American Hunt

Kill or be killed.?it is a quiet tense build up...made my heart race at times..it's not bad at all for Hou and a bit!

Mixed reviews here but maybe it's either you like it or Hate it..

Omg! So human hunters give you 15 minutes to get a head start before they kill you and you decide to run for minute or two and then just stop and have a conversation about why this is happening? Yeah that's not very smart. I couldn't even finish watching it but the three American idiots deserve to die in my book.

I watched this gentle and acceptable crap only because I had nothing else to do. You should feel pity for me. I nearly ashamed to kill time this way. But I must admit that I took some pleasure seeing this garbage. I don't know exactly why, because it is really lame, lousy. But the countryside settings have always pleased me for this kind of horror film. And I have seen hundreds of them already. And from time to time, it's very resting for the brain to use this kind of material. From time to time, I insist. I also repeat, there were batches and batches of those films and it is not finished yet.

"American Hunt" is really low budget, which isn't a bad thing. What is bad is the total lack of substantive material available. The film kicks off with killers hunting people. There is no thrill to the moment, no atmosphere and little fanfare besides a stereotypical caricature psycho impression. It really let me know what to expect, and what not to expect.

There is a lot that is wrong with "American Hunt". Mostly the fact that the story is only developed in the most surface way. There is no depth or real character development. That being said, I was impressed by several of the cast's performances. The real problem was with the mediocre dialog and the fact that the scenes weren't given enough breadth to fully form.

The horror could have saved it all in this film, and it almost did. Right up till the choices made to pull off the kill sequences. Poor CGI options, ridiculous interpretations of death moments, and an overall lack of restraint from a directorial position makes it impossible to enjoy the horror aspects in "American Hunt".

Overall "American Hunt" is a disappointment. I almost liked it, at times even finding it entertaining. Unfortunately most scenes are hindered by bad editing, poor effects or just a lack of character building. And as I say all this, I have to admit that I found the ending, you know - that final girl moment, satisfying. Right until the silly tease that the story isn't over just yet.

American Hunt is not a good film, but my friend and I did enjoy watching it, so that's something. The plot is one of the most simplistic ones I've ever seen in a film, and there's very few interesting plot points.

The action scenes are not amazing, but I did appreciate a few of the practical effects, the CGI effects were bad however.

The film reminded me of "The Hunt", which was released a little later than this one, but was a lot better. Cinematography was basic, music was either nonexistant or so unmemorable I have no recollection of it being there, and the trio of heroic characters were forgettable. Although, the villainous brothers were a bit interesting.

Apart from the decent practical effects, the only other positives is that the props are ok, and the actor playing Levi was not bad.

3/10: A poor film, with a minority of decent features. Wouldn't say any of it was good, though.