An accomplice (Ciaran O’Brien) gets in the front seat and begins driving. A man ( Arieh Worthalter) rushes her to rescue and the two hit it off. She decides to blow off steam by going to a bar, where she’s hit on by a true asshole within minutes. The work isn’t going well, and neither is a relationship. The red outfit worn by the heroine here is not accidental, and there are wolves of both the animal and human nature.Įve ( Lucie Debay), the only character in “Hunted” with a name, is working on a construction project in an unnamed country, but she seems like an outsider in early scenes. Paronnaud and co-writer Léa Pernollet attempt to elevate their narrative by framing it all in the context of mythology and fables.
That early line is key to understanding the approach to survival horror taken here by director Vincent Paronnaud, in a much different gear than his Oscar-nominated co-directorial work on “ Persepolis.” With echoes of vengeance films like “Revenge” or “I Spit on Your Grave,” “Hunted” is the relatively simple story of a woman forced to fight for her life after being kidnapped by a couple of sociopaths. Highlights include " Blood Quantum," "Z," and "Anything for Jackson." I can’t wait to see what they do in 2021, but “Hunted” is a misstep. One of the best streaming services in the world, Shudder endeavors to elevate genre films that might otherwise get lost in the increasingly large shuffle of never-ending content. “The company of wolves is better than that of men.” So says a woman to her son in the effective prologue to “Hunted,” the latest original horror film to land on Shudder today.
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