![]() ![]() Hunted however, misses the mark as cinematic browbeat. I kinda liked the synth-y musical score, I like battle royals, and I've always been a sucker for certain types of genre tropes. ![]() I mean who are these people? And why is this alpha dude such a remorseless whack job? And why did the victimized girl's boyfriend stop texting or calling?īasically Hunted has no real backstory, no character background, and the flick becomes a 90-minute snapshot of wildlife crudity. And despite the film using wolves and Mother Nature as metaphors, Hunted just grows laborious and strained by the hour mark. Still, we've seen this setup before (remember last year's Let it Snow or the more accomplished Alone?). The actors are obviously committed, director Vincent Paronnaud (nice name) likes to style it up, and the film although tasteless, could never be considered as jejune. So yeah, Hunted is a snuff film within a grindhouse within a snuff film. They lead Eve into their car, she initially escapes, and then is pursued relentlessly in the woods. Heck, a couple mojitos later and she's the prey of a bearded perv and his sheepish lackey. Eve gets put through the ringer when all the girl wanted to do was get a drink at a bar. In Hunted, the "hunted" refers to a woman named Eve (played by scream queen enthusiast Lucie Debay). He's like the Terminator with human insides and he just keeps coming. Worthalter goes all out in Hunted while being believably sick. He is referred to as "The Guy" and is played by Frenchman Arieh Worthalter. So says the unknown antagonist with camera in tote via 2020's Hunted. Hunted will premiere on Shudder January 14th.Reviewed by burlesonjesse5 5 / 10 VIEWS ON FILM review of Hunted Instead it brings in to many other details and ultimately delivers a message that isn’t very empowering. That is what the film should have focused on, Eve’s rising to face and defeat this unstoppable beast. After that he becomes an unhinged and unstoppable menace, the big bad wolf in human form. Once he lets his mask slip it’s obvious that he’s psychotic and dangerous even before we see him get violent. Worthalter in particular makes a chilling villain. When it’s not trying to be profound, Hunted is an above average, if familiar, thriller with two solid performances from its leads. ![]() Instead she becomes Mel Gibson in Braveheart. And then it’s nature taking the incentive, Mother Nature protecting another woman rather than Eve making a connection to that heritage. It’s raised at the film’s start but only sporadically used in the film. Hunted should have leaned harder into the connection between women and nature that exists in almost all folklore. A sequence that also features a plot twist that while unexpected and ghoulish, is one of the most unbelievable things I’ve seen in a while. Paronnaud and Pernollet also muddy that message with a sequence involving the mother and son from the opening. That’s also about when she apparently slips into insanity. It’s not until the last third of the film that Eve becomes a force to be reckoned with. The script doesn’t change the way the story is told, time has changed how it’s perceived.Īs a female empowerment film Hunted is also a bit lacking. Her red jacket would be seen as a sign she was a “scarlet woman”. Director Vincent Parronaud, Screenplay Vincent Parronaud & Lea Pernollet, Producers Alexandre Perrier & Benoit Roland. It would have been Eve’s fault for leaving the bar with her attacker. You could have made this exact same film in the 70s or 80s and it would have been taken as a warning to women about the perils of going home with strangers and one night stands. The thing is, for all Hunted wants to make points about misogyny and violence against women those messages are a matter of perception and culture. Needless to say the two were working together and she soon ends up in the trunk of their car. She’s almost immediately hit on by a creep (Ciaran O’Brien, The Boy from Mercury, Ripper Street) who is chased off by, and this is how he’s referred to in the credits The Guy (Arieh Worthalter, The Take). Frustrated she heads to a club, leaving her phone at home. It’s not the first time this has been done, is it one of the better versions?Įve (Lucie Debay, The Barefoot Emperor) has had a shitty day at work and her boyfriend (?) Alex keeps calling her. It’s Little Red Riding Hood, updated and given some modern themes. Pickering), serve notice from the start that their film is one also. By doing so, Oscar nominated director Vincent Paronnaud (Persepolis, Asylum: Twisted Horror and Fantasy Tales) and co-writer Léa Pernollet, (English dialogue/translation is credited to David H. Hunted begins with a mother (Simone Milsdotcher) telling her son (Ryan Brodie) a fairy tale about the forest they’re in protecting a woman from those who would do her harm. ![]()
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