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The Hunted (2003)

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Reviews Counted:33

Fresh:10

Rotten:23

Average Rating:4.5/10

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

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong bloody violence and some language

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Mar 14, 2003 Wide

Box Office: $34,195,533

Synopsis: Director William Friedkin gave us a cop pushing hard against the criminal element deep within himself in the classic crime thriller "The French Connection." He enhanced the meaning of "devil" for... Director William Friedkin gave us a cop pushing hard against the criminal element deep within himself in the classic crime thriller "The French Connection." He enhanced the meaning of "devil" for an entire generation and gave us a rare look at a man of God fighting a malignant force by admitting that he, too, was sinful in "The Exorcist." And in "To Live and Die in L.A.," he locked a single-minded cop and a career criminal into a power struggle that mapped the hypocrisies of their entire society.

Now, in "The Hunted," Friedkin explores man's inner conflict over his own evils in the most primal, elemental way, by telling the story of a retired teacher of warfare (Tommy Lee Jones) who must battle his former student (Benicio Del Toro), a top special-forces assassin gone renegade.

Paramount Pictures presents, in association with Lakeshore Entertainment, a Ricardo Mestres/Alphaville Production. A William Friedkin Film starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro, "The Hunted" also features Connie Nielson, Leslie Stefanson, John Finn, Jose Zuniga, Ron Canada, Mark Pellegrino and Lonny Chapman. The film is directed by William Friedkin and written by David Griffiths & Peter Griffiths and Art Monterastelli. Ricardo Mestres and James Jacks serve as producers. The executive producers are David Griffiths, Peter Griffiths, Marcus Viscidi and Sean Daniel and the co-producer is Art Monterastelli.

Paramount Pictures is part of the entertainment operations of Viacom Inc., one of the world's largest entertainment and media companies, and a leader in the production, promotion and distribution of entertainment news, sports and music.

The film is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong bloody violence and some language. -- © Paramount Pictures [More]

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Leslie Stefanson, Connie Nielsen

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Leslie Stefanson, Connie Nielsen, Jenna Boyd, Jose Zuniga

Director: William Friedkin

Director: William Friedkin
Screenwriter: David Griffiths, Peter Griffiths, Art Monterastelli
Producer: Ricardo Mestres, James Jacks, Art Monterastelli
Composer: Brian Tyler
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
04/22/03
Jami Bernard
Jami Bernard
New York Daily News
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Ludicrous, plotless, ho-hum tale of lurid confrontation.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
03/20/03
Rex Reed
Rex Reed
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.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
03/18/03
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
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.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
03/18/03
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
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By stripping an action thriller this close to the bone, director William Friedkin has removed too much meat.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
03/17/03
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
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.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
03/16/03
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Has so little going for it, you wonder if you've missed something.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
03/14/03
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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A good ride, briskly paced, well played and vividly photographed.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
03/14/03
Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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An unpleasant action suspenser more dedicated to hurtling relentlessly forward than to vesting audience interest.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/14/03
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Friedkin is in his element.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
03/14/03
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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Technically, it's well made, but it wasn't worth making.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
03/14/03
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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The Hunted isn't exactly fraught with psychological depth and nuance, but as a stalker-stalkee suspenser, the pic has some nice things going for it.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
03/14/03
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Things take off immediately and stay in motion for 90 solid, economical minutes.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
03/14/03
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday
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Although it is a rough ride, The Hunted is also an exciting one. But no tracking skills were needed to follow its well-traveled cinematic road.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
03/14/03
Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle
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The Hunted isn't grand cinema, but it's a good jog around the action flick track. Sort of like The Fugitive, except ...

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
03/14/03
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
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An intense, if terse, character study that does not let us settle into comfortable delineations of good and evil.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
03/14/03
Vic Vogler
Vic Vogler
Denver Post
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The sight of Jones expending his sizable acting chops on this piece of macho blowhard fluff is distressing only if you can't relax and appreciate The Hunted on a camp level, where it functions quite hilariously.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
03/14/03
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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You got your hunted, you got your hunter, and away they go. And go and go.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
03/14/03
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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The Hunted has little to recommend it but some well-staged hand-to-hand combat, scenes in which, thankfully, no one double-back-flips into trees with the help of wires and digital doodling.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
03/14/03
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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