The Hunt 4K 2020

Brutal and charming in its self-assuredness. That's it in a nutshell about the potential failed movie hit of all closed theaters. Promoted last year by Donald “my tweet is my enemy” Trump, but released at the worst possible time, the satirical thriller “The Hunt” focuses the viewer's attention on the conflict between the liberal elite and the more down-to-earth community, otherwise referred to in the movie as “armed homophobes,” “people with advanced degrees in racism,” or simply rednecks. The irony, hilarity and charm of the movie is that it is equally capable of pissing off both the left and the right while sipping champagne in a pool.

Imagine a movie where one of the roles is played by Leonardo DiCaprio, and he, then, is killed off five minutes after appearing on screen. Then we concentrate and follow the fate of another character and think: “So here he is, the one who knows where to go and we will follow him, the one for whom we will worry until the very end” - and in a minute he gets an air kiss from a double-barrelled shotgun. This is about the way the introduction of the picture pleases. The attempt not to follow the beaten path and hide the main character for a third of an hour is realized with diligence and looks too convincing to call it unjustified. “The Hunt” manages to make you laugh and entertain better than many of Marvel's blockbusters, while also being a scrappy adult version of “The Hunger Games.” Let's take, for clarity's sake, a culinary comparison. This movie is like a pie: the crunchy crust is bloody action with colorful characters (who to root for depends on your party), and the filling is a sharp social subtext seasoned with references to Orwell and Avatar. And, let it be said by some that this pie is American, strictly for domestic consumption. But it's damn good.