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Summary: A powerful look into ancient and modern day chinese cult.
Review: Christopher Lambert is a bussiness man working in japan, when he meets a beautiful woman little does he know his life is going to get alot more complicated.The woman is killed and he has been marked for death by an ancient Japenese cult known as the Makato.This clan is widely known to have masterd the art of ninjitsu but he has seen the master of this cult and lived to tell about it his name is Kinjo and noone outside of his clan has ever seen him.Christopher Lambert only knows one way to get out of this fight to the death.It's an age old battle and now it has begun. It was intresting to see in this DVD that this was filmed in Japan. You will also get a trailer and production notes it's a must see for fans of the martial arts genere.
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Summary: no one can beat the greatest ninja's
Review: christopher lambert is on vaction and meets a women in a bar, they go together in her room when they find 3 expert ninja's ready to assinate her when they killed her, he was stabbed by a unusual weapon he luckily lived, a expert ninja's come's to help him the war is on, the most disturbing scene in the movie is on a train when they execute every single person, it shows much blood and many dead victims, the end is also very violent. a great martial art film to own on d.v.d, not a single second is boreing in this great film
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Summary: One of my favorites
Review: Don't be fooled by the premise that Christopher Lambert is the "star" of the movie nor that the creator of the movie also created Under Siege, The Hunted is a movie that does an excellent job of portraying the beauty of sword play, the bitterness of revenge, and beauty of justice. Paul Racine (Christopher Lambert) is an American on a business trip in Japan and ends up meeting Kirina (Joan Chen) at a bar at his hotel. His wonderful night with the beautiful Kirina ends with her life being taken by Kinjo (John Lone), the leader of a ninja clan that is thought to only exist in tales to scare children, and Paul is critically injured, but not killed, in the process. Paul, unfortunately, is still hunted by the ninjas and is taken under the protection of Takeda (Yoshio Harada), a master swordsman. The movie flows through beautiful and semi-realistic sword play while the truth behind Takeda's true intentions and Kinjo's obsession with killing Paul (in order to relieve himself of the images of Kirina that are haunting him) are revealed gradually and lead to the final battle. The movie portrays beautiful and realistic (except for a scene where Takeda deflects two throwing-stars with his sword) fighting scenes mixed with an almost classic ideaology of samurai and ninja conflict. The DVD has basic bonus features, including cast and production notes and offers the movie in spoken french and english and sub-titled in spanish and english. Even if you are not interested in the bonus features, I would suggest at least purchasing the VHS of The Hunted.
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Summary: One of my favorites
Review: Don't be fooled by the premise that Christopher Lambert is the "star" of the movie nor that the creator of the movie also created Under Siege, The Hunted is a movie that does an excellent job of portraying the beauty of sword play, the bitterness of revenge, and beauty of justice. Paul Racine (Christopher Lambert) is an American on a business trip in Japan and ends up meeting Kirina (Joan Chen) at a bar at his hotel. His wonderful night with the beautiful Kirina ends with her life being taken by Kinjo (John Lone), the leader of a ninja clan that is thought to only exist in tales to scare children, and Paul is critically injured, but not killed, in the process. Paul, unfortunately, is still hunted by the ninjas and is taken under the protection of Takeda (Yoshio Harada), a master swordsman. The movie flows through beautiful and semi-realistic sword play while the truth behind Takeda's true intentions and Kinjo's obsession with killing Paul (in order to relieve himself of the images of Kirina that are haunting him) are revealed gradually and lead to the final battle. The movie portrays beautiful and realistic (except for a scene where Takeda deflects two throwing-stars with his sword) fighting scenes mixed with an almost classic ideaology of samurai and ninja conflict. The DVD has basic bonus features, including cast and production notes and offers the movie in spoken french and english and sub-titled in spanish and english. Even if you are not interested in the bonus features, I would suggest at least purchasing the VHS of The Hunted.
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Summary: A universal appeal
Review: Excellent guy movie, chicks, guys with swords and people cut in half from the start. Fans of movies like Braveheart, Gladiator, Highlander or Lord of the Rings should find this movie highly entertaining especialy those who have an interest in historical Japan. Its samurai vs ninja in this modern day fiction based from Japan's feudal past, and my favorite scene features the head samurai, Takeda (thats mr badman to you) carving up a dozen or so ninja in a high speed train.
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Summary: Highlander it isn't. (But that can be a good thing.)
Review: First off if your looking for another Highlander movie this isn't it. This movie came out shortly after Highlander III and I believe that the producers of the movie got Christopher Lambert so people who like Highlander would also go see this movie. But if your looking for a good martial arts movie with excellent swordplay then this is the movie for you. Christopher Lambert stars as a New York Businessman who is in Japan to close a major deal. While in Japan he witnesses a murder by Modern day Ninjas. Since the leader of the ninjas is foolish enough to remove his mask, Christopher see's his face and now to preserve his identity The assassin must kill him. Christophers only hope lies with a Kendo teacher who's ancestors were almost wiped out By the Assassin's clan 300 years ago. All in all an entertaining movie which I highly recommend. And there is even a bit of a suprise ending. Well worth owning. (which I am trying to do if the studio ever releases it again)
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Summary: Code of Bushido
Review: For those who like a more "realistic" depiction of Japanese martial arts, "The Hunted" is a MUST SEE. The only thing that seperates the Samurai from the Ninja IS the code of honor "BUSHIDO". The Hunted pits these two age old martial disciplines against each other in a very exciting and realistic way. The sword "fight" scenes are incredible at the same time believeable. A MUST SEE for anyone who enjoys, and appreciates, "BUDO".
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Summary: Code of Bushido
Review: For those who like a more "realistic" depiction of Japanese martial arts, "The Hunted" is a MUST SEE. The only thing that seperates the Samurai from the Ninja IS the code of honor "BUSHIDO". The Hunted pits these two age old martial disciplines against each other in a very exciting and realistic way. The sword "fight" scenes are incredible at the same time believeable. A MUST SEE for anyone who enjoys, and appreciates, "BUDO".
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Summary: BUY THIS MOVIE
Review: Holy moly... I can't begin to tell you how pleasantly surprised I was after watching this movie. Don't let the boring DVD cover or leading man fool you. Christopher Lambert is just an ordinary business man visiting Japan. John Lone & Yoshio Harada make the flick. Tak Kubota as Oshima gave the movie a bit of comic relief as well. The fight scenes are absolutely astounding. I watched this movie dog tired & was on the edge of my seat the entire time. I had to recommend it to all of my friends the very next day. I'm watching it AGAIN as I am typing this review. Two words... "Train Scene." If you want to know what I'm talking about, BUY THE MOVIE. Have you ever watched a flick that was so good, with the main characters being so ruthless & believable that you couldn't help but get goosebumps? Well, here's an excerpt from the film that will give nothing away but a brief foreshadowing of just how good the Samurai was: Paul Racine: What do we do if he loses?
Meiko: Takeda will not lose... Have you got goosebumps yet? Those of you expecting a cheesy movie w/ horrible acting, CGI & impossible stunts done with cables, turn the other way. I bought this movie site unseen & without any recommendation from anyone except the plethora of 5 star reviews from Amazon. It was well worth the money & you will not be disappointed.
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Summary: "Kinjo... I challenge You!!"
Review: I actually picked up this DVD for my brother, who is a big fan of Japanese swords. This movie has some of the best swordfight scenes i have ever seen in a movie. Unfortunatley Christopher Lambert doesn't shine in this perhaps the way he did in "Highlander," fortunatley enough he doesn't speak very often. This movie is NOT for the light hearted. Extremely Graphic in nature. Getting disembowled with a Katana is not a pretty site, and the director did an excellent job showing this. I don't normally like Action movies; they are generally too predictable and bland in nature; this is surprisingly different. Very Good
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