Aside from the details of the action, this is a film that is all too real, in spirit and character. The acting isn't top notch, but that's not the point. Here's someone that has had something horrible happen to him, and upon realization that there is absolutely no restitution or justice (because it's been designed that way), he takes matters into his own hands. How he chose his victim isn't as important as the fact that he chose an appropriate one (in part) for her role in his suffering. Where some may think he's rambling incoherently, others will know that he has drawn a very clear line to his conclusions. This is the part that is meant for those who would sooner stick their heads in the sand and not have to listen because they surely already have all the answers. And like 90% of this world, they just want to be left alone. Which was exactly his point. And he was happy with that until it affected him. And like the 90% who feel the same until it happens to them. And he knew what the outcome would be, just as people who will see this and spout labels that are uninformed and biased before the thoughts that need to be thought are even an inkling of a thought. Certain words will point in one direction or another, clouds rise up and the vertices are drawn before the synapses can make a complete revolution round the roller rink of the psyche. To be a spoiler about it, that was also his point. And maybe that's the point of the film: the sand ears will lalala their time away and never learn a thing, other than what they've been trained to think and do while the vast minority will gleam a bit of wisdom and empathy for what really goes on in the world. And maybe just a very tiny minority will come to realize that they're not so far away from those who do wield the power and that they're just a tool for all the bad things foisted upon the unsuspecting. Another of his points, she didn't choose the innocents that would get harmed in the crossfire of her deeds, but he did. We could debate which is worse, but they're both evil in their own respects. Neither one is the good guy. To paraphrase a very wise man, I won't point the finger, but I'll pay for the thumb. The review title is the song, the song is by Chris Hickey. The thumb is the system. I'm sure a lot of people hide behind their pointing of labels, but feel no guilt in their part in promoting them. No one does anything bad, yet evil pervades and prevails.
Review of Night of the Hunted
