The Hunted - Bad Rap Flick?

Originally posted by sepcat
Let me just say that I am not a knife fighter, never been in one, never been trained or read a book on it. But to me it looked like there was way too many moves, geeze, by the time Del Toro would finish the regime, the victim would be field dressed and in sausage casing. My impression is that the knife fighting scenes and training was all a big bucket of shiny Hollywood shite…
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The training scenes looked like FMA. For a short time I studied a different style (Serrada) than what was shown in the movie, but I could tell that they were using a style of FMA. Yes, eskrimadores do like to use lots of cuts, but they do it very quickly. For some of the training it looked as if they were teaching the basic cuts. Many styles use a 12 strike/cut system and the 12 basic strikes/cuts are practiced but when using them you don't have to use every one of them and in the numeric order. You just use the cuts you need to. The combat scenes wre realistic in that the techniques would work. In real life he would be stupid not to grab the dead agents' pistols.

For the unusual things LT does you'd have to read Tom Brown's books. I'm not saying I agree with all or even most of what he teaches (I prefer Ron Hood's materials) but those things were put in there for a reason. Tom Brown's site is http://www.trackerschool.com/

Even with the wierd things and bad choices, it is still more realistic than anything I've seen from Bruce Lee, Seagal(was the knife fight in Under Seige realistic?) , Van Damme, Stallone, and Snipes (talk about bad technique-did you see the sword fighting in Blade?:eek: )
 
I thought the CQB scenes were exceptionally well done.

And it IS a movie so the reality of the damage that would have occurred to either of the "combatants" cannot be understated had the same cuts, slashes, and thrusts been inflicted in the real world.

I felt the empty hand, close quarters work was very good. Very tight, fast, and considered.

The training sequence was standard fare and would be seen at any good knife training seminar. Same stuff I've taught, to include in Kuwait during the build-up for the war. I liked the physical exercises to teach mental commitment and "flow", to include finishing what you start. Again, good tech direction.

Agree. Much better than the Segal and other noted knife scenes.
 
Originally posted by Benjamin Liu
.......it is still more realistic than anything I've seen from ......., Stallone
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I think the knife content in Stallone's First Blood was great, probably the best ever in a movie.

Dave
 
I watched it yesterday night on DVD. I had high expectations,but the movie was kinda letdown. For all the aforementioned reasons: unclear time line, unbalanced plot, Del Torres has an almost druggy Keith Richards swagger more the Johnny Depp in Pirates.
HOWEVER: I lovged the FMA fighting scenes, especially on DVD when the Sayoc Kali Teachers explain the drills. I coulda have had more of that. I also liked that the LT was build around Tom Brown. So many Hollywood movies lack authenticity.
As an practioner of FMA and a fan of bugging out into the woods I loved the movie, as a fan of thrillers i thought it sucked.

And yes Johnny Cash was great to have on the soundtrack.

Matthias
 
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