The Hunt is an utterly dumb gorefest with razor-sharp observations

MUCH like last year’s Ready Or Not, The Hunt is a ludicrous and violent chase thriller.

It is released now after being pushed back in the wake of last year’s mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas.

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Completely stupid and perplexing, it still gives a passable hour and a half – but will surely anger a lot of people.

The plot is simple, although it throws in a few interesting twists.

A group of liberal elites seek to rid the world of Trump Maga hat-wearing conspiracy theorists by dumping a dozen of them in a forest and picking them off in increasingly gruesome ways.

But what they don’t account for is badass Crystal (Glow’s Betty Gilpin) who decides she doesn’t fancy dying.

Co-written by Watchmen’s Damon Lindelof, this is just about the most unsubtle film I’ve seen in years.

It is simultaneously razor-sharp in its observations on woke culture and an utterly dumb gorefest.

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It has a few great moments –  it’s a while before you even know who you’re rooting for and why.

And it is full of twists and turns to make the time fly by.

But given its divisive nature, I found I didn’t really care who won or lost in the end.

The Hunt (15) 90mins

★★★☆☆

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