The Hunt

We've already had manhunting as a "hobby for the elite", but The Hunt takes this theme from a slightly different perspective. The film offers plenty of black-humour scenes and a pretty solid unpredictability – you really don't know who will die, when and how, which is a big plus. On the whole, I was bothered by the passages with too much talking that unnecessarily stretched out the running time. The Hunt is one of those films where I can understand any rating. Otherwise, Betty Gilpin pushed the envelope a little too hard at times with her bad-ass-look, whatever. (05/21/2020)

The first half is a nice and unpredictable semi-parody that relies on the audience’s familiarity with the rules of the genre, but it’s not afraid to overturn them for fun (and it doesn’t feel inappropriate). In the second half, after the most important cards have been revealed, the film falls into its own mirror and, despite the persisting quality of the craftsmanship and the insight, it can no longer surprise. The heroine is convincingly badass, but Hilary Swank’s attractive character (metaphorically and literally) had some more potential and I would have liked a bolder ending, given the concept of rewriting the expectations. Overall, though, it’s surprisingly good. 65% (03/22/2020)

I hate movies where the director sits there in awe and says that everyone on the screen is a moron and that's why we're going to laugh at them. This isn't smart satire, it's the movie version of a Facebook discussion with conservatives and liberals arguing; all the smart people have left and now someone comes along and feels they have to tell the rest they're morons. By the way, besides the final fight, it's pretty uninteresting. (04/02/2020)

The Hunt is an American production that is simply average mainstream entertainment in the guise of a horror movie. The movie is above average because it has quite an original narrative and the actors are directed really well. I think this will be a cult film hardcore fans will watch at least once a year. (04/08/2020)

The Hunt is an interesting but not original film. It will be a hit with Hunger Games fans. At the beginning of the film, twelve people are kidnapped and wake up in an unknown location. The hunt begins. The first half of the film is highly dramatic and it is not clear to the viewer who the main character is and who the actual killers are. The second half of the film is weaker. Here the filmmakers have abandoned the dark atmosphere of the forest and moved into enclosed spaces. The story is not complicated and does not contain any major twists. There are rather unfamiliar faces in the film, but they play their roles very well. As far as the action scenes are concerned, they are professionally handled and one can see that a lot of work has been done on them. An average film that is perfect to watch when bored. (06/12/2023)