The Hunted

HotSwat

HotSwat

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The Hunted is a new movie coming out starring a knife. I saw the preview and they show the knife more the guy holding it, Benicio Deltorro(he's the mumble mouth from Usual Supects).

The flick is about a soilder trained to kill that can't stop killing after his tour of duty is over. Tommy Lee Jones is the roague soilder's trainer, the cops employ him to help catch his former student.

I don't know which knife is used in the movie but looks crazy. This movie looks good, it's a must see.
 
I saw the trailer and that was the first thing that came to my mind ;) New first blood, and somehow I think it will not be all that good. I'm still gonne see it anyways.
 
Hey, waitaminnit. I thought there was a movie, starring Christopher Lambert and John Lone, of the same name? It was some Ninja / Samurai flick made in Canada. Very well done, I might add. Only came out a couple of years ago. Correct me if I am wrong? I think Hollywood may have to do a switcheroo on this one.
 
HotSwat, I think you're the knife's Hollywood agent trying to drum up business for this movie. Probably hoping the knife will win an Emmy. Sounds like you're a troll to me...




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Sounds good. I liked Benicio in The Way of the Gun and Tommy lee Jones is usually very good also. And there's knives, what's not to like.:)
 
Thanks to Brian Jones now you see the knife and trailer for yourself. I am not a promoter, I just thought you guys might be interested in this movie. I personally love to a good knife fight on the big screen. I still watch "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragron" on cable even though I have it the DVD, this type thing get me exicted. I even used to like that knife fight in the "Beat It" video when I was a kid.:D :D
 
Originally posted by shmoopiebear
Hey, waitaminnit. I thought there was a movie, starring Christopher Lambert and John Lone, of the same name? It was some Ninja / Samurai flick made in Canada. Very well done, I might add. Only came out a couple of years ago. Correct me if I am wrong? I think Hollywood may have to do a switcheroo on this one.
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Yes, shmoopie bear you win Final Jeopardy as you even stated it in the form of a question!

Yes THE HUNTED was made in 1995 and released in 1996 I believe. I just remember a naked Joan Chen. Don't remember much else! ;)

Actually, I didn't care for it. If you want bloody swordplay with heads getting lopped off, and buckets of blood spurting, you should go to BlockBusters's international section and rent some of the "Lone Wolf and Cub" series of samurai movies.

This THE HUNTED probably shares the same title but not much else as the Chris Lambert one (I never did like "Highlander" either).

FTC

P.S. Let's also not forget BENJI - THE HUNTED.
 
Since we are on the topic of movies how about A High Art / Exposure with Peter Coyote, Amanda Pays, and Techeky Karyo? Crying Freeman? Blind Fury? Zatoichi? The Duelists? By The Sword? Barry Lyndon? Rob Roy? I could go on and on...

:D

Is there a thread or a list of rated and recommended movies feauring knives and swords?

Just what kind of knife did they use in Crying Freeman and A High Art / Exposure, anyways?

I loved the knife they used in Crying Freeman and the shoulder rig Hermes carried his knife in A High Art was pretty trick, too. Probably some of the most beautiful choreography and demonstrations of knife concepts I have seen in movies.

Excuse my rambling. Back to your regularly scheduled thread...
 
You mean the one starring Mark Dacascos? Hmmm. It's been a while since I've seen that. You've stumped me.

Then again, I've yet to even see "Brotherhood of the Wolf" with Mark Dacascos and also directed by Christophe Gans.

As for sword fights - any Japanese (e.g. Throne of Blood) or Chinese swordplay movie (my fave is Jackie Chan armed with a darndao underneath a train in Drunken Master II AKA Legend of the Drunken Master), the compulsory Douglas Fairbanks or Errol Flynn Zorro films, Rob Roy, Highlander (blechhh).

As for knives and knife fights, here are some classics and not so classics that I can think of this late at night:

- Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury (AKA The Big Boss). He kills several baddies with daggers.
- James Dean's switchblade fight in "Rebel Without a Cause"
- Tommy Lee Jones, and Steven Segal fighting with Kabars in "Under Seige"
- Francis Ford Coppola's version of S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders". Emeilio Estevez's balisong (in the 60's in Oklahoma?), and Ralph Maccio's auto make an appearance.
- Very low grade B movie, called "Deadbeat at Dawn" starring the very obscure Jim Van Bebber. There are several vicious knife fights.
- Castor Troy's kris bladed balisong in "Face/Off"
- MacGyver's trusty SAK
- Michael Meyers's kitchen knife (the Boogeyman, not the comedian) in Halloween.
- Hannibal Lechter's famous Spydie (Merlin?) in Hannibal.
- and some film by a dude named Sylvester something...the real star was a Jimmy Lile knife with a compass in the handle which prompted every punk to go out and buy a knock off. I couldn't find the knock off so I bought an Ontario U.S. Army issue...Still have it.

AND who could forget Michael Madsen as Mister Blonde hacking off the cop's ear with his straight edged razor in RESERVOIR DOGS.

Ahh knives. Gotta love 'em.
 
Speaking of which... what kind of knives did Richard Dean Anderson carry on the MacGyver show, anyways? Any particular reason why those knives were picked for the show? Were they more expediant, practical, and versatile for his "resourcefullness" than any other knives available to him? Just curious. :D
 
- Tommy Lee Jones, and Steven Segal fighting with Kabars in "Under Seige"
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Tommy Lee Jones was using a Gerber MK II.....Very Popular knife in Hollywood....;)
 
Originally posted by shmoopiebear
Speaking of which... what kind of knives did Richard Dean Anderson carry on the MacGyver show, anyways? Any particular reason why those knives were picked for the show? Were they more expediant, practical, and versatile for his "resourcefullness" than any other knives available to him? Just curious. :D
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He carried Swiss Army Knives, not only because they were versatile, but because the consultant for thow show who came up with a LOT of the "MacGyver" improvised solutions was none other than Ron Hood (Doc Ron), my co-moderator in the Wilderness Forum. :D

Bladeforums is loaded with some interesting people from all walks of life...

~B.
 
"First Blood" was not a movie about a former soldier who couldn't stop killing, it was about a former soldier trying to mind his own business until harrassed by authorities beyond the breaking point. When they drew first blood he took'em all out, as was appropriate.

John in Boise, wondering if you actually saw the movie.
 
John in Boise, wondering if you actually saw the movie.
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Same thing different perspective. Remember, that to the cops, Rambo was just a deranged cop killer on the lose. We don't know what motivates the killer in The Hunted. To one guy its a cause, to another it may just be an unreasonable excuse. I admit times have changed a little. Rambo never kills anyone in first blood, he actually only dents a few over inflated egos.

I hope they give the killer a little bit of charisma, rather then making him just another standard psycho in the woods.

n2s
 
Originally posted by Brian Jones
He carried Swiss Army Knives, not only because they were versatile, but because the consultant for thow show who came up with a LOT of the "MacGyver" improvised solutions was none other than Ron Hood (Doc Ron), my co-moderator in the Wilderness Forum. :D

Daaaaaamn. I'm just like MacGyver then. *LOL* Only have one SAK and it is one of the premium basic models using the old resin inserts. No plastic for me.

One of my buddies has all of these tapes called Hood's Woods which, also, starred the guy's looker of a wife. They did neat stuff like eat grubs from trees. I loved watching those tapes! Is it the same guy?

Bladeforums is loaded with some interesting people from all walks of life...

~B.
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Wow! Different perspective? I'll say! The original thread described the killer in "The Hunted" as:

"The flick is about a soilder trained to kill that can't stop killing after his tour of duty is over."

What does that have to do with a former soldier minding his own business and harrassed, beaten, locked up and eventually tracked in the mountains for execution, have to do with a former soldier that can't stop killing?

And then you describe Rambo as "just another standard psycho in the woods."

Psycho in the woods? If someone had done to you what was done to him, while minding his own business, what would you have done? The only psychos in that film were small town, small minded, Nazi cops with no intolarance for a drifter with long hair stopping long enough to get something to eat.

Anyone that wants to lock me up, beat me up, or kill me is definitely going to have what you call a "psycho" on their hands. Your perspective of what is the appropriate behavior when someone is trying to destroy you, for no particular reason, seems somewhat different than mine.

John in Boise, just a former soldier minding his own business
 
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