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The Hunted

2003

William Friedkin

Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio del Toro, Connie Nielsen, Jenna Boyd ...

5.3

8,954

Thriller. Action In the green woods of Silver Falls, Oregon, Aaron Hallam, a trained assassin AWOL from the Special Forces, keeps his own brand of wildlife vigil. After brutally slaying four deer hunters in the area, FBI Special Agent Abby Durrell turns to L.T. Bonham-- the one man who may be able to stop him. At first L.T. resists the mission. Snug in retirement, he's closed off to his past, the years he spent in the Special Forces training soldiers to ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"This isn't a movie: it's a police report (...) Friedkin might as well have painted bull's-eyes on the backs of the actors, since it's obvious that 'The Hunted' regards them as nothing but expendable."	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"I thought I knew what to expect, but I didn't anticipate how William Friedkin would jolt me with the immediate urgency of the action (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"An unpleasant action suspenser more dedicated to hurtling relentlessly forward than to vesting audience interest."	NEG
United States	Chuck Rudolph Slant	"A no-frills chase movie, muscular and lean at a well-paced and barely indulgent 90 minutes (...) 'The Hunted' is often most effective when its characters are in motion (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Everything is wildly unconvincing (...) The two men's supposed Abraham-and-Isaac father/son relationship is risibly phoney (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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