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Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   17,093 votes
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Director:
William Friedkin
Writers (WGA):
David Griffiths (written by) &
Peter Griffiths (written by) ...
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Release Date:
14 March 2003 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Some men should not be found. more
Plot:
An FBI deep-woods tracker captures a trained assassin who has made a sport of hunting humans. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(17 articles)
Report Card: Movies of 2009 Get a 2.15 G.P.A. So Far
 (From Rope Of Silicon. 11 August 2009, 4:14 AM, PDT)

Kaare Andrews To Find The Hunted
 (From EmpireOnline. 22 July 2009, 11:45 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Watchable, but evaporates completely after viewing more (288 total)
US TV Schedule:
Sat. Nov. 144:10 AMMAX   

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tommy Lee Jones ... L.T. Bonham

Benicio Del Toro ... Aaron Hallam

Connie Nielsen ... Abby Durrell

Leslie Stefanson ... Irene Kravitz

John Finn ... Ted Chenoweth

José Zúñiga ... Bobby Moret (as Jose Zuniga)
Ron Canada ... Harry Van Zandt

Mark Pellegrino ... Dale Hewitt

Jenna Boyd ... Loretta Kravitz
Aaron DeCone ... Stokes (as Aaron Brounstein)
Carrick O'Quinn ... Kohler
Lonny Chapman ... Zander

Rex Linn ... Powell

Eddie Velez ... Richards
Alexander Mackenzie ... Sheriff
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong bloody violence and some language.
Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
When Hallam tells Bonham the men he killed weren't hunters, "they were sweepers", he means he thinks they were sent to kill ("sweep") him. William Friedkin says on the DVD audio commentary that it's left ambiguous whether that is true. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After LT pulls the stake out of the bloody leg of the coyote/wolf the animal runs away with a completely white leg. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Narrator: [voiceover] God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son." Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on." God say, "no"; Abe say, "what?" God say, "You can do what you want, Abe, but the next time you see me comin', you better run." Abe says, "Where do you want this killin' done?" God says, "Out on Highway 61."
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Sopranos: Johnny Cakes (#6.8)" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
The Man Comes Around more

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21 out of 32 people found the following comment useful.
Watchable, but evaporates completely after viewing, 20 September 2003
Author: Wizard-8 from Victoria, BC

The movie is pretty well-produced overall, though there are a couple of glaring editing goof-ups (the knife being dunked into water, for example.) And the fact that it's clear Jones and Del Toro are doing much of their own stuntwork in the fighting sequences (and other places) is pretty impressive.

However, there is really nothing of substance here that will make you remember the movie long after you've seen it. While the action gets bloody at times, the actual struggling around is only okay at best. The Jones and Del Toro characters are thin, with little background revealed about them, and they don't have that much dialogue. There are some interesting themes that start to peek out, but they are simply not expanded on. (Like: Why didn't Jones' character answer those letters he got? You have to hear the explanation from director Friedkin on one of the DVD documentaries!) Ultimately, the movie becomes a simple-minded action movie, of the mentality of many direct-to-video movies.

A P.S. to Hollywood filmmakers: If it is heavily snowing in British Columbia, it is HIGHLY UNLIKELY that at the same time it would be sunny and warm in Oregon! The weather patterns in both places are more or less the same!

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Ok, best REALISTIC FIGHT SCENES Mars1775
Hunters or 'Sweepers'? greenj_75
Why didn't L.T. ever read any of Hallam's letters? lovedoctor_78
Bloody Awfil... mcgill373
State of Mind? Combat8
i want one of those knives, project_euclid
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