Hunt (2010/MVD DVD)

 

Picture: D     Sound: D     Extras: D     Main Program: C

 

 

Alex, a young reporter for an erotic sex tabloid needs something new to write for his next article or he will get fired.  He secretly infiltrates a secret club where all men wear masks or black hood, but then finds himself in a gruesome game where rich men hunt people for sport, a perfect tabloid article.  Now his only problem now is surviving through the night in Hunt.

 

In this tale, a secret group of men who hunt men for sport make their prey homeless men they have take off the streets and get away with it thinking they have no friends, family, money or power.  They cut out their tongues so they can't cry for help and cuff a case with money to them.  The hunters then hunt them down and claim the money as their prize.  When Alex secretly replaces one of the hunters, he soon finds himself in over his head, but tempted by money (and to stay alive) he must play the role of the hunter and join the hunt for these innocent men... but when the hunters discovers a traitor in their midst, suddenly he become the prey.

 

This is another film where a crazy group of people hunt people for sport/survival/fun, the hunters hunt with bow and arrows (this 1932’s The Most Dangerous Game, reviewed elsewhere on this site), and the game is if the prey can last one night they are set free with the money that is chained to them, however no one has ever escaped.  It the typical life and death situation where bored rich men find hunting other men to be the ultimate sport.  The idea is that man is the most dangerous sport/prey and to have the guts to get to doing something extremely illegal is the ultimate thrill.

 

The anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image and lossy Dolby Digital 2.0 sound is sort of in stereo and here too, all is badly recorded throughout.  There are no extras here, which was a big relief.

 

 

-   Ricky Chiang