The Hunting Party (2007) DVD

The Hunting Party

A young journalist (Eisenberg), a seasoned cameraman (Howard) and a discredited journalist (Gere) embark on an unauthorized mission to find the no. 1 war criminal in Bosnia; they find themselves in serious jeopardy when they are mistaken as a CIA hit squad and their target decides to come after them.

Starring	Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, Jesse Eisenberg, James Brolin
Director	Richard Shepard
Studio	MOMENTUM PICTURES
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 44 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, Thriller
Language	DVD: English
Released	DVD: 09 Feb 2009 Production year: 2007
Format	DVD

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38 out of 39 people found this review helpful

If theres nowt else on........

I'll start by getting straight down to brass taxes. I didnt dislike this film. I didnt love it, but iv seen alot worse this year already (no names mentioned #Ahem: Vantage point#)

The budget wasnt especially high but the story itself is interesting enough without it, more so as its mostly true (Great caption at the start which says 'only the most outrageous parts of the story are true'.). Had it not been true i would probably drop another star off it. But on educational purposes alone I would have thought this film would have been ATLEAST cinema worthy. It raises HUGE questions about the UN's role in serbia aswell as applying it to the modern day war on terror. But if that doesnt tickle your pickle then there's a few laughs thrown in along the way (The indian UN officer and the Midget, shellsuit ridden gangster) , and also Gere is as reliable as ever to pull you into the story.

The that fact that it was more or less straight to DVD is hardly a ringing endorsement for any film, but dont let that put you off. It does try to be a bit 'in bruges' with its dark humour yet very rarely pulls it off. But if you've exhausted all your top titles for the month, and you fancy a film that will have you thinking for a while after it's finished, then you should go for it. (probably)
- - A customer from Oxford
  - Posted 19 Jan 2009 13:13
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38 out of 39 people found this review helpful

If theres nowt else on........

I'll start by getting straight down to brass taxes. I didnt dislike this film. I didnt love it, but iv seen alot worse this year already (no names mentioned #Ahem: Vantage point#)

The budget wasnt especially high but the story itself is interesting enough without it, more so as its mostly true (Great caption at the start which says 'only the most outrageous parts of the story are true'.). Had it not been true i would probably drop another star off it. But on educational purposes alone I would have thought this film would have been ATLEAST cinema worthy. It raises HUGE questions about the UN's role in serbia aswell as applying it to the modern day war on terror. But if that doesnt tickle your pickle then there's a few laughs thrown in along the way (The indian UN officer and the Midget, shellsuit ridden gangster) , and also Gere is as reliable as ever to pull you into the story.

The that fact that it was more or less straight to DVD is hardly a ringing endorsement for any film, but dont let that put you off. It does try to be a bit 'in bruges' with its dark humour yet very rarely pulls it off. But if you've exhausted all your top titles for the month, and you fancy a film that will have you thinking for a while after it's finished, then you should go for it. (probably)
- - A customer from Oxford
  - Posted 19 Jan 2009 13:13
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