# The Hunted (2003)

> A veteran survival instructor tracks his most dangerous former pupil through Oregon wilderness, where professional pursuit becomes a brutal reckoning with shared training and wartime trauma.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/5700

## Facts

- Runtime: 94 min
- Genres: Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
- Director: William Friedkin
- Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio del Toro, Connie Nielsen, Leslie Stefanson, John Finn, José Zúñiga, Ron Canada, Mark Pellegrino
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269347/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: brooding, visceral, foreboding, action movie night, wilderness thriller marathon

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