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The Hunted (1995)

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User Rating: 5.5/10 (1,387 votes)
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Overview

Director:
J.F. Lawton
Writer (WGA):
J.F. Lawton (written by)
Release Date:
24 February 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Action more
Tagline:
He's trapped in a world where killing is an art and revenge is an obsession more
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
OK actioner with swordfights. But not quite Shogun Assassin! more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Christopher Lambert ... Paul Racine
John Lone ... Kinjo

Joan Chen ... Kirina
Yoshio Harada ... Takeda Sensei
Yôko Shimada ... Mieko Takeda
Mari Natsuki ... Junko
Tak Kubota ... Oshima
Masumi Okada ... Lt. Wadakura
Tatsuya Irie ... Hiryu
Michael Warren ... Chase
Bart Anderson ... John

James Saito ... Nemura
Seth Sakai ... Dr. Otozo Yamura
Toshirô Obata ... Ryuma
Ken Kensei ... Sujin
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong bloody ninja violence and some sexuality.
Runtime:
106 min | USA:111 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS
Filming Locations:
Japan more
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Trivia:
Exterior shots of the train were filmed on location on Japan, however, the interior shots were filmed on a set at Bridge Studios in Vancouver, B.C. The scenery rushing by outside the windows was simulated using large rotating drums with "blurred" scenery painted on it. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the Opening scene where Racine is walking with his business partners talking about "selling ice to Eskimos", Racine enters the taxi-cab with his trench coat on. When he arrives at the hotel, he gets out of the cab without the trench coat. more
Quotes:
<puffing> Racine: I wish I knew Japanese so I could tell this guy, I am not a donkey. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Your Studio and You (1995) more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
OK actioner with swordfights. But not quite Shogun Assassin!, 12 May 2002
6/10
Author: Bogey Man from Finland

This film, The Hunted, is written and directed by the guy (J. F. Lawton) who wrote us the first Under Siege movie with Steven Seagal, directed by Andrew Davis. The Hunted stars Christopher Lambert who was OK in Highlander by Russell Mulcahy and who is not too bad action star. The Hunted is not a great movie but it should satisfy action fans, especially mainstream action fans.

Chris is an American businessman visiting Japan and he sees the secret face of a masterful assassin, somekind of a yakuza cult member/leader. Soon Christopher finds himself in the middle of bloody and fastly edited swordfights and understands that his life is what they want. He gets some help from a rival "gang" and now they must destroy the evil clan that is on their tail..

There is one extremely suspenceful sequence in a train, which is filled with evil ninjas and so no passenger is safe. The train goes fast and there's no way to escape. That sequence is a highlight of this film and proves that the director can direct great action scenes if he wants to. The film runs pretty long, approximately 1h 50 min in NTSC speed, but there are no significantly irritating boring moments and the film is easy to sit through.

We are not talking about a classic picture but it is nice to see that these kinds of films were still made by big studios in USA as "recently" as 1995. The fights are often bloody but not too bloody. If one is bored with PG13 crap and stupid films which try to make money as much as possible, then I suggest trying this film for example. And fans on Seagal, Damme and other action kickers/fighters should also like the often nihilistic attitude of The Hunted.

6/10 and I recommend this to action film fanatics especially!

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