Hunted

About Hunted

Hunted is a 2020 survival thriller film directed by Vincent Paronnaud. The film stars Christian Bronchart, Lucie Debay, Ciaran O'Brien, Jean-Mathias Pondant and Kevin Van Doorslaer. The film premiered at the 2020 Fantasia Film Festival and released on Shudder on January 14, 2021.

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Plot

What started as a flirtatious encounter at a bar turns into a life-or-death struggle as Eve (Lucie Debay) becomes the unknowing target of a misogynistic plot against her. Forced to flee as two men pursue her through the forest, she’s pushed to her extremes while fighting to survive in the wilderness—but survival isn’t enough for Eve. She will have revenge.

Cast

Christian Bronchart as The Foreman

Lucie Debay as Eve

Ciaran O'Brien as The Accomplice

Jean-Mathias Pondant as Barman

Kevin Van Doorslaer as Eve's Boss

Kevin Van Doorslaer as Eve's Boyfriend

Gilles Vandeweerd as Husband

Leila Putcuips as The Pregnant Wife

Dianne Weller as Real Estate Agent

Arieh Worthalter as The Handsome Man

Ryan Brodie as Jeremy

Simone Milsdochter as The Huntress

Bruce Ellison as Pump Attendant

Guillaume Kerbusch as The Guard

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 61% of 46 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Although its overly sadistic moments threaten to derail it, Hunted's grindhouse thrills will be enough to please fans." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 47 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

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Notable quotes

“The mischief [the wolf] causes by his hunting might be borne, though it is considerable, if he were not impelled by his wild hunting zeal and indomitable thirst for blood to slay more than he needs for his sustenance. This renders him a curse to the flock-owner and sportsman, and makes him everybody's cordially hated enemy.”
— , Brehm's Life of Animals (1895).
“The karma of cruelty is the most terrible of all. The fate of the cruel must fall also upon all who go out intentionally to kill God's creatures, and call it "sport".”
— Jiddu Krishnamurti, At the Feet of the Master (1911)
“Understanding how hunter-gatherers thrived for so long may help us identify the broad principles necessary to ensure a more sustainable future. Dealing with systemic inequality – not least, their own – would be a good place to start.”
— James Suzman, “Why Bushman Banter Was Crucial To Hunter Gatherers Evolutionary Success”, The Guardian, (10/29/2017).
“The English country gentleman galloping after a fox — the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.”
— Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance (1893), Act I.
“The game laws are already sufficiently oppressive, and therefore ought not to be extended by implication.”
— J. Willes, Jones v. Smart (1785), 1 T. R. 49; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 99.
“Though large herds of deer do much damage to the neighbourhood, yet the injury to the morals of the people is of more moment than the loss of their crops. The temptation is irresistible; for most men are sportsmen by constitution; and there is such an inherent spirit for hunting in human nature, as scarce any inhibitions can restrain.”
— , (1st edition 1789)

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