Twelve strangers wake up in a picturesque, bucolic setting only to be hunted down by unknown people.
Hollywood is an entity. A living, breathing, evolving, devolving, existentially confused entity. Universal, one of the major limbs of this entity, has a long-standing reputation of daring, challenging genders and races. The Hunt is not an original concept, but it’s a brilliant concoction of funny lines, vulgar language, and insults of all kinds, surrounded by gore! IMDb forgot to add comedy to the genres, which is beyond me. The Hunt can keep you on the edge of your seat while making you laugh. Extreme violence that does not disappoint.
Unfortunately, it was never meant to take off. Fate, destiny, goddamn bad luck? I don’t know, and it doesn’t really matter anyway. Producer Jason Blum funds the amazing indie director Craig Zobel, who collaborates once more with writer Damon Lindelof in a one-of-a-kind provocative, low-budget, highly entertaining action/horror that caused significant reactions. It tried to come out last September, but the mass shootings in the US prevented it from doing so. Then, it was meant to come out a fortnight ago, but the pandemic this time prevented it from doing so. Universal released it on a DVD and on-demand anyway, and we, the audience, are so glad about their decision.
Sit back, relax, and try to forget for an hour and a half the tragic reality we are currently facing. I dare you to guess who the protagonist is and who will make it out alive when they all gather in the field.
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