The Hunted

I think it could have been a much better movie if they would have added a few more minutes to develope the plot. I have read as much as I could about the movie and the knife and I could fill in some. But some of the movie goers hadn't read and they left feeling empty and confused. Of course I would have liked to see the knife have a lot more part in the movie. I would have liked to see it used to fashion some of the traps and snare.....


And for some of you knife makers: I thought the forging of the knife at the end was well just thrown in there. He stopped while running for his life to... well I don't want to give it away for those who have not seen it but Robert how likely is that? To make what he did with what he had, well you seen it you know...

Anyway after sleeping on it I will see the movie again on DVD with my son and try to not be so critical :rolleyes:


Dean
 
The main theme of the movie seemed to be that a good knife is the most important thing to have with you, even if you have to make it yourself. A strong anti-gun / anti-hunting bias comes through as would be expected from Hollywierd nowadays, but by in large I liked the action. My wife thought the knife fighting scenes were a bit graphic but enjoyed the movie as well.
 
Didn't mean to "digress" boys...I liked the movie too.

I simply responded to Jaeger's content, which introduced the "whose knife is it" issue.

...will keep in on topic from here on out.
 
Sorry for wandering off topic. As you have probably figured out I ama close friend of Dave's and this whole business has me fired up. I am sure it will all be worked out in the end.

I totally agree with the comments on the weak plot. It could have been a lot better. It did seem like it suffered from excessive editing. Maybe we'll see a "directors cut" DVD in a few months. As it was though, it was good entertainment.

While the anti-gun/anti-hunting sentiment was probably reinforced by the Hollywierd types I think some of it probably came from Tom. I haven't spoken with him personally since going to one of his classes many years ago but he doesn't have much use for people that hunt with guns. Just speculation on my part.

Andy, I'd love to see some your hawks in a flick! One day I will divert enough $ to own one of your next gen. ranger hawks.
 
Butt-kicking movies don't need a plot any more than a skin flick does.

If there is one, so much the better. :)
 
I enjoyed the movie but it is a B-flick. The fights were reasonable and as graphic as real fights.
I'm surprised no one mentioned the apparent little amount of time it took to forge another Tracker and to chip the flint.
TLJ and BDT are both good actors in this film, although I'd like to have seen better character development of BDT.
Great opening sequence! Might help the peace-at-any-price folks see that there IS evil in the world that needs redress.
westward
 
I though it was interesting that every time a knife was thrown it went point first. Don't even claim to know what I am talking about when it comes to throwing knives, unless this is a specific technique...
Chinese darts are thrown point first if I'm not mistaken.
Someone who knows more than me feel free to chime in.
 
I found the plot too thin to be of any interest, and I fell asleep thirty minutes before the ending. I guess I felt the movie was too hyped up, with too little knife-fighting to make it interesting.

The point-first non-spinning knife throwing was pretty ridiculous.

TLJ does run like a girl. They should have trained him not to do that. I found it somewhat ridiculous that he goes after BDT weaponless.
 
Just got back from seeing it...really awesome knife fight stuff, and the woodscraft stuff was cool.

Does anybody recognize the other knife that BDT carries in the urban scenes on the small of his back???

It didn't look like a Tracker to me, more of a standard field blade??
 
Liked the movie, was worth the $6 mil rate but was'nt the greatest movie I've spend money on.
 
my girlfriend and I really enjoyed it... we both gripped our neck knives with sweaty palms during the gory stuff :D Yes, run like a girl he does, and plot holes there were... hoping that the DVD offers an "extended" director's cut! And it was pretty ridiculous that TLJ did not have a utility knife on him at all times, being the "outdoorsey type" and all... guess they whisked him away from his log cabin a bit too quickly for him to change into more confortable gear, let alone strap on a blade! To those who have not yet seen this flick, stop reading here, but I think it wouldn't have been too impossible for TLJ to swing into a diner and grab a steak knife before forging down/up-river after BDT towards the end. Still, the non-stop action was enough to keep my interest and the knife-fighting scenes were exciting enough for me to give it a thumbs up!
 
The wife, my 19 yr old son who is also a knife nut and I went today. We all really liked it. Of course there were plenty of things wrong with the movie that anyone with any knife knowledge or knowledge of wildlife and gun lore would find. But I go to the movies to enjoy the escapeism of films and don't dwell on the parts like where cops are ready to go on a raid or go through a door and then they jack in a round in their semi-auto pistol.

Entertaining movie but went by way too fast. I agree with many that the plot was thin and the character that BDT played could have been shown developing into the killing machine more. That would have made the movie better and enjoyably longer.

YMMUV
 
Originally posted by RobertHankins
I though it was interesting that every time a knife was thrown it went point first. Don't even claim to know what I am talking about when it comes to throwing knives, unless this is a specific technique...
Chinese darts are thrown point first if I'm not mistaken.
Someone who knows more than me feel free to chime in.
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The flight of the knife/dart depends largely on the style of throw. I throw standard darts, without the flights, by the tips... when I want fancy.
If I want to nail the triple 20, I throw like a Chinese Dart, having my fingers act as a guide, and letting it launch itself without any end-over rotation(I give them a bit of spin for flatter tracjectory). Normal matches for me consist of a lot of triple 20s. Only been playing darts for 5yrs, and throwing knives for about 8. Gave up on flights in my darts.

There is a guy(to the best of my knowledge, been a while since I read the article) that threw 45feet without a rotation. The larger/heavier the blade, the easier it is to get low spin counts.

I play with either my 4"(indoors) or 8" knives. Being weighted 1.1oz/inch my smaller ones rotate 4-5 times in a 20foot throw. My larger ones are 1.5oz/inch, and get 1.5-2 d/p on grip for throw(blade or handle) b/c they are 50/50 weight.

Of course, I'm not an expert on throwing knives, it's just a way to relieve stress and boredom. I stick about 75-80%, within an inch of bullseye.
 
The only half way realistic-looking throwing that was done in the movie was...

a) ...when BDT is in training and his knife actually rotates several times before sinking into a tree.

b) ...when he threw his second throwing stick at TLJ and missed during the final fight scene.

Everything else was total Hollywood, which is OK, but it wouldn't have taken much to get an expert to coach BDT on looking authentic while throwing, since so much emphasis was placed on realism with a blade. There are plenty of experts for hire in this regard.
 
Originally posted by Bill Siegle
I agree that this was an AWESOME flick :D The only thing that had me smirking was when he floated(down??) up river to Willamette Falls and climded out of there to the Clackamas river :) Sorry but us locals spot these things:p Great fight scenes though. Definitly gonna have to have the DVD.
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You all have some really nice woods out there in the Pacific Northwest. I'd love to go hiking/camping there...
 
KA-BAR Next Generation. The trainers they were using were made to look like the Next Generation too.
 
The only half way realistic-looking throwing that was done in the movie was...
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The scene at the beginning when he throws his knife away (into a tree) by the "hunters" (I have never seen anybody hunt like these clowns) has to be the best. The way the knife flies and the damage done to the tree could only be done by firing the thing out of a cannon. It almost perforates what looks to be a 6" coniferous (you couldn't pull this with a 357 much less a knife). Unrealistic, dumb, and likely to lead to many a lost and broken knife when people try to pull this stunt with their own knives. I surprised the tree huggers haven't been out in force yelling about tree abuse.

This movie is not to be taken seriously.

n2s
 
...and the wolf not biting off his hand was funny. Still a cool movie...a mixture of FMA and Rambo.
 
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