The Hunted (2003 film)
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| Directed by | William Friedkin |
| Produced by | James Jacks Ricardo Mestres |
| Written by | David Griffiths Peter Griffiths Art Monterastelli |
| Starring | Tommy Lee Jones Benicio Del Toro Connie Nielsen |
| Music by | Brian Tyler |
| Cinematography | Caleb Deschanel |
| Editing by | Augie Hess |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 2003 |
| Running time | 94 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
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The Hunted is a 2003 film directed by William Friedkin and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio del Toro. Brian Tyler composed the film's score.
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[edit] Plot
Jones plays L.T. Bonham, a former special operations instructor asked to track down a former student, Aaron Hallum, played by Del Toro, who has "gone renegade" after suffering severe battle stress from his time in Kosovo and killing hunters in the Pacific Northwest. It is questionable though whether they were in fact hunters and not "sweepers" (assassins who kill other assassins who get out of line) as Hallum contends. Although the FBI is brought in, led by an agent-in-charge played by Connie Nielsen, the search begins and ends as a personal battle between the two main characters, in the forests and rivers of Oregon and on and under the streets (and a bridge) of Portland.
The technical advisor for the film was Tom Brown, Jr., an American outdoorsman and wilderness survival expert. The story is partially inspired by a real-life incident involving Brown, who was asked to track down a former pupil and Special Forces officer who had evaded capture by authorities. This story is told in Tom's book, Case Files Of The Tracker.
[edit] Reaction
The overall critical reaction to the movie was negative. It scored a 33% rating on Rotten Tomatoes out of 140 reviews. Many reviewers noted striking similarities to an (inferior) Rambo. Rolling Stone calling it 'Just a Rambo rehash,'[citation needed] while Rex Reed of the New York Observer called it a "Ludicrous, plotless, ho-hum tale of lurid confrontation."[citation needed] The popular UK magazine, Total Film said the film was "scarcely exciting to watch."[1]
A minority of reviewers praised the film, particularly for the fact it kept the special effects and stunts restrained. For example, Roger Ebert said, "We've seen so many fancy high-tech computer-assisted fight scenes in recent movies that we assume the fighters can fly. They live in a world of gravity-free speed-up. Not so Friedkin's characters."[2]. Time Out London took a similar view.[3]
[edit] Trivia
- This movie featured Sayoc Kali, a Filipino martial art.
- This movie was partially filmed in Portland, Oregon including the Burnside Bridge, famous for its popular skatepark.
[edit] External links
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