Well, I went to see The Hunted over the weekend. While I don't think it's 3.5 stars good, I also don't believe it's 24% bad...

The key is it is a 100% chase movie. The whole start in Serbia sorta has to be there from a storytelling standpoint, but it was forgetably done. Then the scene where the hunters get killed is so-so. But once you get through that stuff (and Tommy Lee Jones' introduction) it really picks up. From there it's one big chase, and there are things about it I really like. The hand to hand combat was great. For people who haven't really done any of this before normal fighting does not work like you tend to see in the movies. It works like you see in this movie. It's slow, everyone gets hit, and everyone makes mistakes. They do a great job of working distance during the fights as well.

Also, I don't really know anything about tracking or evading but I felt like the tracking and evading in this movie was believable. And it was especially interesting when they did it in an urban environment. My definite favorite was the slow speed car chase...

It was also cool because they actually filmed a lot of that in Western Oregon (where I grew up.) Also they did take some liberties. For example, there are not huge rapids right below Portland on the Columbia river. For reference, I'm thinking the large rapid they show is on the Rogue down in Southern Oregon - I guess I could rent The River Wild to be sure since it was filmed entirely on the Rogue.

If you want to see a movie that is purely one long chase (with some crappy stuff at the start) go see this one.

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