The Hunted (2003)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

William Friedkin

Writers (WGA):

David Griffiths (written by) &
Peter Griffiths (written by) ...

Release Date:

14 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Some men should not be found.

Plot:

An FBI deep-woods tracker captures a trained assassin who has made a sport of hunting humans.

Plot Keywords:

FBI | Combat | Oregon | Hunting | Ex Soldier

Awards:

2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 23	8:30 AM	USA
Fri. July 24	2:00 AM	USA

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones	...	L.T. Bonham
Benicio Del Toro	...	Aaron Hallam
Connie Nielsen	...	Abby Durrell
Leslie Stefanson	...	Irene Kravitz
John Finn	...	Ted Chenoweth
José Zúñiga	...	Bobby Moret (as Jose Zuniga)
Ron Canada	...	Harry Van Zandt
Mark Pellegrino	...	Dale Hewitt
Jenna Boyd	...	Loretta Kravitz
Aaron DeCone	...	Stokes (as Aaron Brounstein)
Carrick O'Quinn	...	Kohler
Lonny Chapman	...	Zander
Rex Linn	...	Powell
Eddie Velez	...	Richards
Alexander Mackenzie	...	Sheriff

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence and some language.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #39271) | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Netherlands:12 (TV rating) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Denmark:15 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 | Peru:14 | Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) | Singapore:PG (edited for re-rating) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Blue Heron Paper Company - 419 Main Street, Oregon City, Oregon, USA

Company:

Lakeshore Entertainment

Trivia:

In the scene where Agent Hewitt hands Van Zandt a letter demanding Hallams release. The letter is signed by Attorney General Scott A. Anderson. Scott M. Anderson was the assistant property master for the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Aaron is first standing in Irene's kitchen, she walks over to him and puts her hand on his back. In the next shot her hand is on his shoulder.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: [voiceover] God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son." Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on." God say, "no"; Abe say, "what?" God say, "You can do what you want, Abe, but the next time you see me comin', you better run." Abe says, "Where do you want this killin' done?" God says, "Out on Highway 61."

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Sopranos: Johnny Cakes (#6.8)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Highway 61 Revisited

No Middle Ground

This is one of those movies that people will either love or hate. It has it's flaws for sure, but this movie speaks to primitive, macho mano-a-mano movie lovers.

How realistic the knife fights are in this movie remains to be seen, although kali, the martial art used as the base for the fight scenes, is a powerful fighting style. But they are exciting to watch, and both Jones and del Toro inhabit their characters with enough gusto and panache that the movie can be very enjoyable to watch.

It definitely won't be everyone's cup of tea, but the Hunted will make lots of action movie and martial arts movie fans pleased and satisfied.