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Hunter Hunter (2020) Movie Review

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Director: Shawn Linden

Writer: Shawn Linden (Screenplay)

Starring: Camille Sullivan, Summer H Howell, Devon Sawa, Nick Stahl, Gabriel Daniels, Lauren Cochrane

Plot: Joseph and his family live in the remote wilderness as fur trappers, but their tranquillity is threatened when they think they are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf, and Joseph leaves them behind to track it.

Runtime: 1 Hour 33 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: Hunter, Hunter starts as the family of trappers, Joseph (Sawa), Anne (Sullivan) and Renee (Howell) find their trapping line compromised by a rogue wolf, which has returned, stealing their prey.

As Joesph looks to investigate the wolf’s reappearance, he finds something much more shocking, which could have put his family in a lot more danger than he could imagine.

Thoughts on Hunter, Hunter

ThoughtsHunter, Hunter is a horror thriller that starts out looking like a survival horror against a deadly animal, but takes a dramatic turn when we learn the truth about what is happening in the woods. This will end up coming off very disturbing, without giving too much about motivation with a lot of most shocking moments having off camera. This will have plenty of the horrors of the film are left to be imagined, which is always disturbing to think about. This doesn’t mean we don’t get moments of shock and gore, which when it happens will make you wince. Camille Sullivan is great in the leading role, where she will have to go through the biggest character arc in the film. This movie will look to bring us something very twisted, only to hold way too much back from everything it has potential too.

Final Thoughts Hunter, Hunter is going for pure shock, while hiding plenty of the gore.

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ABC Film Challenge – Romance – N – Rosy (2018) Movie Thoughts

This is under N for Nat Wolff.

Director: Jess Bond

Writer: Jess Bond (Screenplay)

Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Tony Shalhoub, Stacy Martin, Nat Wolff, Alex Karpovsky, Chukwudi Iwuji

Plot: A socially awkward young man kidnaps an aspiring actress with the hope that they will fall in love. A psychosexual noir that explores power dynamics between men and women.

Runtime: 1 Hour 32 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: Rosy starts when Doug (Wolff) a social awkward young man kidnaps Rosy (Martin) taking her back to his home. As Doug sets up how everything is going to unfold, he doesn’t seem to be a threat to Rosy. We see how Rosy was a social figure before this happened, which has got her in trouble before.

As Doug looks to make Rosy feel comfortable in her captivity, she starts to wonder what is wanted from Doug, as we wait to see what his twisted fantasy is.

Thoughts on Rosy

ThoughtsRosy follows a man that kidnaps a young woman in hopes of trying to make a relationship with her, where the pair start to bond, well in his eyes, while she is trying to keep herself safe. This is a strange movie that doesn’t seem to go very far, with the idea that this is meant to be a romantic comedy, it doesn’t have any laughs, with the romance not feeling natural either, but that part is part of the idea. For what we are going through, this never gets going to the levels it wants to, leaving it feeling flat more often than not. The performances are fine, but never feel like they are going to change anything for anyone careers, as we have seen them all do better.

Final Thoughts Rosy is a film that seems to get lost in everything it is trying to do.