Hunted

The Hunter and the Hunted
"Actions speaking louder than words" is the benchmark of what Alfred Hitchcock would label pure cinema. THE HUNTED is a dramatic tour de force of pure cinema. Tommy Lee Jones as the "hunter" and Benicio Del Toro as the "hunted" are perfectly cast and deliver frightenedly realistic performances. William Friedkin's direction disposes any hint of a smooth narrative flow. Instead Friedkin relies on the strengths of his two leads to interpret the strange camaraderie that exists between the man who teaches to kill and the man who will not stop killing. The teacher and the viewer know that there is only one way to stop the pupil. The opening of the film suggests that Del Toro has become traumatized by the inhumanity he witnesses in Kosovo and an extermination we see him carry out in that war zone. Now Del Toro has started killing hunters in the northwest forests and Jones must reluctantly agree to stop him. I really liked Del Toro's performance because he does not seem to be a man...

Surprisingly Good
Similar to "Wounded", but much, much better. Harry Hamlin is suitably creepy but not overdone, and Madchen Amick's character possesses a brain and actually uses it, a rarity in the woman-chased-by-psychopath genre. The acting is fine(especially by Amick), and while the story has some obvious holes and stupid points, it's entertaining overall.



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