Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Jerrie It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Atdmovies When I first heard about Hunted, I decided to not bother with the UK version and instead go straight to the US release.So, where to start...Well you get introduced to all these "best of the best" hunters, whom the show talks up to be top of their field. It's however not until you do a little fact checking yourself that cracks appear in these over exaggerated bios of the hunters/central command characters. I haven't checked all of them, but as someone who works in the field of cyber security, I can tell you that some of the stuff these "hunters" have done, is absolute rubbish and "hollywood" cyber security, not reality.Then there's the plot holes. At first they seem insignificant and minor, and some of the blatantly dumb stuff the fugitives do, defies logic.IT Consultants who don't secure erase data - really? IT experts with non encrypted data on laptops - really? Mobile phone owners who don't encrypt the data and factory wipe - really? Lunches at Taco Bell and not expecting to get caught - really?This is before we start talking about them being followed by a camera crew, and sound guy, making their ability to hide VASTLY reduced.But it's not until episode 4 that a real clanger of a plot hole rears its ugly head, and throws the entire show into doubt.Two fugitives are on the run. They visit a friend, and as hunters close in, ask for help to escape. They do NOT know the friend of a friend.Friend of a friend offers them a camper and a kayak (like you'd give 2 random guys, plus film crew that). They kayak out on the water apparently all day (all whilst being trailed by a film crew mind you), get supplies and paddle back (still being trailed by film crew).But the plot hole is about to drop. Mr Computer Geek Man with his fancy hat has uncovered their internet history from a laptop, and a google search for "can you kayak from blah to blah". Now the fugitives would have had absolutely no idea they would get a kayak. Nor would they have expected to come across a kayak. It would make no sense to Google search that, however this is the "break through" that leads to their capture.This means that the "hunters" have prior knowledge and clear plans for (most likely) what every fugitive is actually doing BEFORE they go on the run.In addition to this, in order to obtain permission from land owners to film (and not get shot for trespass), they would need prior permission.So from a minor oversight in production, major cracks appear in what is real and what is not.It is a real shame because the show has potential, but once a crack like this appears in a plot, the entire show gets thrown into question.If they can fix these oversights, the show could be something brilliant, but the hunters should be private detectives/investigators/bounty hunters, operating within the confines of the law, alongside specialists in the industry (e.g cyber security).Anyone with half a brain knows that tracking a cell phone or accessing CCTV (traffic or otherwise), takes weeks to gain access to, not minutes.

rattlechickenchains This show is SIMULATED! Don't get all bent out of shape about it. There is no way that the show has access to any of the resources that are simulated. But they know where the plate readers are IRL and they know when the fugitives passed that reader, so they can simulate that information and give the hunters access to it. The same with the surveillance footage. The time it would take to get warrants for half the stuff they do would exceed the 28 days, so much of what is going on is truncated for filming. The show producers no doubt have access to all of the fugitive information and they make the call of whether the hunters have done the work to gain access to it.That being said, I loved it! Can't wait for season two and I might just apply to play game someday. The only thing that gave me pause was the running at the end. I can play hide and seek all day long, but I hate to run :P

earlyritter This show is an interesting idea, we were really excited to see it and the first episode was interesting. Unfortunately the premise of the show cannot cover the nonsense that ensues. This is not portrayal of reality. The players are set up to fail. The rules place on them would make it easy for even a novice investigator to find them. It seem to be a forum for stroking the egos of the investigators on the show. Their time consists mostly of sitting in a room making arrogant comments about how great they are. They have seem to have every device that is needed ready to go at a moments notice. People in the forest, cool an ex machina drone and its pilot suddenly appear! Just like real life. Their interview techniques are rudimentary at best. They conduct interviews of the fugitives children? What planet are they on? Force their way into peoples houses without permission? Toss a guys house including the attic looking for the fugitives? To use a video game analogy. The fugitives are nerfed with stupid unrealistic rules, while the investigators are buffed with super powers and resources that seem unlimited and a scope of power that is unrestricted. It would not bother me so much if the investigators were not so arrogant about their own abilities, when all they are doing is using sytems already set up to track the people they are after. Oh and then at the end after all the running and hiding and evasion we find out it's really for nothing because the investigators get their final cheat by knowing exactly where the fugitives are going to be when they make their final escape.This show insults the intelligence of real life investigators and law enforcement because it makes the job look way too easy. It insults real fugitives because it makes it look like they are all stupid. It insults our intelligence by selling it as reality, when in truth its a crappy game show with stupid rules that seem made up on the fly.

atlasmb This reality show is a game of hide and seek gone high tech. Nine teams of two try to avoid capture by a diverse squad of police and military experts. The teams are married couples, best friends or others with real-life connections. The experts are current or former FBI, Homeland Security, U.S. Marshals, CIA, SWAT, NSA, Navy Seals, British Intelligence...well the list goes on and on. They are dedicated to finding the fugitive teams before 28 days expire. Teams that elude capture win a prize of $250,000.How real is it? Some scenes are recreated. There are certainly rules beyond those they share with the audience. Some parts of the show feel guided or manufactured. But overall it has a feeling of authenticity, meaning the behaviors of hunters and prey feel true to human nature. Some fugitive teams make elementary errors. Some execute clever plans only to be undone by simple mistakes. Some of the hunters are so driven by ego it might interfere with their decisions.If nothing else, the show is a primer in modern techniques of surveillance and apprehension. The internet--and everything connected to it--is a huge source of data. But they also use searches, interviews, CCTV, drones, and other methods of profiling and gaining information.I suspect most viewers will identify with the prey, but some will probably identify with the hunters. Either way, there are moments of anxiety as their paths come close together or even intersect. This might be considered a guilty pleasure--though not as much as "Cops" which appeals to the baser nature of its viewers. As a contest, it pits amateurs against professionals with years of training and nearly unlimited tools. Still, the odds are that one team, at least, will survive to claim the cash.