The Hunt (2020)

Japan, United States of America

Action, Thriller, Horror

Blumhouse Productions, dentsu, White Rabbit Productions, Universal Pictures

Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Ethan Suplee, Teri Wyble, Ike Barinholtz, Wayne Duvall

Craig Zobel

Nick Cuse, Damon Lindelof

Taglines: Only designated people may be hunted at the manor.

dark comedy, gore, hunting human beings, satire, murder, death game

Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport. But their master plan is about to be derailed when one of the hunted turns the tables on her pursuers.

Reviews:

Author: Wuchak
**_Satirical look at Left and Right in a “Most Dangerous Game” setting_** Several non-Liberal people wake up in the middle of nowhere, possibly Arkansas, to discover they’re being hunted by cutthroat Leftwing radicals. "The Hunt" (2020) takes the basic-Zaroff scenario of "Open Season" (1974) and "The Hunger Games" (2012) and applies it to the Left’s ire toward “deplorables.” Unlike those other two flicks, this is an amusing satire that pokes fun at both political sides while arguably veering toward pro-Conservative, at least more so than pro-Left. Betty Gilpin is quite effective as the protagonist, Crystal, while Hilary Swank eventually shows up in the last act for a knock-down-drag-out climax. The film is snappy at 1 hours, 30 minutes, and was shot in Louisiana, including New Orleans. GRADE: A-