The Hunt 2020 Review

The film’s victims are not angels. They are shown screaming racist slurs, falling for obvious conspiracy theories, and generally behaving like carnival caricatures of red-state America. One of the first victims is a "Fox News type" who tries to negotiate with the hunters using conservative talking points, which fails hilariously.

When The Hunt hit theaters (and ultimately on-demand services) in March 2020, the world was a powder keg. The film was released against a backdrop of real-world political violence, a pandemic just beginning to shutter cinemas, and a firestorm of controversy that nearly prevented its release entirely. Branded as "dangerous" by a sitting president and "sick" by media pundits, The Hunt 2020 became a cinematic Rorschach test. The Hunt 2020

Then-President Donald Trump tweeted without seeing the film: "Liberal Hollywood is the most racist and angry group of people anywhere. The ‘Hunt’ is made to inflame and cause chaos. They are the true Racists and Enemies of the People!" The film’s victims are not angels

In a polarized era, The Hunt remains a bloody, brilliant, and brave little movie that refuses to take a side. And for that alone, it deserves to be rediscovered. When The Hunt hit theaters (and ultimately on-demand

Her slow-motion realization that the "glass menagerie" of elites are actually fragile is the film’s thesis. In one iconic scene, she examines the pristine home of her enemies, looks at a $30,000 abstract painting, and deadpans: "This is a dumb picture of a horse." It is a gut-laugh that perfectly encapsulates the class war at the film’s core. Make no mistake: The Hunt 2020 is a brutal R-rated horror-action hybrid. The violence is graphic and inventive. We see impalements, explosions, throat-slittings, and a bathroom fight sequence that rivals Mission: Impossible for sheer tension.