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Hunted [DVD] [2003] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Tommy Lee Jones , Benicio Del Toro , William Friedkin    DVD
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen, Leslie Stefanson, John Finn
  • Directors: William Friedkin
  • Writers: Art Monterastelli, David Griffiths, Peter Griffiths
  • Producers: Art Monterastelli, David Griffiths, James Jacks, Marcus Viscidi
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English, French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Paramount
  • DVD Release Date: 12 Aug 2003
  • Run Time: 94 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00009RDG9
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 143,455 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

Reviews

From Amazon.co.uk

William Friedkin's taut direction highlights The Hunted, a bloodsport thriller that works best without dialogue. It's a prime vehicle for co-stars Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro, whose rugged screen personas are perfectly matched in a manhunt between a military assassin and the man who trained him to kill. Traumatised by atrocities in Kosovo four years earlier (the site of an action-packed prologue), Hallam (Del Toro) is seemingly psychotic and now killing in the forests of Oregon; Bonham (Jones) is lured out of retirement by a tenacious FBI agent (Connie Nielsen) to end Hallam's murder spree. The hackneyed plot is derivative to a fault (no surprise from the screenwriters of Collateral Damage), and the whole movie's a foregone conclusion, but Friedkin inspires fine work from his well-trained stars while exploring the ambiguity of Hallam's character. Lushly photographed by Caleb Deschanel, The Hunted is a survivalist's dream, militarily authentic and most effective when its primal instincts are cinematically expressed. --Jeff Shannon


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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Thriller of my year! 14 Jan 2004
Format:VHS Tape
Actions thrillers are my favourite films, but recently I have been getting more and more cheesed off with thrillers that promised much, but in the end were souless and unrewarding.
How lucky I was, then, when I found the Hunted!
This film sums up escapism for me. It is 90 minutes of pure and exhilarating entertainment. The viewer is plunged straight into the action, and from then on in it doesn't let up--as we see Tommy Lee Jones hunt down his man and occasionally engaging in what can only be described as jaw-dropping hand-to-hand combat.
Personally, I can think of no better way to unwind after a hard day than to watch two insanely tough and well trained men play a lethal game of cat and mouse.
The acting is solid, the set pieces deliver and you really root for both the hunter and the hunted--which is never a bad thing.
Go on, indulge yourself!
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Aimless 10 Dec 2003
By J. Cronin VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
Benicio Del Toro stars here as Aaron Hallum, a trained Army killer seemingly severly distresed by his experiences in Kosovo. Four hunters have been killed in woodlands and Tommy Lee Jones' character, LT Bonham, a tracker extraordinaire, is called in to assist in the hunt. As the plot develops, we find out that Hallum had been trained by Bonham in the art of survival and knifecraft, and had come to regard him as a sort of father figure and mentor.

Most of the action takes place outdoors in beautiful scenery, be it in woodlands, snowfalls or on the edge of a river. The script is kind of hackneyed, and the roles are derivative, but Jones gives a good performance none the less. Del Toro is not in Oscar mode here, but does turn in a performance as a confused and dazed man.

The film lost coherence a bit when Del Toro is shown in a scenen forging his own knife, but the knife-fighting scenes have a gritty real feel to them. Overall it's not bad. It's just not great either.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Action Packed 12 July 2011
Format:DVD
Bought this for my dad who is a Tommy Lee Jones fan. I watched it with my dad and I have to say it has a good plot line and was really gritty as the knife scenes were quite realistic. When watching the movie my dad and myself were often making that ahhh sound people often make when the movie gets intense. The movie is a cross between U.S Marshalls and The Fugitive.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Rambo (one) meets US Marshalls 17 Jan 2009
By Empe
Format:DVD
A good action movie with a mix of psy-situation (the ex-Special Forces killer becamed a serial killer and chased by his "ex-Jedi Master" instructor) with good action scenes, a very good cast (with Del Toro perfect for the role) and a intriguing plot, but a little confused. With a best director maybe a better movie.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Violent, harrowing and very poignant 15 May 2006
By Mr
Format:DVD
There are not enough films that deal sympathetically with the impact of fighting in a war and being programmed to kill. This film raises the interesting point of what do we do with these people once they have been utilised to their full potential during War time? Having witnessed the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo at the start of the film, Benicio Del Toro carries out his mission with the swiftness and skill of one of our SAS elite. His courage is awarded with the Silver Star, but the nightmares of what he had to do and witness never leave him and he is seen waking up in the middle of the night screaming and that takes the viewer to the present day in the film.

Tommy Lee Jones is the man who taught Benicio and his fellow soldiers how to kill and how to survive. He is working as a conservator for the Wildlife Fund and in a touching scene early on in the film he rescues a wolf from a snare and appropriately deals with and humiliates the culprit responsible for it. I found his character quite relatable in that respect. His character appears very enigmatic and quite solitary in the film.

Someone (Del Torro) is butchering hunters and decapitating and disembowelling them. Tommy Lee Jones has to assist the authorities in hunting Del Torro down (although at this point it is not quite clear who is the hunter or the hunted).

As the film progresses and Del Toro is arrested it turns out that he employed by the American Government for top secret killing missions. This then builds up to an excellent high-octane finale.

There is quite alot of violence (as with most 15 rated action/horror films these days), but it is not excessive and it is relevant to the story and the theme of suffering (both mentally and physically).
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Predictable and Generic is an Understatement. 2 Dec 2012
By Bob Salter TOP 100 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
What a waste of two talented actors by the talented director of "The French Connection", William Friedkin, who's creative powers have clearly lessened to more generic chase fodder. Benicio Del Toro is the Special Forces operative trained in close quarters 'up close and personal' killing with a knife. You can't beat a bit of hands on work! He has been trained in killing and Bear Grylls like survival skills by his mentor Tommy Lee Jones. But alas Del Toro comes down with a serious case of post traumatic stress disorder after some messy work in Kosovo. This manifests itself when he takes on two deer hunters with high powered rifles armed only with a knife. Guess who wins? Guess who gets to try and track him down? Yup you guessed it! Jones expertise at tracking and his dexterity with a knife is put to serious testing.

Predictable and generic is an understatement for this one. It was always painfully obvious where the film was heading. Yup a big showdown between the teacher and his pupil. It is all ludicrously juvenile. The scenes of tracking in the inner city, where a lot of it took place, would have had the San bushmen of the Kalahari, who are the true masters of tracking, in gales of laughter. Bear Grylls and Ray Meares would have had a quiet chuckle at Del Toro's miraculous ability to forge a deadly knife in minutes. This bad guy can even climb to the top of a tower on a brige higher than the Severn and jump in without injury swimming the rapids like a fish to safety. This superhero ability stretches credulity to breaking point. The film throws in a feisty woman cop for a bit more generic emphasis. I could go on, but I really cant be bothered. If you like utterly predictable no brainers you may like this one. Otherwise strictly for Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro fans.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars Kind of wierd
Bought this DVD and then misplaced it. Hunted until I found it and put it somewhere safe until I was ready to watch it. Guess what? Couldn't find it. Hunted again. Found it again. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Philip Church
1.0 out of 5 stars Awful.
A complete waste of time and the DVD has already been dumped!!! There's not a lot more to say except don't bother to buy it.
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. C. E. Baker
5.0 out of 5 stars DVD
Was bought as a gift the person really enjoyed this film the price was very good and it was delivered very fast. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Ms. Colleen L. Bennett
3.0 out of 5 stars FAST MOVING............................
Benicio Del Toro plays a Special Forces veteran who becomes a serial killer. He is pursued by the ever excellent, but aging, Tommy Lee Jones who had trained him in the army in self... Read more
Published on 14 Nov 2009 by L. Hay
1.0 out of 5 stars Absolute SLOBLOCK
This film is an affront to all human beings with any intelligence.
The actors are truly wasted by the poor plot and poor direction. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2009 by KoalaBear
2.0 out of 5 stars Good acting, reasonable action, poor story.
This film borrows heavily from First Blood, but offers a lot less than Stallone's original classic.

Similarities: the emphasis on a 'custom' knife; the Frankenstinian... Read more
Published on 12 Feb 2008 by Ron Labbatt
4.0 out of 5 stars Hunt this down!
I watched the film recently having heard good things about it. It I did enjoy it. Not the greatest stroryline, but well acted, some great action scenes, especially the knife... Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2006 by DVD Fan
3.0 out of 5 stars The Hunted
I like Tommy Lee Jones, I always find his wholehearted grizzled performances quite refreshing amongst all the shiny Hollywood glamour we're sometimes served up without end, that... Read more
Published on 5 Jun 2006 by Rich Milligan
3.0 out of 5 stars Not too bad...
I only watched the film because a friend recommended it to me. He had told me that it was "brilliant," yet I'm somehow unimpressed. Read more
Published on 28 April 2005 by "major_sharpe"
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