The Hunting Party Reviews

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back and since I have it on DVD, I was quite eager to check it out again. First of all, since I loved Richard Shepard’s previous directing effort (the criminally underrated ‘The Matador’), I was really eager to check what he would do next. Eventually, to be honest, I had some rather mixed feelings about the whole thing. I mean, on one hand, I thought it was actually pretty good and there is no doubt that the story was quite fascinating. On top of that, it had been a while since I had seen Richard Gere pulling out such a good performance. The directing was also decent and it kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the whole duration. On the other hand, I still can't stop thinking that it could have been much better than this. Indeed, it is actually quite an incredible story but they didn't manage to create an incredible movie, merely a good one. Indeed, during the end-credits, they displayed some of the actual details of the actual story and you really wonder if what they added or changed was actually an improvement. Above all, it was definitely a mistake to have Simon Hunt have some personal agenda involved in this manhunt. Furthermore, to try to make us believe that these journalists would manage to catch this war criminal on their own was rather ridiculous. Anyway, to conclude, In spite of its flaws, I still enjoyed the damned thing and it is definitely worth a look.