Manhunt (Video Game 2003)

Death-row inmate James Earl Cash awakens from his "execution" to discover that prison officials were bribed to fake his death and deliver him into the clutches of a snuff film ring that wants to use him as its newest star.

Director:

Navid Khonsari

Writers:

Alan Davidson, James Worrall,

Stars:

Sean R. Lynch, John Doman, Lenny Venito

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sean R. Lynch	...	Hoods (voice) (as Sean Lynch)
John Doman	...	Hoods (voice)
Lenny Venito	...	Hoods (voice)
Gregory Salata	...	Hoods (voice) (as Greg Salata)
Peter Appel	...	Hoods (voice)
Nestor Serrano	...	Hoods (voice)
Gregory Sims	...	Innocentz (voice) (as Greg Sims)
Adam Sietz	...	Innocentz (voice) (as Adam Seitz)
Geoffrey Cantor	...	Innocentz (voice)
Antone Pagan	...	Innocentz (voice)
James Urbaniak	...	Innocentz (voice)
David Coburn	...	Innocentz (voice)
Kendall Clark	...	War Dogs (voice)
Rick Aiello	...	War Dogs (voice) (as Ricky Aiello)
Julian Dean	...	War Dogs (voice)

Storyline

Manhunt is like a super-violent Truman Show. It is a very dark, disturbing and creepy video game. Most certainly NOT to be played by children or teenagers. There are no heroes here. Only villains. Not one single character is the type of person you'd want to run into a dark alley with. Including the main character. The game is filled with nothing but thugs, Neo-Nazi skinheads, psychopaths, corrupt police officers, lots of cursing, gore, and violence. The star of Manhunt is a serial killer on Death Row who goes by the name of James Earl Cash. On the day he's set to be executed, they take him to the chamber and he is then put to death....or was he? It turns out the "lethal injection" he received was nothing more then a strong sedative. In one of the first scenes, Cash wakes up in a locked dark hospital-like room, alive and well. Over the intercom a strange man's voice speaks to him and tells him to put on a wireless earpiece that is on a table next to him. He does this and then the voice...

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Plot Keywords:

death row | prison | execution | gore | surveillance camera | 

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Taglines:

This is a brutal blood sport.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

M

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 November 2003 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rockstar North, Rockstar Games, Rockstar Vienna

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The iron bats each have the number 666 inscribed on them.

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Goofs

Cash is supposed to have been held on a prison death-row for three years, awaiting execution, but the back of his of shirt reads "County Jail".

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Quotes

Journalist: This is turning into one fuck of a bad-hair day.

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Crazy Credits

After the credits finish rolling, a random segment of a children's television show plays briefly. Supposedly, this is to give the impression that Starkweather taped over the majority of the children's show with the snuff film footage of Cash's killings.

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Connections

References Manhunter (1986)

User Reviews

Too much violence

I don't mind violent video games, but Manhunt is too much for me.

Manhunt is a game where you can play a convicted villain James Earl Cash, who is the main character in the bizarre and sick game, directer by crazy movie producer Starkweather. Basically, the whole point of the game is moving from one place to another in the fictional Carcer City and killing a lot of enemies. You must make a brutal executions of every enemy you meet. The longer you hold the action button, the more brutal the execution will be. So in some way this game is encouraging a player to perform brutal deaths in goriest way possible.

The problem with this game is actually the violence. There is just too much violence in the game and from time to time I wondered, what the hell am I killing so many people. After some hours of playing Manhunt I was just bored, because I was doing the same thing over and over again. Using stealth, hiding behind the shadows and kill an enemy. The big problem is also the main character, because he's not very resistant to bullets. In shooting scenes you will die just after two shots with the gun, but the enemies will die when you shoot the whole damn bullets towards them. I don't like games, where the enemies are much more stronger and resistant that the main character.

The graphics are good and the story is quite interesting from the beginning, but when you pass this, there is nothing to do in Manhunt. Just killing a lot of enemies in 1001 ways possible. The levels are all the same, so the game becomes repetitive after a while.

I've never finished this game, because I stopped playing it after a few hours. I was just sick of the violence all the time.