The Hunting Party (2007)

GREAT Movie

After watching hours of mindless dribble, it was refreshing to come across a movie that was not only engaging, it was well acted and it actually had a good plot. I loved it! If you enjoy a good adventure with a little bit of comedy weaved through it you won't be disappointed. For mature, thinking audiences, worth watching. May 26, 2008

Hunting Party

Es una buena pelicula ,aunque no lo que uno espera de ella ,esta bien logrado el mensaje ,aunque cruel porque en realidad cosas como estas ocurrieron y ocurren en la actualidad ,las actuaciones tan buenas como lo usual para la calidad de estos dos grandes actores,necesitarian una mejor trama,para mi es una buena,porque muestra lo dura y arriesgada que es la vida de los periodistas y lo dificil que es tratar de decir la verdad cuando lo que se trata de decir es algo para llamar la atencion del televidente y no lo que se debe expresar en realidad. April 16, 2008

The atrocities and politics of war!

This is a movie based on the true story of how three journalists (they were five in real life) tracked down one of Slobodan Milosevic's generals--a wanted war criminal by the name of `The Fox'.

I think a brief history is necessary in order to understand the movie and the atrocities of war. Slobodan Milosevic served as the President of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000. He also led Serbia's Socialist Party from its foundation in 1990. During the Serbian war, Milosevic ordered a program of ethnic cleansing of the Kosovo Albanians that drove hundreds of thousands of them into neighboring countries as refugees. Women were raped then murdered, and children were slaughtered.

Milosevic was arrested by Serbian authorities in 2001 on suspicion of corruption, abuse of power, and embezzlement. However, the initial investigation into Milosevic faltered for lack of hard evidence prompting the Serbian Prime Minister to send him to The Hague to stand trial on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.

The trial began in February 2002 but experienced numerous delays because of the poor health of Milosevic, who served as his own defense lawyer. On March 11, 2006, he was found dead in his prison cell. It is believed that he died of a heart attack.

Milosevic's right hand man, known as `The Fox', and the subject of this film, was at the time the most wanted man by the UN and the United States. However, no effort was done to capture him, as shown in this movie. His whereabouts were known by both the UN and the United States, but it was believed that a secret agreement was drawn between `The Fox' and the CIA that guaranteed his freedom.

Simon (played by Richard Gere) is an award winning journalist whose Albanian girlfriend is raped and killed by the armies of `The Fox'. He vows revenge. After the war in the Balkans is over, he returns to Sarajevo to find `The Fox'. Together with two other journalists (there were five in real life) he tracks down `The Fox', captures him while he was hunting foxes, and delivers him to the Muslim village where his girlfriend was brutally murdered. The Muslims, recognizing `The Fox', beat him to death. So the legend says.

You will be left with one important question at the end of this movie. Does the US know the whereabouts of War criminals but does nothing about it in order to further its own agenda?

This is a great movie. Since many of us (unfortunately) do not read books, but rather prefer watching movies, it is important for film makers to make movies based on true stories. This movie will reveal the atrocities and politics of war. In war, there is no such thing as the good side: All sides are evil. The innocent suffer for the foolish ambitions of the few! March 21, 2008

Engaging Film....

Must say that this movie was better then expected.... Take one fallen field journalist named, Simon, whom use to be at the top of his game and his trusty cameraman, named Duck. Both were known to be the best field journalist & cameraman out there working in the field---- That is until Simon screws up royally on live television essentially ruining his career. Simon get canned and Duck gets promoted.

Simon & Duck cross paths again five years later in their old stomping grounds in Bosnia, where they both once worked together covering the events of the Bosnian war. Simon claims to know where "The Fox" is hiding. "The Fox" is being sought after for punishment of war crimes he committed during the Bosnian War.

Together Simon, Duck, and Benjamin, a newbie to the news world out to make his mark as a journalist, set out to find and capture "The Fox" and bring him to justice and receive the $5 million dollar reward.

This movie is supposedly based on a true story. It is well acted by both Terrence Howard & Richard Gere.

March 10, 2008

Finally a great role for Richard Gere!!!

Don't get me wrong, I am a very faithful fan of Richard Gere and I probably own all of his movies. But this film fits him perfectly. You truly forget how sexy he is and see him as the good actor he really is...!

Terrence Howard is an excellent addition to the cast with his great performance, but Jesse Eisenberg is the one that truly surpised me and that I really enjoyed in this movie because he was the one that lightened up the hard content of such a harsh subject matter.

This is a great action movie that leaves you with a lot to think about how human can be so evil and how others just don't want to see the facts (or simply don't care). But thankfully, you also have the ones that do care and hunt these evil persons which makes it somewhat more bearable. The hunt is difficult and can be very tricky for simple reporters with no weapons to match these evil beings but revenge is sweet at the end.....!
February 25, 2008

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