You will stay along for the entire duration of this film if you don't mind anxious and gory/graphic content. The film shows group mentality and behavior without hesitation. I heard about the film when a youtuber showed a 3 second long clip from it. I could tell from just the framing and acting that this felt real.
I personally can't give it a high rating because of its anxiety inducing content. I'm all for suspense and graphic content if it's appropriate. But this s**t gives me anxiety. All the people and animals dying are innocent and all the perpetrators are so unsympathetic and intimidating that i feel helpless and like a bad human being for not being able to help anyone else. I like the crime aspect to this, the directing, the writing, the acting and that's from my own country. But the lack of heart in some of these characters, lack of redemption and justice and lack of strong arcs paints an unforgiving, cruel, non-rewarding, mean and sad world. Fudge this movie makes me feel bad when i think about it. It's so real at other times.
If i were to improve The Hunters i'd end it differently. I'd make it so that Erik fights his brother. Perhaps gets an answer from him where Nana is. He then turns Leif in to the police (alt. feeds him to cannibal elks because i hate him). The others are charged with crimes (or faces some consequences). Others involved (the police, the criminal's partners) are changed somehow. As the ending is now you feel like his efforts are meaningless. The village/city hasn't changed other than disliking the criminals a bit. Not all people involved has faced proportional consequences. Leif kills himself which means he gets away with everything and gets what he wants once again. Now the film's message seems to be: don't go to northern Sweden, it's corrupt, everyone hates good people, nobody changes, nothing changes, everyone are pieces of s**t, the innocent suffer, the evil wins, etc.
Could have been a fantastic movie.
I personally can't give it a high rating because of its anxiety inducing content. I'm all for suspense and graphic content if it's appropriate. But this s**t gives me anxiety. All the people and animals dying are innocent and all the perpetrators are so unsympathetic and intimidating that i feel helpless and like a bad human being for not being able to help anyone else. I like the crime aspect to this, the directing, the writing, the acting and that's from my own country. But the lack of heart in some of these characters, lack of redemption and justice and lack of strong arcs paints an unforgiving, cruel, non-rewarding, mean and sad world. Fudge this movie makes me feel bad when i think about it. It's so real at other times.
If i were to improve The Hunters i'd end it differently. I'd make it so that Erik fights his brother. Perhaps gets an answer from him where Nana is. He then turns Leif in to the police (alt. feeds him to cannibal elks because i hate him). The others are charged with crimes (or faces some consequences). Others involved (the police, the criminal's partners) are changed somehow. As the ending is now you feel like his efforts are meaningless. The village/city hasn't changed other than disliking the criminals a bit. Not all people involved has faced proportional consequences. Leif kills himself which means he gets away with everything and gets what he wants once again. Now the film's message seems to be: don't go to northern Sweden, it's corrupt, everyone hates good people, nobody changes, nothing changes, everyone are pieces of s**t, the innocent suffer, the evil wins, etc.
Could have been a fantastic movie.