r-angle Very difficult to make a movie where the antagonist is invisible. The killer suffers from delusions and is supposedly a skilled knife fighter, taught by L.T. (Tommy Lee Jones). The problem is that the story doesn't go anywhere. How do you fight an enemy you can't see? I kept asking myself why I was watching. Lots of action, but dull. I also thought the knife-fight training was ridiculous. You only have to cut the carotid artery, and the person bleeds out in a minute or two, if that.

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.

Leofwine_draca I personally believe that 2004's THE BOURNE SUPREMACY, directed by Paul Greengrass, changed the look of action thrillers forever. Gone was the clean, sometimes lethargic of Hollywood thrillers of old, to be replaced by fast editing, shaky cam action and gung-ho story lines. THE HUNTED is one of the last of the old-school fugitive thrillers and inevitably it pales in comparison to BOURNE.The film itself is pretty much a re-run of THE FUGITIVE and US MARSHALLS, thus completing an unofficial Tommy Lee Jones trilogy of such thrillers. It's got a noticeably harder edge than those movies though, particularly when it comes to the hard-hitting action; there's an eye-popping knife fight in this one which beats anything I can remember in a 1990s Hollywood fight scene in terms of realism and brutality, outside of a Seagal film of course.Unfortunately THE HUNTED has two things working against it, and surprisingly one of those things is William Friedkin. For the guy who brought us THE FRENCH CONNECTION, this is Friedkin off the boil; the direction is stodgy and somehow lacking, leaving the viewer coldly distanced from the action. The second problem is with the script, which never fleshes out the antagonist and never explores the back story properly, which is really annoying. You've never quite sure whether Del Toro's the bad guy or not, and the viewer is left feeling wrongfooted as a result. It's just unsatisfying.There are also some rather silly goofs along the way, including a scene where a guy somehow builds an extensive trap in about five minutes, and also gets the ability to superheat metal on a wood fire. Del Toro and Jones are on strong form here, but the rest of the cast is weak, particularly the actresses involved. But the action is plentiful and well-shot and you could do a lot worse, so this is middle of the road rather than bad.

adi_2002 L.T. is a trainer that teach others how to kill in the fastest and precise way possible. After several deer hunters are found dead in the woods FBI seeks the help of L.T. in order to find the person who did this and he knows after seeing the place where the murders occurs that never the less the author is his best student that he had Aaron. Now he begin his pursuit after him but finds out that is not that easy catching a man who is younger and fastest then him.The Hunted is a good action movie, with two of the best actors for this gender and switching the landscape from an forest to the crowded city make the film more interesting to follow and keeps the spectator on the edge of the seat.