I recently watched a movie on Netflix called ‘The Hunt’. This was a movie about a woman and 11 other adult citizens who were chosen by elites to participate in a fake world where the elites essentially attempt to hunt them down and pick them off. This move is a Thriller film directed by Craig Zobel. ‘The Hunt’ is a rated R movie. Starring Betty Gilpin and Hilary Swank, the movie was released in 2020.
Personally, I am a fan of thriller movies so this is one that excited me and kept me on my toes. It was easy to tell by the production that there was a lot of money put into this movie and Zobel did not disappoint. I feel like the plot was different from lot of recent movies that have come out in a sense that it wasn’t too predictable. Watching this movie for the first time kept me guessing and I like that you never fully understand the “why” of what is happening until the very end of the movie. I feel like movies that are easy to predict are boring and that’s what makes this movie exciting to watch.
The acting in this movie was top tier in my opinion. The main actor, Betty Gilpin is a well-known actress and the perfect person for the role she was given (a badass). Hilary Swank is also a super well-known actress who has won 2 Oscars and multiple other awards for her roles in other movies and shows. Aside from these two women, the acting could always be a bit better from the other characters, but nevertheless, the vision the director had came to fruition and the cast got the job done.
One thing I will say that I didn’t like as much was the very ending. It was good in that we figured out why the 12 people were chosen to be hunted, but the action between Hilary and Betty could have been a tad more realistic.
As far as cinematography, this movie did a good job of capturing feelings and emotions with camera angles. A lot of movies do a good job with this because it is kind of a rule of thumb for movies, but it’s not overdone or lacking any sort of cinematography, so I think the movie was well shot. Also, this could also be considered an action movie and I noticed that the camera was always moving and panning to different angles and telling a story in the way, so I applaud the filmmakers for that as well.
Any adult who is a fan of thrillers and actions movies would be a fan of this movie. I feel like there is not too much to dislike about it and there aren’t too many movies that have the same storyline as this one. A lot of movies nowadays are like recreations of preexisting movies but this one was actually one that I found to be different and interesting. It almost gave me Hunger Games vibes in the beginning but I quickly realized that this was something far different. In a good way.
Personally, I would rate this movie a 3.1/4 so I think you should go watch it!
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