch. However, somehow, it failed to really impress me since there was a terrible lack of originality in the story department. I mean, the whole thing was basically some kind of remake of 'First Blood' and such similar movies and they didn't add anything new or interesting to the formula. Still, in spite of its flaws, it remains a well made and entertaining flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

The Hunted was to me an unimpressive film that I feel like I almost wasted my time seeing. Even with one of my fave actors, Belicio Del Toro, that doesn't change the fact that the overall movie was extremely disappointing.

The plot was dull and completely explained, probably the thing I hated the most about this flick was the way that it almost felt like it skipped a few minutes going from each scene. One minute one of the characters is in a certain place and the next they suddenly appear somewhere completely different. Another thing is that this film is in no way realistic with some of the events that occur. I found my self constantly thinking 'How did that happen?', 'How did he get there?', 'Why didn't this happen?' etc. I wasn't expecting complete realism but I think they could have at least considered the obvious ones.

Benicio Del Toro gave a truly electrifying and brilliant performance though, he saved this film from a much lower rating. Tommy Lee Jones looked extremely awkward for his role, for me it just didn't work. Connie Nielsen was worse than average, another role I wouldn't have expected.

Please try and avoid this if you can, I have warned you. But if you're looking for an action flick with absolutely no real plot and some pretty shameful moments for some otherwise great actors.. go for this.