Well, I can't claim that I was harboring much of any expectations to this 2022 movie titled "Hunt Club", as I sat down to watch it here in 2023. In fact, I had not even heard about the movie prior to stumbling upon it by random chance.
I opted to watch "Hunt Club" because it was a movie I hadn't already seen, but also because Casper Van Dien was on the cast list.
Writers David Lipper and John Saunders put together a fairly straightforward storyline and script here. However, "Hunt Club" failed bring anything new or innovative to the genre of people hunting people for sport. What you see in this movie has already been seen and done in other similar movies. But hey, at least that makes "Hunt Club" a somewhat familiar viewing, I suppose. The movie's narrative was generic and rather predictable. But it still made for an adequate enough viewing experience the one and only time you will watch it. Yeah, there isn't much contents to the script or storyline to support more than a single viewing.
The acting performances in "Hunt Club" were fair enough, and there were some familiar faces on the cast list, with the likes of Mena Suvari, Casper Van Dien, Mickey Rourke, Jason London and Jeremy London. Personally, I don't understand why Mickey Rourke gets casted for movies, as he is stripped for acting talent and his mere appearance sort of introduces a Frankenstein element into the narrative. It was, however, fun to see the London twins in roles such as they portrayed in "Hunt Club", just a shame they didn't have more time on the screen.
"Hunt Club" is not a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time, nor is it a movie that I will actively recommend people to go out and get to watch.
My rating of director Elizabeth Blake-Thomas's 2022 movie "Hunt Club" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.
I opted to watch "Hunt Club" because it was a movie I hadn't already seen, but also because Casper Van Dien was on the cast list.
Writers David Lipper and John Saunders put together a fairly straightforward storyline and script here. However, "Hunt Club" failed bring anything new or innovative to the genre of people hunting people for sport. What you see in this movie has already been seen and done in other similar movies. But hey, at least that makes "Hunt Club" a somewhat familiar viewing, I suppose. The movie's narrative was generic and rather predictable. But it still made for an adequate enough viewing experience the one and only time you will watch it. Yeah, there isn't much contents to the script or storyline to support more than a single viewing.
The acting performances in "Hunt Club" were fair enough, and there were some familiar faces on the cast list, with the likes of Mena Suvari, Casper Van Dien, Mickey Rourke, Jason London and Jeremy London. Personally, I don't understand why Mickey Rourke gets casted for movies, as he is stripped for acting talent and his mere appearance sort of introduces a Frankenstein element into the narrative. It was, however, fun to see the London twins in roles such as they portrayed in "Hunt Club", just a shame they didn't have more time on the screen.
"Hunt Club" is not a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time, nor is it a movie that I will actively recommend people to go out and get to watch.
My rating of director Elizabeth Blake-Thomas's 2022 movie "Hunt Club" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.