The Hunted

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The Hunted

A second hand store was selling a whole pile of movies for 50cents and I felt like trying to find some funny bad movies. This is the first movie I watched. This isn't a bad movie thou. This is actually really engaging, with well shot action and a fantastic taiko influenced soundtrack (Japanese drumming). I have to talk about the train scene. Where Lambert and his new saviors board the high speed train and move to the bar section (around 12) while the assassins kill the train drivers then start moving through the carts killing everyone is sight. Lambert's savior moves down to meet them and move out the passengers then starts killing them and toying with them as he moves back to the bar section to finish them off. This scene is brilliant and well worth the watch. I'm not going to rattle on. If you haven't seen it yet then you need to give it a go.

Wow! What a great film. It's beautiful and interesting and action packed and very entertaining. It is wonderful. A well thought out film. Loved it! Maybe a different actor instead of CL might have lifted it to a higher place? But it's still great!

This is not an intellectual movie, it is not a love story, and it certainly is not Rambo. This is possibly one of the worst films ever made. To be fair, I did not have high expectations of the film, and it definitely lived up to those. The action sequences are extremely unrealistic (but great!), the whole premise of the story is fairly ludicrous and I think it highly doubtful that Lambert will ever be asked to play the lead character in a Shakespeare play. Nevertheless, it is flashy, fast and furious - and therefore highly enjoyable. Dysfunctional families live in decaying shacks, without money or food. Violent dogs are barking everywhere. Disagreements are settled by fistfights or, in some cases, by bullets.

Whether it's the Highlander or an ancient Ninja fued, Chris Lambert can't stay away from what he considers a good sword story. And let's not forget that the final scene is raining and Lambert somehow survives. This is the usual movie project for Lambert and doesn't make my must see list.

This is one of my all time favorite "Hero" movies. This is a outstanding samurai movie. In this case it is a final conflict between a Samurai clan and a Ninja clan. Just to make it interesting they throw Christopher Lambert in there as a American business man who is in the wrong place at the wrong time. The acting is very good and well cast. There are 4 good action scenes and 2 of them feature excellent sword play. There is also some great samurai traditions including tribute to sword making. The widescreen version of this is a must. It has brilliant sound starting with the Tiki concert in the beginning and culminating with the rain during the final showdown. It has a little drama and comedy sprinkled here and there. But the sword fighting is absolutely fantastic. If you liked The Last Samurai you will like this movie.

The Hunted is surprisingly high in production values, acting and story. It also provides a nice inside look into Japanese culture and society. Blood and Gore of course, are a plenty. Christopher Lambert played his role very well and kept his naiveté and innocence very well portrayed, while finding himself in the middle of a war. The sword-fight choreography is decent and very realistic. The Japanese actors put on a splendid show. This a gripping, colorful and highly satisfying film that will never have you bored at any point. I find it quite under-rated because it is quite well developed despite its obscurity. This is something I would recommend to any viewer.

Have you ever watched a samurai movie and thought: this would be so much better with Christopher Lambert in it? Probably not, but here's "The Hunted" anyway. And you know what, it's not too bad either. Lambert himself doesn't really get to do much fighting until the last fifteen minutes, but in the meantime his co-stars manage to squeeze out some truly impressive choreographies. I especially liked the train scene, which not only featured highly entertaining action but also the very quotable "is this Kinjooooo?". The ending isn't very believable all in all but hey, what kind of movie are we dealing with here? It doesn't exactly ruin the movie for me, mainly because it defines the movie. As for a conclusion uhm, how about: IS THIS KINJOOOO?