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The Hunted (1995) 5.9
Paul is on one of his many business trips to Tokyo, as a computer-chip executive from New York, when he meets a beautiful and mysterious woman. Later, he finds himself in the wrong place at... See full summary » Director:J.F. LawtonWriter:J.F. Lawton |
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Paul is on one of his many business trips to Tokyo, as a computer-chip executive from New York, when he meets a beautiful and mysterious woman. Later, he finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, inadvertently interrupting an assassination by a feared Ninja-cult. As he is now the only man to have seen the face of the cult's warrior-leader and lived, he soon realizes that he is facing a markedly foreshortened life-expectancy. Teaming up with a friendly samurai couple, on a two-centuries-old blood-feud with the Ninja, he struggles to survive. Finally, recuperating on an island-fortress, he learns swordsmanship, and perhaps, a little about courage, honor, love, and loyalty. The requisite final confrontation is rife with bloody swordplay and spectacular martial-arts action sequences. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
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He's trapped in a world where killing is an art and revenge is an obsession See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong bloody ninja violence and some sexuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
24 February 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Perseguido See more »Box Office
Budget:
$10,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$6,607,652 (USA)Company Credits
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Mieko: Takeda is impressed Mr. Racine. No one has ever escaped the Makato, now you've done it twice.
Racine: Tell 'im it's not a skill I wish to continue practicing.
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Trivia
Theatrical trailer shows several scenes which are not in the movie, like the scene in which Kinjo is dressed in some suit and is watching the city at night from the top of some building or scene where friend of Racine comes to visit him in hospital to warn him that he is in great danger. See more »Goofs
Paul Racine escapes his ninja pursuers by ducking into a pachinko parlor (a kind of Japanese gambling hall). He is aided by a young girl, who takes him to Nagoya Station, where he catches a 5am bullet train out of the city. It's illegal for anyone under 18 to go into pachinko parlors, so the girl wouldn't be there in the first place. Pachinko parlors close at 11pm, meaning that Racine would be in for a very, very long wait on arriving at the station. See more »Quotes
[Takeda speaks in Japanese with a chuckle]Mieko: Takeda is impressed Mr. Racine. No one has ever escaped the Makato, now you've done it twice.
Racine: Tell 'im it's not a skill I wish to continue practicing.
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Crazy Credits
Pre-credits title: "One who is a samurai must before all things keep constantly in mind, by day & by night ... the fact that he has to die."- Daidoji Yuzan
Most of Christopher Lambert's filmography reads like a guide to B-movie hell. I got conned into watching this by a friend years ago, and will be forever grateful. The story is solid, Lambert turns in an almost-acceptable performance, and most of the rest of the cast does well. My favorite thing about the movie is the (by martial arts flick standards) realism. The gaijin does not miraculously learn to swing a sword like a samurai in a matter of weeks, months, or ever. The action sequences are exciting and fairly well-executed (by 1990's b-movie standards, at least), particularly a ninjas vs samuri scene on a Japanese bullet train. Some of the characters have a bit of complexity, there are a few little plot twists, and the character interaction is often believable. They also answer that age-old question "who'd win a fight between a middle-aged ex-athlete with a few months of kendo training and a ninja who's just lost an arm and leg"? (Lamberts's character is a former fencer turned businessman, but that bit's cut out of the home video/DVD version, as is the monologue by Kinjo the ninja, which helps to serve---in part, at least, as an explanation as to why this movie, set in Japan, has almost an entirely Chinese cast). If you're in the mood for an fun, entertaining, semi-intelligent B-action flick, I whole-heartedly recommend this one.
Oddly enough, the writer of "Pretty Woman" wrote and directed this flick, which may explain why my wife liked it, too. Of course, the same guy did a flick called "Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death".