The Hunted

Name: The Hunted
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: 2003-03-11
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio del Toro, Connie Nielsen, Leslie Stefanson, John Finn

Some men should not be found.

2003 · 1h 34m · R Action, Thriller
Directed by William Friedkin

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Overview

In the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallam. A former Special Operations instructor is approached and asked to apprehend Hallam—his former student—who has 'gone rogue' after suffering severe battle stress from his time in Kosovo.

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Rotten 20 Mar 2003

Ludicrous, plotless, ho-hum tale of lurid confrontation.

Rex Reed, New York Observer

Rotten 18 Mar 2003

There's too much talent on-screen and behind the camera for The Hunted to be dull, but it is predictable and disappointing, and we seem to be missing about a half-hour's worth of scenes that would have brought some depths to these characters.

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

Rotten 18 Mar 2003

Essentially a reheating of 1982's First Blood ... but the fallout this time is simultaneously more ruthless, less emotional, and duller.

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

Rotten 17 Mar 2003

By stripping an action thriller this close to the bone, director William Friedkin has removed too much meat.

Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

Rotten 16 Mar 2003

This is schlock -- by-the-numbers action that ignores character development to the point where we find it hard to care whether L.T. catches Hallam or whether they end up running after each other until the world ends.

James Berardinelli, ReelViews