The Hunted on DVD (1995)

Darth Grevious from London , 02/08/2005

I knew this film would be good right from the start, when it opened with fantastically atmospheric Taiko drumming. Then somehow it got better! Lambert is on a business trip to Japan, and takes the opportunity to spend the night with a beautiful but mysterious woman. He promptly witnesses her murder by John Lone's attractively evil ninja. On the run, he seeks assistance from a ninja expert of Samurai descent who has his own reasons for wanting to confront Lone. Excellent acting and pacing, combined with some smart dialogue, help ornament some of the best set pieces you will find in a film of this genre - worth renting for the bullet train massacre alone!

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Blackburns Wig from kent , 22/06/2004

Im a bit of a fan of Mr lambert ever since Subway. hes done some classics and hes done some tosh. This film is kind of in between but has the most amazing ninja/samurai scene battle on a train. the japanese guy protecting him is a world wearly but ultra cool and skilled swordsman. his character and that of the 'baddie' stick in the mind more than lamberts mr.Racine. So its more of an ensemble pic. Good fun , dark and violent in places.

I read a review on here where some nob was dissapointed that Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai wasnt more like Kill bill! Well he should rent this one then.

  4 out of 5 people found this review helpful

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A customer from GLASGOW , 21/06/2005

Lambert plays Paul Racine, a yuppie scum salesman who meets a mystery woman (Joan Chen) in the hotel bar one night during a business trip to Japan. And in doing so he does what every red-blooded male would do: get her drunk on sake and takes her to bed.

All goes swell until she tosses him out of her room saying they can never met again. See what he doesn't know is that Chen is a high price call girl who knows there's a hit out on her and that he was her one last fling before a trip into the great beyond.

And sure enough not two minutes after he leaves does a clan of ninjas called The Makato, led by the evil Kinjo (John Lone), show up ready to strike. As he prepares to take her head, Chen manages to convince Kinjo to show her his face just as Racine returns and all hell breaks loose resulting in Chen's death.

But Racine somehow survives and being that he is the only person who has ever seen Kinjo's face, he must be taken out and fast. But thanks to a kindhearted ER doctor, Racine gets aid from Takeda (Yoshio Harada), a master of Kenjutsu and descendant of a great samurai family. However Takeda's motives may not be entirely honorable.

The Hunted is a great piece of martial arts filmmaking. Written and directed by J.F. Lawton.

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

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A customer from Bristol, Bristol , 29/07/2004

The story is award worthy, the acting is perfect and the fight scenes incredible. Definately worth a watch. If you like ninja/samaurai or martial arts films you'll love this.

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

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Blackburns Wig from kent , 22/06/2004

Im a bit of a fan of Mr lambert ever since Subway. hes done some classics and hes done some tosh. This film is kind of in between but has the most amazing ninja/samurai scene battle on a train. the japanese guy protecting him is a world wearly but ultra cool and skilled swordsman. his character and that of the 'baddie' stick in the mind more than lamberts mr.Racine. So its more of an ensemble pic. Good fun , dark and violent in places.

I read a review on here where some nob was dissapointed that Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai wasnt more like Kill bill! Well he should rent this one then.

  4 out of 5 people found this review helpful

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A customer from GLASGOW , 21/06/2005

Lambert plays Paul Racine, a yuppie scum salesman who meets a mystery woman (Joan Chen) in the hotel bar one night during a business trip to Japan. And in doing so he does what every red-blooded male would do: get her drunk on sake and takes her to bed.

All goes swell until she tosses him out of her room saying they can never met again. See what he doesn't know is that Chen is a high price call girl who knows there's a hit out on her and that he was her one last fling before a trip into the great beyond.

And sure enough not two minutes after he leaves does a clan of ninjas called The Makato, led by the evil Kinjo (John Lone), show up ready to strike. As he prepares to take her head, Chen manages to convince Kinjo to show her his face just as Racine returns and all hell breaks loose resulting in Chen's death.

But Racine somehow survives and being that he is the only person who has ever seen Kinjo's face, he must be taken out and fast. But thanks to a kindhearted ER doctor, Racine gets aid from Takeda (Yoshio Harada), a master of Kenjutsu and descendant of a great samurai family. However Takeda's motives may not be entirely honorable.

The Hunted is a great piece of martial arts filmmaking. Written and directed by J.F. Lawton.

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

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