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The Hunting Party

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Five years after a meltdown on national TV, journalist Simon Hunt (Richard Gere) joins forces with a former colleague (Terrence Howard), and a cub reporter (Jesse Eisenberg) in Bosnia. Their mission is to find that country's most-wanted war criminal, a man dubbed "The Fox." Working from sketchy information at best, the trio travels deep into hostile territory in search of the scoop of a lifetime.
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The Hunting Party is tonally awkward: its shifts from dark satire to serious political thriller create an uneven film, despite best efforts from its game leads.

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Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express 04/29/2019
While at times it may be glib, the film largely sticks to a grim tone of what a war as bitter as that can do to a country. Go to Full Review Amy Nicholson I.E. Weekly 02/22/2008
A
Ludicrous, bewildering, and largely true (at least the "most ridiculous parts" according to the film's preface), it plays like an adventure story written by Kafka Go to Full Review J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 12/17/2007
The action plot is lousy with cliched suspense scenes of back-road executions halted at the last possible instant. Go to Full Review Toni Garcia Cinemanía (Spain) 10/16/2020
3/5
A very entertaining movie with some brilliant moments, especially in its delirious final stretch. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/11/2020
3.5/4.0
Gere gives a career performance. Go to Full Review Joshua Starnes ComingSoon.net 03/22/2011
7/10
It's not a bad story as far as it goes, and says a lot about the strange culture war journalism ... [but] no story, no matter how interesting, can't do without a little bit of the Hollywood treatment, and "The Hunting Party" suffers that in spades. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Madam D @Madam1948 May 9 This interesting movie is based on real life journalism. While the black humor is understandable & the acting is great, there is something holding me back from really liking it. See more Steve D 01/20/2023 A tonal mess with a terrible narrative that distracts from the interesting story. See more 06/29/2020 I needed more action and less more talking that's what ruined the movie, and its one of the most shameless movies I ever seen. The Hunting Party is one of those annual releases that bridge the gap between the box office heavyweights of summer, and for last I did not like Jesse Eisenberg in here. So for this being a very slow film and not having the expectation that I was expecting that the trailer showed me. I give " The Hunting Party " a D. See more 05/17/2020 Enjoyable and solid. See more Brendan N 01/29/2019 The movie is quite good and balances the darkness with a unique style of filmmaking. This has to be one of the better Richard Gere films I have seen in quite some time. He is a gifted actor and most of the material he surrounds with is beneath him, this is one of the best roles. Gere, Howard and Eisenberg are an incredible team and once the story kicks into high gear, its hard to take your eyes away from the screen. The film might struggle with its execution, but it is a very good film for a topic that went unnoticed by the general first world public. It is true with the UN and USA about their lack of motivation to capture these war criminals. Osama Bin Laden had the heat of the world on their backs, but with Sarajevo it was a very different story. On face value it looks like an effort, but at the core they really didn't hunt these people down. Heartbreaking storyline and anchored by truth. 29/01/2019. See more 12/22/2017 Solid movie, although tries to be more than it really is See more Read all reviews
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Richard Shepard

Director

Richard Gere

Simon Hunt

Terrence Howard

Duck

Jesse Eisenberg

Benjamin

James Brolin

Franklin Harris

Ljubomir Kerekes

The Fox

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Movie Info

Synopsis Five years after a meltdown on national TV, journalist Simon Hunt (Richard Gere) joins forces with a former colleague (Terrence Howard), and a cub reporter (Jesse Eisenberg) in Bosnia. Their mission is to find that country's most-wanted war criminal, a man dubbed "The Fox." Working from sketchy information at best, the trio travels deep into hostile territory in search of the scoop of a lifetime.
Director
Richard Shepard
Producer
Mark Johnson, Scott Kroopf
Screenwriter
Richard Shepard
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Weinstein Company
Rating
R (Strong Language|Some Violent Content)
Genre
Drama, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 7, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 5, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$876.7K
Runtime
1h 41m
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