What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted? When former U.S. Army covert operative & trained assassin Aaron Hallam (Benicio del Toro) goes rogue in the lush woods of the Oregon wilderness, only survival expert & former mentor L.T. Bonham (Tommy Lee Jones) can hunt him down. William Friedkin’s The Hunted is compact and well-acted, an intensely-physical, highly entertaining thriller that’s beautifully shot by cinematographer Caleb Deschanel.
“The Hunted is a pure and rather inspired example of the one-on-one chase movie. Walking in, I thought I knew what to expect, but I didn’t anticipate how William Friedkin would jolt me with the immediate urgency of the action. This is not an arm’s-length chase picture, but a close physical duel between its two main characters.” – Roger Ebert
