stefan1429
this is fun to watch if you like adventure movies like "The librarian" and "Indiana Jones", the acting is terrible but it is entertaining nonetheless.I recommend watching "The librarian" instead but if there is nothing else to watch on your play list go ahead and give it a go.like i said before, the acting is terrible and the writing poor. The choice of weapons by the villains is also questionable, Crossbows? and why does Interpol have a terrible German accent? The children are written extremely poor and snobby. On to another review Stefan
michael-young1984
Spoilers Below. But if you want QUALITY, then you won't care.The Hunters is a TREASURE Hunter movie. Imagine Spy Kids, Disney's Snow White & 7 Dwarfs, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Lara Croft movies, and clichés you would expect from Scary Movie - combine them all an you have "The Hunters".At first the movie was interesting, then it was OK, then it started showing pointless drama, tons of convenient plot points, numerous clichés, and every point where there SHOULD be a booby trap, there isn't a single one! Well there is, but its so damn slow that even your legs were broken & you had to crawl your way out, you'd STILL make out. The bad guys were obvious, the good guys overpowered sidekicks to batman, and they made every puzzle seem so easy that "Legendary Treasure Hunter" feels self-proclaimed than earned (even though its "secret").If you hated Lara Croft, Indiana Jones & the plastic skull, and Spy Kids, then watching this will be torture. Seriously. AVOID.
joeywyss
Well you can't blame the failure of this film to take off on the cast, because they were a capable and experienced cast, even the younger actors. However, they are given absolutely nothing to sink their teeth into. Everything about the flick is just watered down and meandering. If this had been a Disney or Hub flick it would have worked, or even if upgraded to a full blown fantasy flick, it would have worked, but it feels completely like this is a first draft and not a full fleshed film. The script is thin with stick figure characters, clotted with toss off explanations to move the story and beyond cliché plot points (the Asian assassin was almost painful to watch). Everything it had going for it is wasted.Complete and total lack of backstory. It would have been great to know how Tripp's techie skills and Pax's fighting skills had previously reared their heads, it was screaming for some actual examples of the fairytale items in modern times, and someone with a much cleverer wit to punch up the one liners. It seems like the money ran out somewhere, but there was no going back to get a good finished product. The cast did what they could with what they had.
paulww-829-35601
"Terry and the Pirates" meets "The Da Vinci Code"! Just plain fun! Let's have more
Victor Garber transform himself from a master of rectitude as the Canadian Ambassador in "Argo" to a master of evil as a delicious villain in "The Hunters." Plenty of action and exotic settings for characters who are a cross between comic-book Superheros and the boy and girl next door who find themselves in a fantasy world which becomes all-too-real. Twists, turns, and surprises galore! The stereotypical characters are appropriately stereotypical, while the main protagonists are appropriately human. I had a smile on my face for the whole movie, but for different reasons each time the plot turned. Overall, just plain fun.
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