Description: Inspired by true events, The Hunting Party stars Richard Gere and Terrence Howard as vacationing journalists who try to track down a missing war criminal in one of Eastern Europe’s deadliest regions. What begins as an impulsive reporting adventure immediately turns dangerous, as hostile locals, shady underworld figures and a case of mistaken identity puts them squarely in their target’s crosshairs. Amid the bullets and bombs, they discover that getting the scoop is one thing – getting out alive is something else entirely.
Amazon.com: In the tradition of The Three Kings, The Hunting Party takes a satiric look at post-war opportunists. In this case, washed-up foreign correspondent Simon (Richard Gere, last seen in The Hoax) teams up with hotshot cameraman Duck (Terrence Howard, fresh off The Brave One), and rookie reporter Benjamin (Jesse Eisenberg, The Squid and the Whale) to catch a war criminal. Like an all-male A Star Is Born, Hunt and Duck enjoyed a successful partnership before the horrors of Bosnia reduced the former to self-parody (he suffered a breakdown). By chance, they meet up again in Sarajevo five years later. This time, Duck is joined by Benjamin, a recent Harvard grad eager for action. Hunt convinces them to help him track down "The Fox" (Ljubomir Kerekes), so named for his love of small-game hunting. It isn't just the thrill of the chase that fuels their mission... but the $5 million bounty. Naturally, things go terribly awry. Based on the Esquire article "What I Did on My Summer Vacation," The Hunting Party was written and directed by The Matador's Richard Shepard. As he makes clear in the opening title, the parts that seem the most preposterous hue closest to the facts. At the end, another title sequence clarifies the distinction (Diane Kruger's informant, for instance, was actually a man). If the film is rarely as funny as intended, it's worth a look for the charismatic turns by Howard and Gere. Eisenberg and James Brolin, as an acerbic anchorman, provide quick-witted support. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Good film but not the best The movie is OK but is not the best by Richard Gere. Its full of action but there is something lacking that I can't put my finger on.
This says too much about right now The movie is in the same class as 'Zodiac' in that it uses real events and people, keeps up the suspense and, in the end, gets one sooooo very angry at a system that knows what to do, what is right, and doesn't follow through allowing people to get away with murder. 'Hunting Party' is actually almost unbelievable but at the end, you learn the truth of a number of the actual people in the movie. Also Gere does such a good job with what happens when a journalist can no longer be simply a reporter.
Hunting Party DVD Movie Great & important movie! Karadzic is now being tried for genocide; otherwise, this story is right out of Balkan headlines. Rates triple A+++++!!
Yet another anti-Serbian propaganda movie This is just another crap movie by poor hollywood directors who create a so called movie about a war that their know nothing about or all they know is what been shown on political (white house controlled) tv stations like almighty CNN and BBC. Joseph Goebbels of Hitler's Germany looks like an amature when it comes to CNN and BBC and. Unfotunatelly most of regular americans are so dumb that they belive anything they see on TV and accept as the only "truth" not taking the view from the "accused" side.
Well, let me tell you that I spent 4 years of war in Bosnia and I have seen atrocities from all sides involved in that war. I have seen Serbian women and children killed and raped by muslims. 10,000 Serbs are either killed or missing in Sarajevo alone but no Western Media will show that. Well this so called movie does not tell that story becuase Serbs are labeled in the muslim and Western media as the aggressors of their own land Bosnia where they lived for centuries, and are labeled as the only killers in that war. Muslims, who are actually America's biggest enemy (not to mention that Osama Bin Laden was at the Sarajevo Airport in 2002)are shown as innocent victims in this movie. You may ask why is this so that only Serbs are shown as the bad guys. Well the answer is simple. America is the strongest nation in the world and they decide who is the bad guy and who is the good guy. But why Serbs? Why Serbs who have always been America's allied in both WW1 and WW2 while muslims and Croats were collaborating with Germany and Hitler. Well bosnian muslims (former Serbs, that converted to islam during Ottoman Empire) are strongly supported by rich Middle Eastern Islamic Fundamentalist such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, UAE and so on. THeir goal is to create an Islamic country in Europe and then spread further. Unfortunatelly America does not have friends or enemies. It only has interests. And their interest is cheaper oil reserves from Islamic countries and in return it has to protect muslims in Bosnia. I am not saying that Serbs did not do any crimes but so did the muslims and the croats but you will never see such a Movie in Hollywood!
GREAT Movie After watching hours of mindless dribble, it was refreshing to come across a movie that was not only engaging, it was well acted and it actually had a good plot. I loved it! If you enjoy a good adventure with a little bit of comedy weaved through it you won't be disappointed. For mature, thinking audiences, worth watching.
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