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The Hunted
2003
When rogue US special forces operative Aaron Hallam (Benicio Del Toro) goes on the rampage, Lieutenant Bonham (Tommy Lee Jones), the man who trained him, is brought out of retirement to track him down and bring him to justice. With the help of tenacious FBI agent Abby Durrell (Connie Nielsen), Bonham must bring down the man who .. Read more
| Starring | Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Neilsen, Connie Nielsen |
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| Director | William Friedkin |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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The Hunted
When rogue US special forces operative Aaron Hallam (Benicio Del Toro) goes on the rampage, Lieutenant Bonham (Tommy Lee Jones), the man who trained him, is brought out of retirement to track him down and bring him to justice. With the help of tenacious FBI agent Abby Durrell (Connie Nielsen), Bonham must bring down the man who can already anticipate his every move before he kills again.
| Starring | Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Neilsen, Connie Nielsen, Connie Nelsen |
|---|---|
| Director | William Friedkin |
| Studio | LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins Watch now: 1 hr 32 mins |
| Certificate | DVD: , Watch Online: |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English Watch Online: English |
| Released | DVD: 06 Oct 2003 Watch now: 28 Sep 2009 Production year: 2003 |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
| Format | DVD |
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This military thriller from director William Friedkin is far-fetched in the extreme, but luckily the action sequences have a terrific, visceral impact — despite there being very little in the way of character development on which to hook them. A traumatised US veteran of the conflict in Kosovo (Benicio Del Toro) is loose in the woods, gruesomely dispatching game-hunters, and the man who taught him how to kill (a typically gruff Tommy Lee Jones) is brought in to track him down. In a case of individuality sacrificed at the altar of efficiency, the two leads have a hard time bringing distinct personalities to their rather clichéd characters (they run, they fight, they run again), though both have enough presence to partly overcome this. Friedkin's film eventually runs into a blind alley, but until then it's an enjoyably gritty ride powered by star charisma rather than logic.
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"...An efficient nuts-and-bolts thriller....Shot with striking thematic continuity....This is muscular film-making at its most instinctive..."
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16 out of 16 people found this review helpful
Better than given credit for
This is Hollywood's A-list version of an old-style B-movie potboiler. Del Toro's war machine runs amok and Jones' teacher tracks him down. Don't expect much more and you won't be disappointed. Like the best B's it's lean and mean, coming in at 85 minutes (sans credits), as any longer and you'd start to notice the joins.
Freidkin may be well past his peak but compared to today's CGI-fixated youngbloods he handles this kind of back to basics thriller material like the pro he is, using good old-fashioned stuntwork, terrific use of location, and razor-sharp sound and editing. He keeps the pace tight and keeps the money on screen to give the story more slick gloss than it probably deserves.
On the down side, Jones does his usual gnarly critter with a soft centre routine but does seem too old for the action work, Del Toro's performance is just plain odd, and Neilson has little to do but fill in the gaps. Nevertheless, the background subtexts (opening Kosovan slaughter, Jones teaching killers without ever being one, nature of guilt, Del Toro putting Man lower in the food chain etc) do beef up the material enough to raise it well above TV movie blandness, and Freidkin does know how to put an actioner together. -
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16 out of 16 people found this review helpful
Better than given credit for
This is Hollywood's A-list version of an old-style B-movie potboiler. Del Toro's war machine runs amok and Jones' teacher tracks him down. Don't expect much more and you won't be disappointed. Like the best B's it's lean and mean, coming in at 85 minutes (sans credits), as any longer and you'd start to notice the joins.
Freidkin may be well past his peak but compared to today's CGI-fixated youngbloods he handles this kind of back to basics thriller material like the pro he is, using good old-fashioned stuntwork, terrific use of location, and razor-sharp sound and editing. He keeps the pace tight and keeps the money on screen to give the story more slick gloss than it probably deserves.
On the down side, Jones does his usual gnarly critter with a soft centre routine but does seem too old for the action work, Del Toro's performance is just plain odd, and Neilson has little to do but fill in the gaps. Nevertheless, the background subtexts (opening Kosovan slaughter, Jones teaching killers without ever being one, nature of guilt, Del Toro putting Man lower in the food chain etc) do beef up the material enough to raise it well above TV movie blandness, and Freidkin does know how to put an actioner together. -
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The Hunted
When rogue US special forces operative Aaron Hallam (Benicio Del Toro) goes on the rampage, Lieutenant Bonham (Tommy Lee Jones), the man who trained him, is brought out of retirement to track him down and bring him to justice. With the help of tenacious FBI agent Abby Durrell (Connie Nielsen), ...
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