Sunday 28 September 2014

Film Review: The Hunted

Genre: Horror Thriller

Cert: 15 cert

Director: Josh Stewart

Screen writer: Josh Stewart

Starring: Josh Stewart , Skipp Sudduth , Katherine Von Till , Ronnie Gene Blevins , Nikki Deloach , Brett Forbes , Jessi Blue Gormezano , Patrick Rizzotti , Jim Stallings

Running time: 89 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: A husband and wife kiss and have a playful conversation, nothing obscene.

Two male friends recall a mildly dirty story about one of the men and a past conquest.
Violence & Gore: None

Profanity:  One use of the "f" word, several uses of other mild profanities.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:Characters drink beer in a hunting lodge. Some are seen smoking cigarettes.

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Some scene maybe disturbing on a physiological level  



Story: Chasing their dream of landing their own hunting show, two hunters head into the dense, secluded mountains of West Virginia only to realize they are not alone.

Likes : One thing about this film is it very Blair witch project style of filming, which is not a bad effort from Josh Stewart first directing debue which he also stars in.The film dose start off slow with them on a hunting trip trying to make a video for a show with the normal hunting, until things start to go weirdly wrong.
This is where this film take on this some what scary feel in a psychological way which is clever in some ways because this film dose have its moments that make you jump, where other areas just give you the chill's, so it not a bad film when it come to a psychological feel.
The premise of the film, with two hunters alone in the woods when things start to go awry. The reasons for being out there make sense which give the audience a real feel for the film, and it also makes sense why they would continue to push forward even with the strange goings on which at some point get a little creepy.
They are trying to film a hunting show and need to get the footage of the hunt completed in order to secure their TV deal, so everything is on the line for them which show so this good a concept to the film.The acting was very good; both Josh and Skipp do a great job with their characters. You can tell this is something they were very excited about doing and their heart's were into it, unlike most film of the genre this felt very natural and believable which is good for a found footage film although their is a few flaw's that could of made this a little more better, but this is not a bad first directing for josh.

Dislikes : Number one rule of found footage film never put music in it, it complete ruins the atmosphere of the film, sadly this did have a bit of music, which ruin the found footage concept.The other thing as well the fact nothing started to happen until just over half the film, leaving no much scary moments, although there was a few, this should of had a bit more.

Overall : Some scary moment, Not a bad effort for first time directing, worth the watch once.

Rating: 3.2 out of 5 for entertainment / 5.6 out of 10 for concept / story





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