Movie Review

THE HUNTED (2003)

EW's GRADE
C

Details Release Date: Mar 14, 2003; Rated: R; Length: 94 Minutes; Genres: Action/Adventure, Mystery and Thriller; With: Benicio Del Toro, Tommy Lee Jones and Connie Nielsen; Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Benicio Del Toro, as a government-trained killer who has snapped from the stresses of the job and is now killing off-duty, is tracked by Tommy Lee Jones as the man who trained him. There'd be more inclination to ponder the deeper psychological themes implied in this cat-and-mouse hunt if the movie weren't so obviously turned on by the fetishism of the story: The production notes boast the amount of knife handling and fight training the actors underwent as if the simulation of authenticity were its own recommendation.

Originally posted Mar 28, 2003 Published in issue #702 Mar 28, 2003 Order article reprints

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