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The Hunted (2003)

Rate: 1
Viewed: 2/08

2/08: Uh, I thought First Blood was already made?

Although my expectations for The Hunted were set a bit high, the mimicry features a couple of four-star actors giving one-star performances. In other words, it's a dud. About three minutes into the film, my mind had tuned out. At the half-hour mark, I was saying, "Where the hell is the story?" Five minutes prior to the end, I exclaimed, "Whaaaaa...it's almost over?"

Nothing is explained, and there's no plot. There are many editing problems with rough transitions from one scene to another. I wasn't aware of this, but as the closing credits began to roll, the director turned out to be William Freaking Friedkin!! What the hell happened to him?

Tommy Lee Jones should have stole the line from his Oscar-winning character by screaming, "I don't care!!!" during The Hunted. It would have been a perfect touch. His co-star Benicio del Toro's acting is amateurishly pitiful. It's a long fall from what he did in Traffic.

All in all, The Hunted is a big revelation.

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