Tommy lee jones is guilty of a little overacting, although he does spend most of the runtime poking, touching and staring at his surroundings for clues so i guess hes making up for that. Connie nielsen, benicio del toro, tommy lee jones and more. In the green woods of silver falls, oregon, aaron hallam, a trained assassin awol from the special forces, keeps his own brand of wildlife vigil. Bonham, played by tommy lee jones, bring this theme into clear focus. I am happy to report that the hunted, starring tommy lee jones and benicio del toro, a paramount pictures film that i was the technical advisor for, will make it to the big screen on march 14. Willem dafoe, benicio del toro, tommy lee jones, dev patel, brad pitt, mark ruffalo, peter sarsgaard, christoph waltz. The hunted, directed by stuart cooper and starring harry hamlin, madchen amick and hannes jaenicke. With tommy lee jones, benicio del toro and connie nielsen. Del toro does his tried and tested stone cold killer routine, but with such. Lawton and starring christopher lambert, joan chen and john lone. The hunted is a 2003 american action thriller film directed by william friedkin and starring tommy lee jones and benicio del toro. Mar, 2003 the new psychological thriller the hunted, proves once again that even performances by two academy awardwinning actors in this case tommy lee jones and benicio del toro cant save a.
Tommy lee jones, benicio del toro, connie nielsen, leslie. One of his students is aaron hallam benicio del toro, who fought in. Ok, if you are a shootem up thriller fan as i selfconfessedly admit to being, you might have missed the car chase, the sex and all that, but gang, it is a gripping and. A detective in postkatrina new orleans has a series of surreal encounters with a troop of friendly confederate soldiers while investigating serial killings of local prostitutes, a 1965 lynching, and corrupt local businessmen. Mar 14, 2003 the hunted is a pure and rather inspired example of the oneonone chase movie.
The hunted, directed by william friedkin and starring tommy lee jones and benicio del toro. The film was directed by academy award and golden globe winner billy friedkin. With tommy lee jones, john goodman, peter sarsgaard, mary steenburgen. Like the fugitive, which also starred tommy lee jones, its about. This is my favorite movie with tommy lee jones as the protagonist. The hunted stars oscar winners tommy lee jones and benicio del toro along with connie nielsen. I think hollywood needs to take a page out of movies like this and use more practical systems of fighting for their choreography, instead of. Tommy lee jones character is tasked with apprehending a wanted man played by benicio del toro whom he trained in army special forces sere school.
Walking in, i thought i knew what to expect, but i didnt anticipate how william friedkin would jolt me with the immediate urgency of the action. John finn played bridges boss captain fred roarke in that. Tko tommy lee jones vs benicio del toro fight youtube. An all too familiar chase movie thats not worth the talents involved. If i had only one sentence to explain how badly director william friedkin has bungled the hunted, it would be this. Its a potboiler of a thriller for sure but the film distinguishes itself with some heart pounding, visceral fight sequences. He is pursued by the ever excellent, but aging, tommy lee jones who had trained him in the army in self defence, survival, the effective use of the knife, and turned him out a ruthless killer. Connie nielsen fills in the rest of the film when it isnt on jones or del toro. Fed film og sa ser vi connie nelsen at hun ogsa godt vil v. Kate pierce, now a cynical teen, is unexpectedly reunited with santa claus when a mysterious. The hunted, which pairs tommy lee jones and benicio del toro, begins huge and ends up tiny. Gold derby award for best supporting actor wikipedia. The hunted may have starred academy award winners jones and del toro but the tracker knife also received a lot of screen time arguably more attention than any knife has ever received in a major.
Tommy lee jones is indeed a wicked cool tracker, and the filmmakers try to let us in on the tiny clues he sees as he tracks down benicio del toro. The hunted, directed by stuart cooper and starring harry hamlin, madchen amick and hannes jaenicke the hunted 2003 film, directed by william friedkin and starring tommy lee jones and benicio del toro. Tommy lee jones and john finn worked together on blown away 1994, in which they were on opposite sides of the law. Like the fugitive, which also starred tommy lee jones, its about one man pursuing another more or less nonstop for the entire film. Mar 29, 2016 tommy lee jones character is tasked with apprehending a wanted man played by benicio del toro whom he trained in army special forces sere school. With tommy lee jones, javier bardem, josh brolin, woody harrelson.
Marshal samuel gerard in the 1993 thriller film the fugitive his other notable starring roles include texas ranger woodrow f. Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the rio grande. The hunted is a suspense thriller about a tracker, bonham tommy lee jones, who teams up with fbi agent abby durrell connie nielsen to hunt down a trained assassin hallam benicio del toro. The film story of aaron hallum played by the competent benicio del toro and his counterpart, l. Benicio monserrate rafael del toro sanchez born february 19, 1967 is a puerto rican actor and producer of spanish descent. Mar 14, 2003 the hunted, which pairs tommy lee jones and benicio del toro, begins huge and ends up tiny. The hunted is a pure and rather inspired example of the oneonone chase movie.
Directed by william friedkin mostly in united states. Haunted by the nightmares of killing he experienced in kosovo in the past, aaron hallam academy awardwinner del toro has turned into a. He has received four academy award nominations, winning best supporting actor for his performance as u. Hunted dvd r 2003 widescreen tommy lee jones benicio del toro. Benicio del toro and tommy lee jones in the hunted youtube. It begins in moral complexity and arrives at ambivalence. Recommendation the hunted 2003 directed by william friedkin starring tommy lee jones and benicio del toro. William friedkins 2003 thriller the hunted is not a remarkable film. With precision and skill, the predator remains one step ahead, and escapes into the city. The hunted 2003 directed by william friedkin starring tommy.
Tommy lee jones, benicio del toro, connie nielsen, leslie stefanson, john finn nie je nikde online. Tommy lee jones born september 15, 1946 is an american actor, director, producer and screenwriter. An fbi deepwoods tracker attempts to capture a trained assassin who has made a sport of hunting humans. Throughout the film, both tommy lee jones and benicio del toro wear custom made buffalo leather moccasins by catskill mountain moccasins of woodstock, new york. See details the hunted vhs, 2003 new factory sealed tommy lee jones benicio del toro nos see all 4 brand new listings. Home publications the hunted the hunted a message from tom brown jr. Jun 16, 2016 pelicula protagonizada por tommy lee jones, benicio del toro y connie nielsen. With tommy lee jones, benicio del toro, connie nielsen, leslie stefanson. Jun 11, 2012 an fbi deepwoods tracker captures a trained assassin who has made a sport of hunting humans. The movie sees tommy lee jones track rogue assassin benicio del toro who in turn is hunting and killing the most dangerous game of all, man. He has won critical acclaim and numerous accolades and awards, including an academy award, bafta award, golden globe award, and screen actors guild award for his portrayal of the jaded but morally upright police officer javier rodriguez in the film traffic 2000.
Benicio del toro, emily blunt and josh brolin to return in sicario 2 what are the best movies adapted from books. Benicio del toros line delivery is a bit awkward which makes him seem like a miscast. I liked both the hunted films the 90s one with ninjas and this one. Marshal samuel gerard in the 1993 thriller film the fugitive. Tommy lee jones, benicio del toro, connie nielsen, leslie stefanson, john finn usa, 2003 znakomicie wyszkolony zolnierz amerykanskich oddzialow specjalnych aaron hallam benicio del toro w 1999 roku walczyl w kosowie, gdzie byl swiadkiem wielu okrucienstw. Benicio del toro did a really super job portraying the soldier that could not turn it off. An fbi deepwoods tracker captures a trained assassin who has made a sport of hunting humans. Benicio del toro and tommy lee jones in the hunted.
This film seemed to be a combination remake of several films. The hunted is a film directed by william friedkin with tommy lee jones, benicio del toro, connie nielsen, jenna boyd, year. The hunted 2003 tommy lee jones, benicio del toro r length screen formats languages subtitles sound sides. Sometimes joness superhuman skills outstrip the filmmakers ability to show us exactly what he is picking up on, but often we get brief images of clues whose. Call in the tv miniseries lonesome dove, agent k in. A film that wasnt well received when it was released, but in my view is one of the better action movies of that decade. Met tommy lee jones, benicio del toro en connie nielsen. Del toro does his tried and tested stone cold killer routine, but with such dialoguelight characters neither feels properly developed.
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