This movie was released later than expected because Benicio Del Toro injured his wrist diving for a knife in a stunt w/ Tommy Lee Jones. When it was finally released, audiences were not in the mood for a realistic action film like this probably because of the violence in Iraq. A hint to this was another live action film called, "Tears of the Sun" with Bruce Willis released just before "The Hunted" which earned about the same in the box office.
Yes this is a great movie that could have been even better - much was taken out. It sould have been over two hours in length, but 30 minutes of the chase drama was cut out - just when it get's exciting. Just think about how cool William Freidkin directed the suspense drama in "The French Connection". Del Toro hiding in the city before breaking out "into the wild" could have been more more suspensful with a few more trists and turns.
PS - My son was in this film, that why I track it's prograss.
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