Quotes From The Movie As Messages:
Innocent Questions:
Try To Be Reasonable.. Unlike Them!:
So What's Good in Here?!!:
Some Comments:
- "You must except your fate with courage": it's for this movie's viewer!
- "I'll wait you in hell": the makers of this movie to each other!
- "Now he'll rest easier": about anyone preferred not to watch such a movie!
Innocent Questions:
- Why the evil ninja fighter killed the girl at the start?! I didn't quite get that! How could a peaceful American businessman manage to runaway from a trained bunch of assassins? And twice?! What their point of view in slaughtering all the train's passengers? Why the big ninja fighter didn't go to that massacre? (I bet he would've had some real fun!). What about his conscience's sudden awakening? That was totally unexplained?? How the idiot rookie (Lambert) could kill one of the greatest ninja warriors by himself??, and what is (Lambert) doing in this movie anyway? And honestly how I could stand all of that in the first place?!!!
Try To Be Reasonable.. Unlike Them!:
- I think it's all a Japanese story, production and stars. But they needed a name to sell the movie internationally. Therefore, they added the character of (Christopher Lambert), yet they never made it in accord with the rest of the elements. So that's why you feel all the time that he's an out-of-the-picture alien. As he's not the guest star, the sidekick, the smart student.. etc. They inserted the character, and its actor, in too hasty way!
So What's Good in Here?!!:
- It looked like a TV movie, rather the poorest TV movie ever. The direction was a genius, but at destroying any good moments, especially the fights' scenes. While being the best thing to expect in a movie of that kind, they were too dull to watch. I only loved the impressive performance of the veteran (Yoshio Harada) as (Takeda) the stiff avenger and the mighty hero. Plus 2 seconds. Firstly, when (Lambert) decides to leave the ring after the Japanese instructor refused to train him. And secondly, the image of the whole battlefield when the evil ninja stands alone in the dark, among the corpses, waiting for the instructor. Both of them seemed visually strong, but still they were just 2 seconds in 106 minutes!
Some Comments:
- How the Razzie's award forgot a powerful candidate like this one? Whether they were merciful, or used to go to the more expensively made movies, both ways, (The Hunted) was, and still is, underrated bad movie. It could've been great for, at least, the "Worst Screen Couple" award!
- After I finished the movie (or the movie finished me!), I found myself saying: "AHHH.. How many (Tom and Jerry) cartoons I'll have to watch just to forget the effect of THIS?!!". Did you notice that I said "to forget the effect" not the movie, as it's assured to be forgettable by itself!
- The beautiful thing about (Christopher Lambert) is that he's not (Steven Seagal). Thank God that they didn't bring Mr. (Seagal) for such a role, the Japanese girl could've butchered herself already just because of meeting him!