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Hunted (Widescreen)

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4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
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Christopher Lambert, the imposing French actor with the nasal whine best known to American audiences as Scottish swordsman Highlander, plays a rank amateur in The Hunted. He's an American businessman in Japan who lucks into a one-night stand with slinky Joan Chen and winds up a witness to her murder by a mysterious band of black-clad ninjas. Escaping not one but two attempts on his life by a little quick thinking and a lot of dumb luck, he winds up on a harrowing bullet train ride. As swarms of masked assassins decimate passengers in search of the elusive eyewitness, Lambert's laconic protector, rough-edged samurai Yoshio Harada, unleashes a martial arts frenzy of flashing swords in close quarters. His savior is not as altruistic as he seems, however. He just wants to lure mysterious ninja overlord John Lone out of hiding and into a fight to the death on Harada's island fortress, and Lambert is little more than live bait. Though it made few ripples at the box office, The Hunted is a slick and surprisingly smart thriller. Lone and Harada cut striking figures as the warriors following ancient codes in the modern world, and writer-director J.F. Lawton (screenwriter of Pretty Woman and Under Siege) gives them almost as much screen time as ostensible hero Lambert. The action scenes are furious and fast paced, lacking the grace and precision of real Japanese samurai adventures but full of clever flourishes. --Sean Axmaker

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1.0 out of 5 stars This one's as lame as they get Dec 22 2003
By K Scheffler TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:VHS Tape
Yet another lame Western-style action flick set in the Orient that is so embarrassingly pathetic that it isn't worth talking about. The plot was lame, cinematography not much better, and the action so-so. Yeah, this movie might be disturbing with all of the hacking and slashing--if it wasn't so fake. Sorry, but this movie is not as good as everyone here is saying it is. Trust me.
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5.0 out of 5 stars if i could rate it more, i could Oct 20 2002
Format:DVD
This is my favorite movie of all time. This movie is exciting from the first poison dart to the last collapsing wall. It is just crazy. Buy it. Now. Well, what are you waiting for??? I searched for more than a year for this, and i found it finally. You can't get it at blockbuster, so don't even try. Just get the fricken' movie now. Bye-que!
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4.0 out of 5 stars God said to Abraham "Kill me a son" Sep 19 2010
By bernie TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
The wind is in the thorn tree.

Yep, there is nothing exceptional to this Rambo formula remake. They use all the same cliché they probably recycles some of the old Rambo blood and bullets.

Now you ask "why we should watch the Rambo rehash?" Well I'll tell you. Because instead of Richard Crenna, you get Tommy Lee Jones and most of his facial expressions; when they are not being hidden behind blood and hair. And instead of Sylvester Stallone, who was very good in "Oscar", you get Benicio Del Toro who can look more like a man betrayed than an old boxer.

The story is as old as the hills. L.T. Bonham (Tommy Lee Jones) is called out of retirement to track down a mysterious person or persons unknown that killed some hunters. The person turns out to be a soldier Aaron Hallman (Benicio Del Toro) that he trained to kill. Through a series of mishaps Aaron gets loosed and the inept authorities must compete with L.T. for the retrieval or destruction. However L.T. knows he is to only one to do it.

So does Aaron get away so he can kill again?
Does L.T. make his first kill or is he really a pusssy-cat?
Do the inept authorities realize their limits before it is too late?
Do we come away with any new insights?
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good movie , DVD Special Feature ???
I like this movie a lot !!.

But the only complain is that on the DVD Cover said Special Feature : Spanish subtitules, Scenes, etccc..... Read more

Published on Jun 6 2005 by Reina
1.0 out of 5 stars This movie is pathetic
I'm giving up reading the reviews in Amazon. They are worthless. This film is pathetic in just about every way - plot, acting, fight sequences, etc. Yet it gets 4-5 stars. Read more
Published on April 21 2004 by George Wright
1.0 out of 5 stars The worst ninja movie ever
I'm surprised Japan didn't commit a second Pearl Harbor after this movie. I'm even more shocked that it has 4.5/5 stars as an Amazon score. Read more
Published on Feb 19 2004 by TrezKu13
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie!
My wife and I saw this at the theater when it first came with not a whole lot of fan fare or pre-movie hype. Read more
Published on Jan 28 2004 by "krakaskula"
4.0 out of 5 stars Ninja Lovers' Dream
This movie is probably one of Christopher Lambert's best to come out in recent years. For those of us who grew up to him wielding a sword in Highlander, we get a sense of... Read more
Published on Dec 22 2003 by Rob
5.0 out of 5 stars BUY THIS MOVIE
Holy moly... I can't begin to tell you how pleasantly surprised I was after watching this movie. Don't let the boring DVD cover or leading man fool you. Read more
Published on Nov 18 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest samurai/ninja movies I've seen.
This movie by far is one of the greatest martial arts action movies I have ever seen. And I've seen a lot of them. I first saw this movie on the USA Network, and was awe struck. Read more
Published on Jun 21 2003 by David Kaneshiro Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars Code of Bushido
For those who like a more "realistic" depiction of Japanese martial arts, "The Hunted" is a MUST SEE. Read more
Published on Mar 8 2003 by "antonioow"
5.0 out of 5 stars A universal appeal
Excellent guy movie, chicks, guys with swords and people cut in half from the start. Fans of movies like Braveheart, Gladiator, Highlander or Lord of the Rings should find this... Read more
Published on Dec 8 2002 by "handy26"
5.0 out of 5 stars Japanese brilliance
I originally saw this film on TV, it was absolutely brilliant. My only crtisism is the explicit nudity, otherwise the action and storyline was brilliant. Read more
Published on Mar 26 2002 by Z Muttaqi
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