The most intriguing parts of this film are contained in the voice-over montage in the beginning and a surprise ending, leaving a lot of filler in the middle.

Gere has so much fun in his role it's almost unfair that he was paid for his efforts.

The movie is more concerned with mounting big screen infotainment and sidebar issues like the lure of 'that adrenalin rush and nonstop erection of fear and war,' than making sense of the confounding stage of world history.

The magazine piece was convoluted at best, and writer-director Richard Shepard doesn't make things much clearer.

Although the film initially plays like breezy fun, it begins to crumble under the weight of lofty ambitions and a scattershot tone.

...the cinematic equivalent of a loud and goofy garage band that hasn't quite mastered the art of staying in tune but sometimes hits you right in the happy zone.

Whenever the film threatens to get bogged down in self-seriousness, Shepard quickly retreats to satiric cynicism.

Gere is almost unmatched at portraying wacky characters like Hunt. He is so charismatic that you believe he can charm, manipulate and/or con just about anyone.

True to its word, there are plenty of ludicrous moments in 'The Hunting Party', which plays like a buddy adventure film.