The Hunters (2011)

Simply Perfect

Good movie but grossly overrated

As Good As It Gets

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

I'm not sure I've ever seen a movie where I read the case to the DVD, and then watch the movie and it literally has NOTHING to do with what the case says. For the first time ever...I'm going to post the IMDb summary into my review. This is what it says...Alice and her friends are approaching the end of the school year where their dead-end lives will end and the chance of a new life will begin. Before heading off to college they spend one last day together in the woods, the one part of town that has always been off limits to them growing up. As they stumble upon what they thought was an abandoned fort only to find the walls dripping in blood and decomposing body parts lying around, they are startled to learn they are now a part of an undercover investigation. After being told to get out of the woods they realize they're trapped, for the Hunters, who call the fort home, never let anyone out alive.Yep...not true. "Alice" is barely in the movie. Her friends and her do not go to the woods. There are hardly any friends in the film other than a random guy she runs into. But if you look at the top of the IMDb page it says this--- "A new police officer wants to meet up with somebody in an abandoned fort in the woods. What he doesn't know is that the place also serves as a meeting point for a group of hunters - whose prey aren't animals."That's what The Hunters is actually about. The concept and idea behind The Hunters is kind of interesting, men looking for a thrill and hunting humans for sport. It has moments of being outstandingly gory and even some half decent performances but The Hunters doesn't deliver itself in the proper way and is slapped together with a forced performance by a TV "It Girl." Steven Waddington and Tony Becker give solid performances in their lead roles. I actually think they give performances far beyond that of what this movie really is. The TV "It Girl" is Glee's Dianna Agron. She gives and is what I can only described as a complete and utter waste of a character. She has no point to the story and maybe they edited her part down to nothing but it literally is pointless. Chris Briant gives a solid performance as the main hero of the film. His character actually has a good arc and is well told.Briant is also the director of the film but I don't believe it is his directing or his performance is the issue. I think the problem is with the messy script. You don't really know what direction it is going and the crime angle of the story is almost unnecessary. The film is not a total waste once you wade through the unfortunate aspects. Still this thriller is easily miss-able. 6/10

I notice that another reviewer couldn't just give this film a 1 rating because he thought the director was trying to say something. I think he was trying to say "Hey, look! I'm a s**t director!" so I'll happily give it a 1.I have to write 10 lines of text in a review, so I can only expand on how awfully bad this movie is on every level. I really don't think the camera work was particularly good, but it might just scrape ahead of the acting. Oh, and the "plot" has so many holes in it it makes a sponge look like a lump of lead.I really hope I've made someone think twice before wasting a portion of their life to watch this abysmal failure. Can I get my money back, please?

Amongst the worst movies I have ever had to endure. Rent this if you are hoping to pop off your mother in law through either heart attack or boredom. Apparently the above is insufficient to satisfy the requirements of this site and it is necessary for me to submit a minimum of 10 lines of commentary. On the positive side the stonework of the fort might have you believing it is original, but the window positions might question that. As to continuity, the hero warns off the youngsters apparently only shaking, and appears the next scene with blood on his face, and it would appear, a different jacket.Let me try again to see if this is adequate commentary for the site

oh my god what a waste of time was that! the plot described has nothing to do with the actual film! most of the time it didn't make any sense! boring and bad taste! i would never recommend this film for any reason! you keep wishing for something to happen and get you out of you boredom but nope! there is no twist no surprises no agony nothing! i wonder what was the director thinking! there in no insight to the characters, there is no explanation for the whole thing and the ending leaves you hanging there with a sad smile! i have never written a review before but i had to make an account just to warn other people from wasting their time as i did with mine!