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The Hunted

The Hunted (2003)

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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 144
Fresh: 43 | Rotten: 101

An all too familiar chase movie that's not worth the talents involved.

28

Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 26

An all too familiar chase movie that's not worth the talents involved.

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Average Rating: 3/5
User Ratings: 40,512

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A rogue special-forces soldier is tracked down by his former mentor in this action thriller from director William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist). In his first role since winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2001, Benicio del Toro stars as Aaron Hallam, one of the U.S. military's most skilled hand-to-hand combat operatives. In the years following his successful assassination of a Serbian warlord in late-'90s Kosovo, Hallam finds himself plagued by traumatic flashbacks of death

Aug 12, 2003

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All Critics (156) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (46) | Rotten (103) | DVD (22)

Ludicrous, plotless, ho-hum tale of lurid confrontation.

March 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Observer
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There's too much talent on-screen and behind the camera for The Hunted to be dull, but it is predictable and disappointing, and we seem to be missing about a half-hour's worth of scenes that would have brought some depths to these characters.

March 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper
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Essentially a reheating of 1982's First Blood ... but the fallout this time is simultaneously more ruthless, less emotional, and duller.

March 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Village Voice
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By stripping an action thriller this close to the bone, director William Friedkin has removed too much meat.

March 17, 2003
Hollywood Reporter
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This is schlock -- by-the-numbers action that ignores character development to the point where we find it hard to care whether L.T. catches Hallam or whether they end up running after each other until the world ends.

March 16, 2003 Full Review Source: ReelViews
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Has so little going for it, you wonder if you've missed something.

March 14, 2003
Washington Post
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An awful and graphically violent movie.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

It's actually a tense, intelligent film, highlighting two of Friedkin's pet themes, and it deserves consideration among his best films.

October 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid
Combustible Celluloid

Just like Walter Hill's Undisputed, William Friedkin's The Hunted plays a like a clinic for lean, mean, no-nonsense filmmaking.

March 5, 2006
FulvueDrive-in.com

Be prepared to endure pounds of painful preposterousness in return for the film's pint-sized pleasures.

May 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness
Lessons of Darkness

... It's the polar opposite of the stylized action popularized by The Matrix and other recent films.

January 6, 2004 Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

With so much going right in The Hunted, it's a shame they couldn't track down a writer (three are credited) who could have figured out how to make the ending work.

January 4, 2004 Full Review

The Hunted . . . has the pacing of a chase movie, the atmosphere of a horror film and the tired formula of a morally bankrupt Tinseltown action flick.

December 1, 2003
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

Audience Reviews for The Hunted

The Hunted was a pretty decent action flick. It's quick paced and the chase never lets up until the very end. I liked that it kept it going fast because this film had the potential to be a sleeper otherwise. Tommy Lee Jones is comfortable in these types of roles and he's good in them. Another great job. Benicio Del Toro is still a fairly new actor for me. I haven't seen him a lot of his films. I really like him and I thought he was great. But I saw him more as a tortured soul in this film. You teach people to be a vicious killer you shouldn't be surprised when that's what they turn out to be. The fight scenes were pretty intense and well choreographed. Good movie to watch on a rainy Cali night.
July 26, 2009
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William Friedkin's The Hunted is an action thriller that starts off well before the slow decline.There really isn't much in the way of surprise when it comes to the story, which is probably why a run time just below 90 minutes is appropriate. The concept of an expert survivor tracking another expert works well in the wilderness, but the thrills decrease when the plot decides to move things into a more urban setting.The violence is bloody and realistic. The same can be said about the close quarter combat that occurs. The Hunted isn't exactly loaded from start to finish with this stuff; however, there is enough to get by.Tommy Lee Jones is a solid selection and plays his role well. Benicio Del Toro's line delivery is a bit awkward which makes him seem like a miscast. Connie Nielsen fills in the rest of the film when it isn't on Jones or Del Toro.For what it is, The Hunted is a watchable 90 minute production. Not much more than that.
December 9, 2012
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