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Cast
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| Christopher Lambert | ... | Paul Racine | |
| John Lone | ... | Kinjo | |
| Joan Chen | ... | Kirina | |
| Yoshio Harada | ... | Takeda Sensei | |
| Yôko Shimada | ... | Mieko Takeda | |
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Mari Natsuki | ... | Junko |
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Tak Kubota | ... | Oshima |
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Masumi Okada | ... | Lt. Wadakura |
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Tatsuya Irie | ... | Hiryu |
| Michael Warren | ... | Chase | |
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Bart Anderson | ... | John |
| James Saito | ... | Nemura | |
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Seth Sakai | ... | Dr. Otozo Yamura |
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Toshishiro Obata | ... | Ryuma |
| Ken Kensei | ... | Sujin | |
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Paul is on a business trips to Nagoya, 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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One night of passion. Centuries of hate. the battle has begun 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:
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Box Office
Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$2,723,495, 26 February 1995, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$6,607,652Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Exterior shots of the hotel at the beginning of the film is the Sandman Signature Hotel located at 10251 St Edwards Dr, Richmond, BC, however at the time it was a Delta Hotel. See more »Goofs
While Takeda is speaking with Oshima about making a new sword, a Stellar's Jay can be heard in the background. Stellar's Jays are a bird found in North America, and are not found in Japan. See more »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
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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!