Hunting Ava Bravo

Who votes for these films?? Absolute waste of time. Terrible acting, ridiculous storyline and a complete waste of 78 minutes! Characters that you don't care if they live or die.

First off, what makes this movie very good is the premise throughout the movie that this woman is *not* a victim: not only does she remind herself of that very thing multiple times, she also leans on an (unexplored) faith in "the Creator" to summon the courage to go on. In other words, her strength comes from BOTH an inner determination AND her leaning on a faith. In short, this movie quite openly steps past the current cultures pre-occupation with victimhood and hyperbolic (ironically faith driven) declaration of "all you need is found within yourself". As well, guns are portrayed not merely as killing machines but a tool for survival. It's quite obvious that whoever has the gun is going to depend on whether it's used for good or evil. For these reason alone, I'm not surprised by the low score. For me though, it's what made it a winner. That being said, HAB, is an interesting and atmospheric experience. It is true that not much happens during the movie in the way of action, however it's what's taking place in the meantime that really matters: there were many times I found myself watching the actors' faces intently to "read" the dynamic taking place; fascinated with how scary that must have been for the character; surprised by the constant, shallowing and then deepening, of the characters motives. While other reviews lament what they determine to be "bad acting", I found myself engrossed in analyzing their movements and watching the interactions unfold. The choice of music at the very beginning and then are a bit suspect... not exactly what i would have chosen, however the soundtrack and suspense track throughout the rest of the movie were spot on. There was one moment that I swore I heard a "knocking" (which added to the anxiety of suspense) but which turned out to just be a cleverly edited soundtrack. In summary, this movie bucks the current cultures obsession with victimhood, creates a protagonist that is absolutely fine with surviving, and creates a message of leaning into one's pain to find the faith to press forward. In other words, a movie to sit and analyze in real time.

A rating of 4 stars fits this film perfectly, I have no objections. First of all, I must mention that the film obviously has not the slightest originality, so it reminds me of many films I have seen so far with the theme of hunting people by rich people. The film is watchable but on the verge of unwatchability. The story is empty and not well presented, at least that's my opinion. The story is actually a bit pointless and uninteresting in parts, even boring. I watched the whole movie to the end, which is interesting, with very few rewinds, but the whole time I had the impression that something was missing for the movie to be complete, dont know..... this is some below average time killer.

This film has a very similar beginning as the Hunt (2020) which is a satire of what if the previlaged & morally/ politically corrupt were rounded up and forced to play a life and death game. The prize is an escape to freedom & there are no second places: you either live or die. It is stacked against them but whilst you live you have a chance. This does not have that complex idea rather a lady is kidnapped and forced to play a game (Saw inspired) & within 5 minutes she bests the antagonist. Instead of killing him with his gun, she spares him & locks him up instead... This must be for plot convenience. There is another mystery man in film. It is just stupid as it descends down the predictable cat and mouse game in which both of them are trying to out smart one another! It even used the unconventional concept of reserved Stockholm Syndrome! If that doesn't make one shake their head in disbelief & consider ones life choices then I don't know what will... To sum up, avoid this unless you are accustomed to watching a below average film.

Overall, not totally bad, but the main character, Ava, at times was speaking either Portuguese or Spanish and there were no subtitles. Her acting was not great but I think it was mostly to the way she spoke English as some of her lines seemed forced to say. Other than in back story, there were really only 3 actors and 1 didn't have any lines and just grunted. The bad guy, a rich action seeker that must be so bored being rich, that he needs to hunt humans that survived something in their lives. He did not seem very believable. I did make it to the end but only because I had hope that things would get better, but they really didn't.

Ava Bravo (Kate del Castillo) wakes up with a pink unicorn Pillow case on her head. She plays a recorder which tells her she is going to be hunted. To be fair, the hunter will have only three bullets in his high powered rifle with a scope. She is given a compass and instructions to a safe place. Ava quickly turns the table on her captor and ambushes him with the pillow case filled with ice? Eventually he leads her at gun point to a snowmobile. Most of the film was a lot of dialogue while walking through the snow with occasional swaps of the upper hand. Not the best captive or human hunting film out there. Ava was resourceful, wish they could have dwelt on that aspect. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

Ava is a strong female lead for this movie. She's a survivor, but she failed to execute her captor right at the beginning when she could have. She had all the control and failed to use it, instead we moviegoers had to suffer the full 78 minutes of the back and forth between Ava and her Captor. Had it been me, I would have killed the guy right at the beginning, and headed south or east not north. A person can survive in the coldest of winters if they know how. She would have had all the tools needed to do so. I guess she had to let him live so she could be chased more. Also a Billionaire would have had communications devices like a satellite phone. Billionaire's don't make bad bets. Over-all not a completely horrible movie, but the plot was hard to take and the characters were underdeveloped.

I have probably seen atleast 10 movies with the same script and i love it. I have seen 10.000 movies, i love movies is my life. This is ok movie, people are to negative.

First off, what makes this movie very good is the premise throughout the movie that this woman is *not* a victim: not only does she remind herself of that very thing multiple times, she also leans on an (unexplored) faith in "the Creator" to summon the courage to go on. In other words, her strength comes from BOTH an inner determination AND her leaning on a faith. In short, this movie quite openly steps past the current cultures pre-occupation with victimhood and hyperbolic (ironically faith driven) declaration of "all you need is found within yourself". As well, guns are portrayed not merely as killing machines but a tool for survival. It's quite obvious that whoever has the gun is going to depend on whether it's used for good or evil. For these reason alone, I'm not surprised by the low score. For me though, it's what made it a winner. That being said, HAB, is an interesting and atmospheric experience. It is true that not much happens during the movie in the way of action, however it's what's taking place in the meantime that really matters: there were many times I found myself watching the actors' faces intently to "read" the dynamic taking place; fascinated with how scary that must have been for the character; surprised by the constant, shallowing and then deepening, of the characters motives. While other reviews lament what they determine to be "bad acting", I found myself engrossed in analyzing their movements and watching the interactions unfold. The choice of music at the very beginning and then are a bit suspect... not exactly what i would have chosen, however the soundtrack and suspense track throughout the rest of the movie were spot on. There was one moment that I swore I heard a "knocking" (which added to the anxiety of suspense) but which turned out to just be a cleverly edited soundtrack. In summary, this movie bucks the current cultures obsession with victimhood, creates a protagonist that is absolutely fine with surviving, and creates a message of leaning into one's pain to find the faith to press forward. In other words, a movie to sit and analyze in real time.

This film has a very similar beginning as the Hunt (2020) which is a satire of what if the previlaged & morally/ politically corrupt were rounded up and forced to play a life and death game. The prize is an escape to freedom & there are no second places: you either live or die. It is stacked against them but whilst you live you have a chance. This does not have that complex idea rather a lady is kidnapped and forced to play a game (Saw inspired) & within 5 minutes she bests the antagonist. Instead of killing him with his gun, she spares him & locks him up instead... This must be for plot convenience. There is another mystery man in film. It is just stupid as it descends down the predictable cat and mouse game in which both of them are trying to out smart one another! It even used the unconventional concept of reserved Stockholm Syndrome! If that doesn't make one shake their head in disbelief & consider ones life choices then I don't know what will... To sum up, avoid this unless you are accustomed to watching a below average film.