The Hunted Movie Review 2003

"First Blood" meets "The Fugitive" in Friedkin's newest chase thriller. Ex-Special Forces member Hallam (Del Toro) comes back from Kosovo severely messed up and heads to the Oregon woods, fileting hunters who use high-powered scopes to stalk their prey. Apparently he's joined PETA's paramilitary wing. Jones is Bonham, the man who trained him in the arts of stalking, killing, and surviving, and must now stop him. He's teamed with female FBI agent Durrell (Nielsen), who doesn't realize she's brought a gun to knife fight. She (as well as plot) is basically window dressing, as Friedkin is clearly more concerned with the grunt-inducing mano-a-mano action scenes and car chases. It's a good thing they're well done, because the meditation of the good and evil that men do doesn't cut it.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 94 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Hunted!, Trees & Forests, Military: Army, Assassination, FBI, Flashback

Screenplay

David Griffiths, Peter Griffiths, Art Montersatelli

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen, Leslie Stefanson, John Finn, Jose Zuniga, Ron Canada, Mark Pellegrino, Lonny (Lonnie) Chapman, Rex Linn, Eddie Velez

Cinematography

Caleb Deschanel

Director

William Friedkin

Music

Brian Tyler

Other

Edward Tise, Kirk Francis, Augie Hess, Beatriz Kerti, Gloria Gresham, William Cruse

Producer

Ricardo Mestres, James Jacks, Lakeshore Entertainment, Alphaville, Paramount Pictures