![]() ![]() Del Toro), the hard-target object of the film's manhunt. Such coldness makes it impossible for us to feel anything for the conscience-wracked special-ops military assassin Aaron Hallam (Mr. The director William Friedkin might as well have painted bull's-eyes on the backs of the actors, since it's obvious that ''The Hunted'' regards them as nothing but expendable. ![]() agents, headed by Connie Nielsen, joins the chase, they just start firing right into the crowds. Instead, we get such a callous product that when the team of F.B.I. That tone is first reflected in the use of Johnny Cash's laconic moroseness over the opening title to set the mood, but it also establishes a level of expectation that ''The Hunted'' can't live up to. This isn't a movie: it's a police report and the strictly-the-facts terseness of the story makes this more than clear. Del Toro are subjected to here (and I say that as a fan of action-movie mechanics). ![]() Oscar winners deserve better than the man's-man games both Mr. It's probably best that the plot of ''The Hunted'' - such as it is - doesn't get in the way of the action sequences, most of which involve Tommy Lee Jones chasing Benicio Del Toro throughout the Pacific Northwest with occasional stops for hand-to-hand combat that make you fear for the actors' safety. ![]()
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