The Hunt

2012

1h 14m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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83%

6 Reviews

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Alex, a journalist, is ordered to investigate a sensational story to boost his magazine's sales. He quickly becomes caught up in a gruesome game of death as he is forced to hunt down innocent people.

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Nick James

Sight & Sound

The Hunt is a tremendously gripping melodrama.

Aug 29, 2017

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Francesca Steele

Independent (UK)

[The Hunt] is a splendid return to form for director Thomas Vinterberg.

Aug 11, 2017

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David Harris

Spectrum Culture

The Hunt is most fascinating when dissecting what happens to someone whose reputation has been destroyed.

Rated: 3.8/5

Nov 19, 2019

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Brian D. Johnson

Maclean's Magazine

This is not a work of Dogme vérité; it's a more polished piece.

Jul 31, 2019

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C.J. Prince

Way Too Indie

The Hunt may have been too see-through for me to truly enjoy it, but Vinterberg has crafted a very good movie here.

Rated: 7.5/10

Jul 2, 2019

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Michael Sicinski

Cinema Scope

The fact that anyone is taking The Hunt seriously as a look at community panic around pedophilia, or the mass psychology of scapegoating, or even as a solid slice of middlebrow realism, is truly confounding.

Nov 27, 2017

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martin f

An awful low-budget movie... Don't read the critics there, they are all for the other The Hunt (2012) movie... the one with Mads Mikkelsen (yeah there were two The Hunt movies in 2012). It's not there fault but it's kind of funny to read their reviews saying that this is a deep and intelligent film knowing now that this The Hunt is actually your basic low-budget horror with cheap nudity scenes, violence, lowbrow humor, and awful dialogue, acting and directing. I still thought the very beginning was pretty cool despite looked cheap but as soon as the first line of dialogue is said you know how bad the movie will be.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Thomas Szczepanski

Director

Zuriel De Peslouan

Alex

Jellali Mouina

Actor

Sarah Lucide

Actor

Tobias Lindholm

Writer

Jessica Ask

Producer

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Synopsis

Alex, a journalist, is ordered to investigate a sensational story to boost his magazine's sales. He quickly becomes caught up in a gruesome game of death as he is forced to hunt down innocent people.

Director: Thomas Szczepanski
Screenwriter: Tobias Lindholm
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: French (Canada)
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 16, 2017
Runtime: 1h 14m