The Hunted

The Hunted

2003 "Some men should not be found."
The Hunted
The Hunted

The Hunted

6.1 | 1h34m | R | en | Drama

In the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallum. A former Special Operations instructor is approached and asked to apprehend Hallum—his former student—who has 'gone rogue' after suffering severe battle stress from his time in Kosovo.

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6.1 | 1h34m | R | en | Drama , Action , Thriller | More Info
Released: March. 11,2003 | Released Producted By: Lakeshore Entertainment , Alphaville Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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In the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallum. A former Special Operations instructor is approached and asked to apprehend Hallum—his former student—who has 'gone rogue' after suffering severe battle stress from his time in Kosovo.

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Tommy Lee Jones , Benicio del Toro , Connie Nielsen

Director

Beatriz Kerti

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Lakeshore Entertainment , Alphaville

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djohn-96217 Just under the title there is one sentence describing the whole movie "... a man turning hunting of humans ... a sport...?!" Really?! There are certain places in the movie underlining that instead he is hunted (see movie title :). He just trying to avoid to be cought and killed, not sentenced ... But not running... He just was used, honored with medal and prepared for disposal. In fact the men in grey used police to do there dirt work. So, really he is one of them?! Abraham is not bother with killing his son, isn't he?! The man who protect the wild life make his first kill being of his former student who embrace respect of living creatures as he do. There are deep connections beside amusing of watchers in this movie!
Comeuppance Reviews Aaron Hallam (Del Toro) is a Kosovo veteran and also an unstoppable killing machine. When the mentally unstable Hallam returns home to Oregon, he continues his killing spree. This grabs the attention of FBI Special Agent Abby Durrell (Nielsen), who wants to stop him. As it turns out, this particular unhinged maniac was trained by a survival expert and knife maestro named L.T. Bonham (Jones). He's not lieutenant Bonham, he's L.T. Bonham, as he does point out he never was actually in the military, he just used his expertise to train the recruits. Feeling guilty that his star student is now on the rampage, Bonham comes out of retirement to do one last track, which inevitably leads into the final teacher-versus-student knife fight...but who really is THE HUNTED? Maybe we'll all find out together...It's First Blood (1982) meets The Fugitive (1993) meets White Ghost (1988) as Tommy Lee Jones puts on his grizzled hat once again. This was towards the beginning of what came to be known as the GeriAction trend in Hollywood, where an older generation of actors - within a certain range, mind you - wanted to try a few last punches and kicks before they kicked off this mortal coil. Everyone from Clint Eastwood to Liam Neeson to Sean Penn have tried it lately with varying degrees of success. As anyone who reads this site knows, we almost always root for the older guys. We hate young punks and we cheer when they lose. All that being said, I think it's fair to expect more of the great director William Friedkin than what we get here. It's all so simple, paint-by-numbers, one-dimensional even. Some guy is on the loose and Tommy Lee Jones is "Hunting" him. Is it wrong to want just a bit more meat on the bone than that? It feels like you've seen a lot of this before - just the images of Tommy Lee Jones in front of a waterfall will remind you of the aforementioned Fugitive. And a former military man with a knife that the authorities are chasing in the Pacific Northwest wilderness should bring to mind a certain Stallone movie series that we all know and love. They had enough time for the clichés we've all seen before, but somehow they couldn't find the time for some character development or human drama. They even fell back on the tired "Vietnam vet goes crazy" scenario, which could certainly be argued is insensitive, if not insulting. But we may not have noticed if that hadn't been done so many times before. The only difference is now it's Kosovo, not Vietnam. We would think that by 2003 Hollywood would have used up every last drop of that trope, but no, apparently not.This is one time that we can think of that we can't necessarily sign off on approving an 88-minute running time, like we usually do. Evidently there was more character development left on the cutting room floor. While we appreciate the sentiment to try to make the movie lean and mean, a couple more dialogue scenes that might have fleshed out the characters or explained their motivations would have gone a long way. It would have helped the audience care more about the Bonham-Hallam relationship, which would have increased the suspense. The filmmakers also seemed ambivalent about Connie Nielsen's character - they should have given her more screen time or axed her altogether. As it stands, she's just kinda there. We would have opted for more Nielsen, as her run on Law & Order: SVU were some of the best episodes of that series to date. The Hunted could have used a tough female, Dani Beck-like character.Looking at the movie a mere twelve years later (TWELVE years have passed since this came out? Maybe it's not so mere after all), it's hard to believe it got a theater release. If this was released today it would go DTV or on-demand, almost certainly. While it does contain the appropriate amount of action and violence - we even get some classic Tommy Lee Jones-Fu, or, to be more accurate, a Filipino fighting style called Sayoc Kali - it's hard to shake the feeling something is missing here. Perhaps we should hire L.T. Bonham to hunt it down...but then we'd be right back to where we started, wouldn't we?
g-bodyl What happens when you combine these films: Predator, First Blood, and the Fugitive? Well, you get this thriller: The Hunted. Now while the Hunted may seem derivative (it pretty much is), it still is a good time and it's a reasonably entertaining, straightforward thriller which is like a cat and mouse game. This film is not short on the action as we witness some great knife battles, a climatic ending, and lots of graphic violence.William Friedkin's film is about a former ops named Aaron Hallam who has gone rogue after witnessing events in Kosovo. Hallam is wanted for the vicious murders of two businessmen as he tries to avoid being captured. But the FBI calls in his former assassins trainer, L.T Bonham to help them track Hallam down.Tommy Lee Jones is a great actor, but he wasn't convincing here as he should have been. This was just a ripoff of his Fugitive performance, and I'm still deciding whether that is good or not. He still has his charisma and grace though. Benicio Del Toro did do a great job as the vicious Hallam whose best friend is his stealth. Finally, Connie Nielsen was okay as the FBI agent, but I'm not sure if I could buy her performance.Overall, The Hunted is an entertaining, "cat and mouse" thriller that is highlighted by some excellent knife scenes. While the film is not short on action or gore, it does lack an excellent screenplay, which perhaps hindered the acting. But this film does have a good technical side as it has great editing and great cinematography. In other words, this film made it feel I was in the Pacific Northwest as well. I rate this film 8/10.
adi_2002 L.T. is a trainer that teach others how to kill in the fastest and precise way possible. After several deer hunters are found dead in the woods FBI seeks the help of L.T. in order to find the person who did this and he knows after seeing the place where the murders occurs that never the less the author is his best student that he had Aaron. Now he begin his pursuit after him but finds out that is not that easy catching a man who is younger and fastest then him.The Hunted is a good action movie, with two of the best actors for this gender and switching the landscape from an forest to the crowded city make the film more interesting to follow and keeps the spectator on the edge of the seat.