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Hunted

  • TV Series
  • 2012
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  • 59m
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Melissa George in Hunted (2012)
Sam Hunter is a skilled, gutsy operative for Byzantium, a secretive private firm involved in global intelligence and espionage. After surviving an attempt on her life that may have been orchestrated by members of her own team, she returns to work, but doesn't know who to trust. Watch new trailer for "Hunted," premiering October 19 at 10pm on Cinemax!
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Meet Sam. A spy. A hunter. And herself hunted by an enemy more ruthless and determined than any she's ever known.Meet Sam. A spy. A hunter. And herself hunted by an enemy more ruthless and determined than any she's ever known.Meet Sam. A spy. A hunter. And herself hunted by an enemy more ruthless and determined than any she's ever known.

  • Creator
    • Frank Spotnitz
  • Stars
    • Melissa George
    • Adam Rayner
    • Patrick Malahide
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    9.3K
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    • Creator
      • Frank Spotnitz
    • Stars
      • Melissa George
      • Adam Rayner
      • Patrick Malahide
    • 55User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Melissa George
    Melissa George
    • Sam Hunter
    Adam Rayner
    Adam Rayner
    • Aidan Marsh
    Patrick Malahide
    Patrick Malahide
    • Jack Turner
    Morven Christie
    Morven Christie
    • Zoe Morgan
    Stephen Dillane
    Stephen Dillane
    • Rupert Keel
    Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
    Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
    • Deacon Crane
    Stephen Campbell Moore
    Stephen Campbell Moore
    • Stephen Turner
    Oscar Kennedy
    Oscar Kennedy
    • Edward Turner
    Tom Beard
    Tom Beard
    • Bingham
    Lex Shrapnel
    Lex Shrapnel
    • Ian Fowkes
    Maddy Griffiths
    • Young Sam
    Jane Riley
    • Sam's Mother
    Ben Bailey Smith
    Ben Bailey Smith
    • Tyrone
    Souad Faress
    Souad Faress
    • Mrs Sidwa
    David Sterne
    David Sterne
    • Dave Ryder
    Scott Handy
    Scott Handy
    • Blank-Faced Man
    Indira Varma
    Indira Varma
    • Natalie Thorpe
    Manjinder Virk
    Manjinder Virk
    • Simran Bains
    • Creator
      • Frank Spotnitz
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    • Trivia
      Sam is identified as having served in the Special Reconnaissance Regiment. The SRR is part of the UK Special Forces and was formed in 2005 to specialise in military surveillance and intelligence gathering. However at the time this programme was made women could only serve in support roles in the SRR, not as frontline soldiers
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    S1: At its best it is still a roundly average show with little to recommend – and it isn't at its best often enough
    Within the first few minutes of this show we have established that our sexy lead female role has a spy love interest and is pregnant with his child although he doesn't know this yet. She arranges to meet to tell him this after a job, but she is betrayed and, presumably, killed. From this basic setup you could probably scribble down some things that you presume will come back later and you'd probably be right. Anyway, jump to one year later and our pouty spy Sam is still alive and training in the woods for her return. Despite working in a professional full of secrets, betrayal and death, her employers allow Sam to stroll back into the job on the basis that they cannot do without her (although have managed to do so for a year). No sooner has she easily got inside that organisation then she follows that up by getting inside the house of her client's target – the Turners.

    From here the show tries to keep things moving with the usual story lines of moles, betrayal, sacrifice and so on, but it never really manages to sell any of it. The main problem is the writing since it always seems to take the line of least resistance and yet does so without conviction – I mean the plot twists and turns of 24 were hardly the most convincing, but that show threw itself into them and went for entertainment value. Hunted on the other hand seems unsure of what it is doing and ends up being some sort of awkward drama built on weak foundations. It isn't terrible by any means, it just feels so incredibly routine and lacking in spark; so unlikely plot developments abound (in particular the final episode, which is quite silly it how it resolves itself) but throughout there is so much that doesn't really do much more than fill time.

    Dialogue is regularly clunky and our characters change to suit whatever the story needs them to be or do; my personal favourite is Sam's inability to learn that if you have a gun then you don't really need to push it directly into the chest of someone else because that introduces the risk of being disarmed – which happens several episodes in a row to her, because the writer needs it to. The performances don't have too much to play with and they reflect the material by hanging around in a murky world between serious drama and silly spy action – they all try for darkness but they are trying without much help. George pouts like her life depends on it but she has no character to work with and never rings true; she is a decent presence and does reasonable well considering, but not that well. Malahide enjoys himself with an obvious villain but Moore never works out who he is. The others do okay, although that is just what is asked of them, the only one that riled me was Akinnuoye-Agbaje who is a much better presence than material given him with the office-bound and slighty bored character with a family subplot that goes nowhere.

    The first season ends with the potential for the show to continue but aside from the narrative allowing this, there is little else that would justify this. The material was no good and felt like it was always a case of "good enough"; the performances suffered because of this and the whole thing seems unconvincing and with shoddy writing throughout. As a background distraction maybe it has its merits but otherwise it was roundly average with almost nothing to really recommend it for.
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    • Release date
      • October 19, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Byzantium Security International (Cinemax) (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Morton
    • Filming locations
      • Morocco(on location)
    • Production companies
      • Kudos Film and Television
      • Big Light Productions
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      59 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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