POP QUIZ!!!
Which is faster... Benicio del Toro on foot or
Tommy Lee Jones on foot?
Which is faster... Benicio del Toro on a bike or
Tommy Lee Jones on foot?
Which is faster... Benicio going downhill in a
car or Tommy on foot?
Which is faster... Benicio on a train or Tommy
on foot?
Who would win in a fight... Benicio with a knife
or Tommy with nothing?
Well, the answer to all of those questions is
apparently Tommy Lee Jones!?!?!?!
'The Hunted' is so absolutely ludicrous that it
defies belief and, for a movie with such a
simplistic plot, that is saying a lot. The 43
words of dialogue are merely filler for the
stunningly thin storyline which can be summed up
in three words -- "Guy chases lunatic!" Nothing
in this film even hints at plausibility.
This is the kind of film that gives the 'hunted'
man enough time to practice some metallurgy,
while the Feds are hot on his heels, so that he
can wield a new razor-sharp blade made from a
piece of scaffolding. I'm not making this up
folks! It's unintentionally laugh-out-loud
funny.
You will also be hard pressed to find worse
fight scenes than are showcased in this film.
The two leads duel it out in hand to hand combat
that make Steven Seagal fights seem masterful.
The 'knife fight scene' toward the end is
pitiful as they slice and dice each other
without ever causing any apparent damage. This
is an awful film in every way.
Oh, and lets get something straight... Tommy Lee
Jones is not the wise and grizzly tough guy who
can kick some serious ass. He is an old fart who
can't pull off roles like this anymore. I never
really did buy into that whole persona of his,
even back in the mid-1990's when he had those
two really popular years after 'The Fugitive'
came out. He is a one character actor... and it
became tired and boring years ago.
This film is like the CliffsNotes version of
'First Blood' & 'The Fugitive'. Skip it unless
you are in desperate need of cringing with
embarrassment for Benicio del Toro and Connie
Nielsen, two actors that definitely deserve
better than this. 'The Hunted' is one of the
bigger disappointments of the year.
©
Written by TC Candler
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