The Hunt 2020

: Provides a critical look at the film's lack of smart social commentary despite its provocative premise.

March 13, 2020 (theatrical), March 20, 2020 (digital) The Hunt 2020

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Directed by Craig Zobel and written by Nick Cuse and Damon Lindelof, The Hunt is a loose modernization of Richard Connell’s classic short story "The Most Dangerous Game." The premise is simple: A group of "deplorables" (working-class, conservative-leaning average Joes) wake up in a mysterious, wooded clearing. They are gagged, disoriented, and armed with nothing but a wooden crate of meager weapons. They quickly learn they are being hunted for sport by a group of elite "liberal" villains known as "Manorgate." They are gagged, disoriented, and armed with nothing

Here is where The Hunt gets tricky. The film claims to mock . It does.