The Hunt
2019
7.4
The Hunt

'The Hunt' trivia and fun facts

Satire

The creators Both Zobel and Lindelof have said that this film is a critique of American politics, both left and right parties.

Secret Revealed

In the movie trailer, Betty Gilpin's character, Crystal, rips an Arkansas license plate off a car to reveal the true license plate below and where they really are: Croatia.

Based on real words

The elite hunters' reference to their prey as "deplorable" is an allusion to the phrase "deplorable basket", used by Hillary Clinton during the 2016 US presidential election campaign to refer to supporters of the then presidential candidate Donald Trump

Delayed release

The premiere of the film was scheduled for 2019 but in the summer of that year it was canceled due to the violent reactions that provoked the plot of the film.

Your story is familiar to me

Based largely on "The Most Dangerous Game," a famous story written by Richard Connell. Other recent film adaptations include: 'Hard Target' (John Woo's first Hollywood movie), 'Surviving the Game' starring Rutger Hauer and Ice-T,' The Pest 'starring John Leguizamo, 'The Eliminator 'starring by UFC champion Bas Rutten.

Bigger reasons

The premise of the film joined the fact that at the beginning of August 2019 there were two shootings in the southern United States and, following the criticism of Donald Trump, the distributor had no choice but to postpone its premiere.

Old Coworkers

Actresses Emma Roberts and Amy Madigan coincided as protagonists in another production before, 'Virginia' (2010).

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