The Wild Hunt

2009 "It's no longer a game."
6.3| 1h36m| en
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A MODERN MEDIEVAL SAGA, The Wild Hunt tells the story of Erik Magnusson, a young man who decides to follow his estranged girlfriend Evelyn into a medieval re-enactment game when he discovers that she has been seduced by one of the players. As the down-to-earth Erik treks deeper into the game in search of his love, he inadvertently disrupts the delicate balance of the make believe fantasy-land. Passions are unleashed. Rules are broken. Reality and fantasy collide. The good-hearted game turns into a tragedy of mythic proportion... Capturing the culture of costume play and the potentially dangerous intersection of real and made-up worlds, The Wild Hunt is a timely and potent comment on the consuming nature of adopting another identity, even within a game, and the modern yearning for ritual.

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Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
LastingAware The greatest movie ever!
Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.
siderite A situation that at the beginning verges from ridiculous to pathetic turns into a horrible study on human nature. Some reviewers called out the acting as bad. In fact, they couldn't be further from the truth. It has been really good years since I've seen such a realistic interpretation of human behavior. I recognized the cringe, though: when faced with people doing cowardly, inept, psychotic, stupid acts we try to distance away from them and pretend it doesn't happen. We want Iron Men protected by their smarts and their money and their suits saving the world while mouthing funny quips. This is not that kind of movie.I have tried to find the flaw in this film, something that would make me rate it less than perfect, and the only thing I could find is that the movie is low budget, which of course, does not count. I have to repeat it: the attention to realistic human behavior is stunning. No one is perfect, no one is as they pretend even to themselves to be. When the Wild Hunt starts, they are all faced with their worst nightmare: their real selves.Of course a subject like this made me remember Lord of the Flies, another fantastic study of real people breaking up and emerging from behind their masks. This is almost better! Watch this!
Gavin Patterson The Wild Hunt is dark. The LARPers for the most part come across as craven, reminiscent of Vikings, nordic warriors and pub-dwellers alike.The lovers are morose throughout. The actors in the background were largely mute. The real gems of acting come from the King, the Viking leader and Shaman. But these were inconsistent.The film stood out because it evoked emotion and worry throughout, the soundtrack created mood and the well delivered tirades of screaming and begging encompassed tangible fear. The question of, "How far will they go?" really carried the film for me. Not wanting to have the dark side of humanity revealed but far too intrigued to stop watching.The cinematography was realistic, with the tone and music really pinpointing the despair of being locked in a false reality at the behest of others.There were moments where the film lulled to a crawl but this same failure, that of dragging time, really allowed the dramatic moments longevity.While I didn't enjoy all of the movie, I give it 7/10 for the innovation and emotions it evoked.
edumacated this film is out of whack, but that is where it is supposed to be.you have a real viking, rescuing a fake princess from a fake celt, and throughout, all become something they really didn't want to be when the game started.they are nerds playing at fantasy violence without realizing that their modern skins mask a real violence hidden in their real history, and it just waiting for the right catalyst to prompt its release.and then there is the ending. it is a mixture and manifestation of both fantasy and reality.and that is the truth that surrounds us all. we all live in a mix of fiction and the other. and it is up to us which wins out and when. when we give ourselves up to the impetus of a group, we also relinquish individual immunity from the crimes of that group--just ask albert speer.
mayaelrayes OK, there is a little bit of violence, and OK, it may need some serious thinking to understand what is happening. BUT this must easily be the best thought-of plot, the most realistic romantic story, and a great description of human nature with an unbelievable ending. There was comedy, a build up of emotions, acting to be proud of and an explosion of emotion through out the movie. Definitely not for the faint of heart, or those looking to waste a couple of hours of their lives. But more for those looking to see our own humanity, what love would do to us, the abyss of desperation and the true meaning of chivalry.