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Craig Zobel ’s “The Hunt” is filled with more memes than plot. The incendiary film, which caused much online handwringing last fall, was eventually shelved after the president weighed in with an uninformed opinion. Almost everybody’s opinion came sight unseen because few eyes had even watched “The Hunt” at all. No matter, after much sound and fury the movie is more of a molehill than a mountain. Betty Gilpin deserves better and so do we.

The film opens on a bombastic overture and a stiltedly staged group text that will retroactively become important. We are then whisked onto a luxury jet where the liberal rich are feted and random poor conservatives from different parts of the country have been drugged and tucked out-of-sight in the back of the plane. The next scene opens on the kidnapped victims waking up gagged and heading towards a mysterious box in a field, like the cornucopia from “ The Hunger Games .” Once their restraints are off and the shooting begins, the most dangerous game’s afoot.

It’s easier to single out what I enjoyed about the movie before delving into its messy politics. There are a handful of thrilling, suspenseful sequences like the first shootout in the field and some hand-to-hand combat. Zobel leans into the exploitative possibilities of recreating Richard Connell’s The Most Dangerous Game for a new audience, including bloody boobytraps, a grenade thrown down a guy’s pants and many, many painful-looking splattery wounds from arrows, knives and bullets.

Standing tall and stern-faced in the middle of the violent squall is Crystal (Gilpin), the movie’s secret weapon and its saving grace. Hardly any of the other characters on either side of the liberal/conservative divide ever rise above a trite stereotype, and while there’s not too much more depth to Crystal, Gilpin’s performance as a reluctant warrior makes her kind of a hero. She plays Crystal with a tight-lipped and restrained presence, perhaps a holdover from tolerating rotten customers at her car rental agency job. Later, we learn she served in the military, and Gilpin embodies this moving rigidly but quickly, showing that some of her discipline has worn off over the years through a few nervous ticks. Still, her eyes remain on survival and never lets her guard down, like Rambo by way of Mississippi. For those of us who have watched her as Liberty Belle on Netflix’s “Glow,” she’s playing someone completely against type and it’s exhilarating to watch.

Apart from Gilpin, the movie falls apart. The villains in this story are liberal elites lead by a woman named Athena ( Hilary Swank ) who have a preposterous social media backstory fueled by a conspiracy theory known as Manorgate. It’s one of the many borrowed and tweaked headlines used in “The Hunt,” which despite all its copy and pasting of popular terms and internet slurs, doesn’t add up to anything beyond its superficial violence. Written by Nick Cuse and Damon Lindelof , “The Hunt” proves how “both-siderism” doesn’t always logically pan out. How could a pack of liberals easily upset by the sugar in soda, climate change and gendered language turn to kill for sport? Instead, the movie plays into the conspiracy fears about crisis actors and theories that rich liberal elites are out to kill them, and that is where things get less funny.

Zobel, Cuse and Lindelof made a movie to own the libs and the conservatives, which might be the most capitalist (or nihilist) attitude towards politics yet. The unoriginality of “The Hunt” extends to its cinematography, which Darran Tiernan paints with one shade of grey and maroon bloodstains, its unremarkable production design by Matthew Munn , and its stereotype-reaffirming wardrobe from costume designer David Tabbert . The movie is both disposable in its inability to say something—anything!—about the current political climate beyond “Oh, it’s dicey out there,” and as a strange cultural artifact of the times. It’s just as likely that this movie would have flown in and out of theaters without much notice were it not for its momentary blip on social media. Perhaps there’s more of a lesson to be learned from “The Hunt” than what happens in “The Hunt.”

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo is a critic, journalist, programmer, and curator based in New York City. She is the Senior Film Programmer at the Jacob Burns Film Center and a contributor to RogerEbert.com .

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The Hunt (2020)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, and language throughout.

115 minutes

Emma Roberts as Yoga Pants

J. C. MacKenzie as Paul

Hilary Swank as Athena

Justin Hartley as Trucker

Ethan Suplee as Gary

Macon Blair as Envoy

Betty Gilpin as Crystal

Ike Barinholtz as Staten Island

Amy Madigan as Ma

Glenn Howerton as Richard

Craig Zobel
Damon Lindelof

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Darran Tiernan
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‘Hunt’: Cannes Review

By Tim Grierson, Senior US Critic 2022-05-20T00:15:00+01:00

‘Squid Game’ star Lee Jung-jae makes his muscular directorial debut with this kinetic, violent thriller

Source: Megabox Plus M

Dir: Lee Jung-jae. South Korea. 2022. 131 mins.

There will be blood — as well as plenty of double-crosses — in Hunt , which follows two South Korean government agents who are looking for a mole in their ranks, each man suspecting the traitor may be the other. Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae makes his directorial debut with this assured, violent thriller, providing a coolly controlled performance that goes toe-to-toe with an equally stoic Jung Woo-sung. The plotting may sometimes be convoluted, but the picture rolls along so forcefully that its familiar genre trappings hardly hamper the proceedings.

There’s a steely precision to Hunt ’s gun battles, explosions and vehicular menace that’s overwhelming and kinetic

Hunt premieres in Cannes’ Midnight section, boasting the marquee value of its two veteran leads. The film’s tension and sustained action sequences could make it a fetching commercial proposition, especially among fans of muscular spy thrillers.

Lee plays Park, the KCIA Foreign Unit chief who harbours dark memories of a past tragedy that will eventually be illuminated through flashbacks. After a failed assassination attempt on the president, both Park and Kim (Jung), the head of the Domestic Unit, are ordered to find the masterminds. But Park and Kim have a history — Kim roughly interrogated Park five years ago, leaving him with permanent nerve damage in his hand — and they don’t like one another. Nevertheless, their investigation leads to the discovery that a mysterious individual, codenamed Donglim, has infiltrated the KCIA. They must find this man, both becoming equally convinced that their opposite number is the double agent.

Set in the 1980s, with a fictionalised narrative inspired by South Korean politics of the time, Hunt is rife with intrigue, paranoia, car chases and shootouts. While there is certainly a message buried underneath the film’s body count about the best way to foster societal change, it is secondary to the mystery of who Donglim is — and how many people will die along the way to find out the answer. Lee and editor Kim Sang-bum keep Hunt moving right along, confidently crosscutting between its two characters, who are separately trying to solve that riddle, each of them finding clues that seem to indict their rival.

Lee is superb as this no-nonsense agent who objects to Kim’s torturing of suspects to get information. Meanwhile, Jung lends Kim an air of quiet malevolence as he calmly patronises his buttoned-down colleague. Hunt builds in intensity as the relationship between the two agents grows more contentious, resulting at one point in a fistfight that is both raw and shockingly comic.

But that brief outburst pales in comparison to the lengthy action set pieces that Lee unveils elsewhere. There’s a steely precision to Hunt ’s gun battles, explosions and vehicular menace that is overwhelming and kinetic. Some of the stunt work is especially adept, and Cho Young-wuk’s propulsive score only further juices these rousing sequences.

On occasion, the picture gets bogged down in twists and shifting allegiances. (Some supporting characters will prove unexpectedly important to the uncovering of the mole.) But while these plot points can slow the forward momentum, Lee has such a firm grasp on the material — and such an eye for dynamic staging — that one forgives the brief lapses into heavy exposition. Eventually, we do learn the mole’s identity, but by then we have discovered that riddle was really just an excuse for more and more carnage, culminating in a suitably overblown finale which aims for a sweeping dramatic grandeur that may be a little forced but is nonetheless sufficiently satisfying. Once the Hunt begins, you may not want it to end.

Production companies: Artist Studio, Sanai Pictures

International sales: Megabox Plus M, [email protected]

Producers: Han Jae-duk, Lee Jung-jae

Screenplay: Lee Jung-jae, Jo Seung-hee

Production design: Park Il-hyun

Editing: Kim Sang-bum

Cinematography: Lee Mo-gae

Music: Cho Young-wuk

Main cast: Lee Jung-jae, Jung Woo-sung, Jeon Hye-jin, Heo Sung-tae, Go Youn-jung, Kim Jong-soo, Jung Man-sik

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‘Hunt’ Review: Trust No One in This Unpredictable Korean Spy-vs.-Spy Game

Onetime Korean heartthrob and 'Squid Game' star Lee Jung-jae shores up his newfound genre status by helming this over-the-top conspiracy thriller.

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“Hunt” takes place four years after Park’s death, in 1983, as rival security chiefs try to outmaneuver one another with the putative goal of protecting the new leader. Since a KCIA chief killed the previous prexy, however, it’s plausible that an insider might try to off his replacement — and since this guy’s rotten as well (Google “Gwangju Massacre”), that makes the movie’s allegiances especially tricky to untangle. Who should we consider to be the movie’s hero: the person scheming to unseat this despot or the one risking his life to save him?

Audiences needn’t know much about South Korean history to appreciate what follows, other than to trust that the country’s power shifts tend to be shocking and soap-operatic when they come, which helps to justify the confusing snare of double- and triple-crosses ahead. Things start conventionally enough, as a group of highly trained operatives make a first attempt at the Korean president’s life during a visit to Washington, D.C., but by the end, they have escalated to such a degree that pretty much anyone is capable of anything.

Like Korea’s answer to playbook-be-damned “24” hero Jack Bauer, these two top spies use torture, murder and more as tools of the trade. Early on, a North Korean asylum seeker warns that there’s a mole in the KCIA, code name “Donglim,” leading each agent to suspect the other. Whoever he is, this traitor’s presence puts key operations in serious jeopardy: A dozen agents are executed in a deadly ambush, while plans to extract the defector backfire spectacularly, resulting in a visceral car chase/shootout.

The cat-and-mouse dynamics of “Hunt” aren’t nearly as satisfying as its action set-pieces, which Lee and his team pull off with considerable skill. The action is slick and immediate without feeling overly stylized. Eschewing slo-mo and show-offy choreography in favor of more immersive eyewitness blocking, Lee channels American maestro Michael Mann, resulting in gun battles where tough guys stride into danger without so much as flinching while high-caliber bullets slam through steel around them.

Of the two agents, Lee is the more likable, giving off classic Jimmy Stewart vibes (from any of the Hitchcock films in which he plays the falsely accused fall guy) as Kim starts to question whether he could be the mole. The eventual reveal of Donglim’s identity isn’t nearly as straightforward as anyone might have expected, though saying more might spoil the surprise of a finale that spins everyone’s motives so far around, even the American agent (Derek Chouinard) keeping tabs from the sidelines has been implicated in the madness. The last few scenes are so ludicrous as to be laughable, but that doesn’t sabotage the fun, allowing Lee to entertain, even as “Hunt” cynically makes its case that in Korea, there can be no such thing as a peaceful revolution, nor a clean transfer of power.

Reviewed at CAA, Los Angeles, May 10, 2022. In Cannes Film Festival (Midnight Screenings). Running time: 131 MIN.

Production: (S. Korea) A Megabox Joongang Plus M presentation of an Artist Studio, Sanai Pictures production. (World sales: Megabox Joongang Plus M, Seoul.) Producers:
Crew: Director: Lee Jung-Jae. Screenplay: Lee Jung-Jae, Jo Seung-Hee. Camera:
With: Lee Jung-Jae, Jung Woo-Sung, Jeon Hye-Jin, Heo Sung-Tae, Go Youn-Jung, Kim Jong-Soo, Jun Man-Sik.

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Hunt review: a confusing, but engaging spy thriller

Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung walk next to each other in Hunt.

“Lee Jung-jae announces himself as a filmmaker worth paying attention to with Hunt, a pulse-pounding spy thriller that suffers primarily from its own overly convoluted and confusing plot.”

Lee Jung-jae's slick, engaging visual style
Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo Sung's layered lead performances
A surprisingly complex, thrilling final third
A repetitive second act
An overly convoluted plot
A runtime that could stand to be shorter

Hunt is, to put it mildly, an ambitious film. The new South Korean drama is a spy thriller set during the 1980s that follows the perspectives of two security officials as they try to determine the motives of the other. Structurally and narratively, the film bears more than a few similarities to similar double-agent thrillers like The Departed and Infernal Affairs . In terms of its visuals and scale, however, Hunt is built more like a blockbuster thriller in the same vein as films like The Bourne Ultimatum or Argo .

Chaos (and style) reigns

A confusing story, a promising debut.

That’s a difficult balance for any film to attempt, especially one that’s helmed — as Hunt is — by a first-time director. It’s a wonder then that Hunt works as well as it does. Under the direction of Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae, who also appears in the film as one of its two leads, Hunt is a breakneck, unpredictable spy thriller. Over the course of its 131-minute runtime, the film’s story often wobbles and shakes beneath the weight of its own convoluted ambitions, but it never falls apart.

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The fact that Hunt doesn’t ever fully crumble is a testament to not only the film’s engaging visual style, which feels heavily indebted to well-known auteurs like Paul Greengrass and Park Chan-wook, but also its relentless pace and well-choreographed set pieces. Those who make it through the film’s many unnecessary twists and confusing detours will likely find themselves taken aback by the power of Hunt ’s surprisingly satisfying final third.

Based on a screenplay by Lee and Jo Seung-Hee, Hunt opens in absolute chaos. The film’s first sequence follows Park Pyong-ho (Lee), the Foreign Unit chief of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, and Kim Jung-do (Jung Woo-sung), the KCIA’s Domestic Unit chief, as they and their team members all scramble to stop an assassination attempt on South Korea’s president. Throughout the sequence, they race through the streets and buildings of a 1980s version of Washington D.C. that has been taken over by protests.

As far as opening sections go, Hunt ‘s quickly establishes its relentlessly fast pace, which it maintains for the entirety of its runtime, as well as its frenetic, primarily handheld visual style. Unlike many Paul Greengrass imitators, though, Lee never disregards his audience’s sense of geography or continuity merely for the sake of heightening the film’s chaotic aesthetic.

Hunt ‘s action sequences, including its opening assassination attempt in D.C., are all comprised of quick cuts and handheld shots, but it’s thanks to Kim Sang-Bum’s precise editing that they never become incoherent or mind-numbingly confusing.

The same cannot be said for Hunt ’s plot, which contains so many layers and false leads that it would be difficult to keep track of even in a film that didn’t move as fast as it does. However, Hunt moves at a shockingly brisk pace from start to finish and frequently delivers key pieces of information in such a quick, offhand manner that it can become easy to get utterly lost in the film’s web of secrets and lies. Those who pay close attention will likely be able to stick with the film, even in the moments when its story becomes too confusing and twisty for its own good, most of which come during Hunt ’s bloated second act.

In its desire to be as bombastic and action-packed as possible, Hunt ’s climactic sequence also revolves around a few too many twists. The scale of the film’s final set piece, in specific, becomes too unwieldy for its director and editor to handle, and it introduces the kind of shoddy CGI effects that are absent from the rest of Hunt . Even when it seems like Hunt is veering dangerously close to going off the rails, though, the film manages to correct itself with a final 10 minutes that are not only shocking, but also admirably acidic and bittersweet.

Hunt is further grounded by the lead performances given by Lee and Jung. As the film’s rival security chiefs, both actors are saddled with the unfortunate responsibility of having to conceal many of their characters’ motivations and suspicions while still giving performances that feel real and multidimensional. Fortunately, Lee and Jung manage to pull that tricky task off, delivering performances that feel distinctly drawn and conflicted in ways that help firmly root Hunt ’s convoluted narrative in their characters’ opposing perspectives.

Hunt ’s successes ultimately prove just how strong of a film Lee could direct should he ever manage to get his hands on a script that’s a bit tighter and cleaner. As it is, Hunt is a largely impressive directorial debut, one that establishes Lee as a surprisingly confident and technically proficient filmmaker. It’s an adrenaline-fueled slice of genre filmmaking that never quite reaches greatness, but still delivers a ride that is never anything but entertaining and enthralling.

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The international breakout star of the last 12 months is Lee Jung-jae. The South Korean actor became a global sensation for his role as Seong Gi-hun in Netflix's Squid Game. For his next move, Lee will make his feature directorial debut with the espionage thriller, Hunt.

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Drain the swamp.

A rough beast indeed, Hunt: Showdown, slouching toward the daylight after a couple of years in Early Access. A genre chimera, blurring survival horror with boss rush shooter and battle royale, not quite one thing, not quite another.

At a glance you might confuse it with Far Cry 2 - there's the same malarial background hum, the same flammable brown palette - but in motion it's closer to PUBG, shunning the clear ground, ears pricked for proximity chat. It has the vivid markings of a Monster Hunter, but those patterns are really just for show, like the eye-whites of a killer whale - masking the gunsights protruding from its abdomen. You certainly wouldn't call it handsome, but you can't seem to drag your gaze away. How did something so... multiple ever survive the evolutionary process? But alas, you've looked for too long. It knows you're there now. No, don't try to run! The creature's girth is deceptive. We'll have to see if we can bring it down.

If Hunt: Showdown's unusual - and, as it turns out, fantastically exhilarating and engrossing - mixture of inspirations has a single guiding principle, it's that predators become prey. It's a game in which stepping on a twig while chasing a zombie can get you shot from a hundred yards off, and the time-honoured ceremony of a bossfight offers zero defence against the player lobbing dynamite through a window.

In Hunt, you play patron to a "Bloodline" of bounty hunters, all seeking their fortune amid the rot of a 19th century Louisiana that has been overrun by demons. Your task, in the main bounty-hunting mode, is to find the lair of a legendary monster within one of two festering open world maps, using your sorcerous Dark Vision to chase swirling blue sparks to clues that narrow down the search area. Having slain and exorcised the abomination, you must collect a bounty and head to a map exit to complete the match. Along the way you'll fight or avoid myriad lesser horrors - from vanilla zombies who can be treated as speed bumps, providing you don't overlook the ones waving cleavers or torches, to chunkier threats such as the Meathead, a one-armed juggernaut that sees by way of a slithering entourage of leeches.

You'll earn both character XP and coin for slaying these minor foes, but every bullet or firebomb wasted on a demon dog (and every bandage applied to your shredded flesh after discovering that the dog has friends) is one less to pit against the boss itself. There are three of them, right now - you never know which you're up against before starting a match, so it's wise not to specialise too much when equipping guns and consumables. The Butcher is the soft option, for all its bulk: a porcine bully armed with a flaming hook, easily slaughtered providing you keep your distance. The knife-wielding Assassin is wilier, dissolving itself into a cloud of flies in order to course through the crevices of barns and windmills; it can even clone itself to distract you, like a lizard discarding its tail. Worst of all, though, is the Spider, a viciously nimble wall-crawler that always seems to be behind or above you, its rattling feet setting your hairs on end. Many hours after first killing one, I still feel the urge to stand on a chair while fighting it.

Thankfully, bosses never leave their lairs, so you can always hurry outside to patch yourself up, scrounge some ammo or take potshots at your quarry through a gap in the boards. Except that you can't, actually, because the sting in Hunt's tail is that it's a competitive affair. There may be other players in the vicinity - as many as a dozen per match, questing in groups of up to three. Enemy players aren't marked on the HUD or map screen to begin with, but it's easy to give yourself away while thinning the NPC herd, and as in Turtle Rock's sadly forgotten Evolve, each map is awash with nefarious ambient warning systems such as patches of broken glass, clattering chains and flocks of tetchy crows. The bossfights, naturally, tend to involve a lot of telltale screaming and explosions, and once you've killed the boss, you must banish it to obtain the bounty - a two-minute exorcism ritual that flags your position on the map, giving rivals all the time they need to close in and set up a perimeter. Bounties themselves are visible on the HUD along with their carriers, which often makes exfiltration the most arduous part of the match.

It's a recipe, all told, for two kinds of dread. On the one hand, there's the revulsion you feel toward creatures who used to be regular folks and animals: the women whose chests have split to reveal mosquito hives; the men who resemble giant, groaning lumps of decaying coral. This is a fear that abates as you play match after match, memorising AI aggro ranges and unlocking new gear and skills such as blunt impact resistance or faster crossbow reloads. Beyond the first 10 Bloodline levels, hunters and their gear are lost forever when slain, but they are just as swiftly replaced, with one free greenhorn recruit available on the roster screen between matches (you can also buy "Legendary" hunters with real money, but the perks are strictly cosmetic). You learn not to grow too attached, though you can always extract from a round early if you feel totally outgunned.

Which means that it's all about the second kind of dread, the all-pervading, remorseless awareness that at any given moment, somebody could be aiming a gun at you, somewhere out there in the sweaty blur of undergrowth, reading your position and direction in birdsign, the splashing of your feet (why on earth did you take that shortcut through the swamp?) and the hungry twitching of nearby zombies. It's a horror that can't be denied or hidden from, alleviated only by the sheer malice you feel when you hear a cough, turn slowly and spy another player galloping heedlessly through a cornfield with their microphone on.

You may have felt similar emotions while playing venerable MMO shooter DayZ - Hunt's achievement, perhaps, is to take that game's ethos of treachery and paranoia and pack it into rounds of 30-40 minutes apiece, with a clear, overarching rhythm of exploration, battle and escape. That's 30-40 minutes at the outside: if there are 12 players in the field, it's not uncommon to bump into rivals within the first few minutes. If you're luckier, you might be the one player who doesn't bumble into that gunfight and wind up all on your lonesome, farming the map's denizens at your leisure. But of course, you can never guarantee that you're the last person standing. If you plan on going loud it's safest to pair up, as team-mates can revive one another at the cost of the permanent loss of a health bar segment.

That fear of being watched teaches you to savour the devious intricacy of Hunt's environment design. Every feature of this benighted landscape is the basis for some kind of tactical dilemma. Buildings harbour ammo or health refills, but that also means you're more likely to encounter other players there. Randomly applied misty or night time conditions lessen the anxiety when breaking cover, but dial it up again when defending a lair during the banishment - it's wise to douse the lanterns before risking a peek out the window. You might want to make more active use of those ambient alarm systems, perhaps tripping a generator to drown out any sounds you make while sneaking up on a camper.

Boss lairs, especially, assume a twofold existence in your mind. There's the trepidation of invading them, particularly when battling the Spider, whose form - like the Xenomorph - is hard to make out against thickets of rusting farm tools and the entangled shadows of beams. And then there's the process of defending them during or after a banishment, whereupon you become the lurking terror, reading the minds of invaders. A woman's yell downstairs indicates that one nearby player has roused a zombie's wrath. A creak above suggests that another - allied to the first? - is tip-toeing across the tiles. A distant burst of cawing reveals that a third is approaching from the north. If the dice fall your way, that approaching player might snipe the one on the roof while you pounce on the first player below. But you're not really worrying about players 1, 2 and 3. The player you're worried about is player 4, the one you haven't detected yet, the one you must always assume is there.

I'm not sure I've played a multiplayer game that breeds such tension since Rainbow Six: Siege. Hunt's drawback, if you can call it that, is that it doesn't offer much alternative to that tension. You can't play solo against the AI, save for revisiting the game's opening training level (Crytek is working on a proper solo PvE mode ), and while there's a boss-less Quickplay option, this isn't quite the emergency release valve for pent-up jitters it sounds like. Rather, it's a very nifty extension of the character levelling system.

In Quickplay, you're handed a random, cursed hunter and must track down three energy sources in order to activate a mystic wellspring and escape the map. Where in bounty hunt, new guns can only be looted from dead hunters, in Quickplay you'll find exotic weapons dotted all over. You'll also acquire a random skill for every energy source you tap. The result is a custom-created hero, endowed with choice gear and abilities that might be beyond your current Bloodline rank. Survive the ordeal, and you can recruit that character to your roster. The catch is that only one hunter can activate the wellspring and escape - and there's nothing like the rage when you've cobbled together your very own Van Helsing and another player yanks the rug away with an exploding crossbow bolt.

Long in the brewing - it began life at Crytek USA as a kind of Grimm fairytales spin on Left 4 Dead - Hunt: Showdown cuts a strange, skulking figure alongside the multiplayer shooters that dominate discussion today. It's resolutely one-note, though each bounty hunt throws up a variety of deadly surprises, and profoundly unforgiving. Beyond that 10 level grace period it has no real interest in making you feel at home. That sheer impassivity, however, stokes emotions you simply won't find in most multiplayer games. The way your pulse jumps when you catch the echo of gunfire. The bile in your throat as you monitor the Spider's motions through the woodwork of a barn. And above all, the horrible triumph when a flock of birds take off nearby, and you aim your shotgun just as somebody peers around a wall.

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Whether you’re new to hunting apps or simply interested in learning more about onX Hunt, here’s a list of online reviews that will help you know what to expect from our product, our support services, and our brand. Hear from other customers who have benefited from using onX in the field. Thanks for your interest in onX Hunt!

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Overall Rating 4.7 / 5 (66,715 Ratings)

OnX truly has become indispensable to any outdoors trip I do .

CDiAKing October 2021

The battery usage in offline mode is very reasonable, and the features they add with each update make it continue to improve on itself over time. It makes navigation in the dark significantly easier, has extremely detailed maps with customizable overlays and pins, locates your position with pinpoint accuracy, and you can take meticulous notes from every situation.

Absolutely the best app for hunting!

Stephen O . October 2020

Property lines are very accurate. All of the map tools are so handy when marking new locations. Not even just for hunting but pretty much anything outdoors. Still kind of new to the app. The only recommendation I would m⁠…

This app has almost completely replaced my standalone GPS

Google user December 2018

I regularly go where cell service doesn’t, so the ability to download an area is REQUIRED for me. The interface is very intuitive and easy to set up. As an avid hunter this app keeps me out of trouble, especially with the ability to accurately locate BMA boundaries and public/private land. The web version makes it easy to pre-scout new areas, looking for access to those little potential honey-holes. As good as the app is, the customer service is better. The few small things I’ve needed help with were addressed nearly immediately through email, or via phone call before I hung up. As long as the price stays reasonable I’ll have a subscription for a long time.

The first time I showed the app to someone who had never used it, I had to gently extract my phone from the person’s hand. This happened the second time, too, and was followed by an email requesting the name of “that mapping program.”

– Ben Ryder Howe, The New York Times, November 2022

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Most useful app i have.

dccycleworks September 2018

I was hesitant to try this app after some other ones came up very short, but after a few friends recommended it I tried the free trial. I was hooked the first time I used it! For once there is an app that actually does what it advertises. Just today it was well worth the yearly subscription, I had hiked about 7 miles into the woods along a game trail and it was getting very hot and I was very tired, I decided to open OnX to see how much further I had to go if I stayed on the trail to intersect the road, when I opened the app I saw that I had just started paralleling the road but the intersection was another two miles away, but as the crow flies I was only a half mile from the road, so I just hiked the half mile and was back on the road I had parked on saving me probably a couple hours.

It has become an important piece of gear

Kevin K. August, 2022

Great app. I hunt all over in places I’m not necessarily familiar with. Having property lines and “where not to go past” is extremely important. This app helps us respectfully abide by rules, regulations, access areas, e⁠…

I’m hooked on onX!

TJ W. December 2020

I’ve been hunting the same public lands since I can remember. This is the first year I’ve used an app like this to help with my hunt. I can tell you that I’ll never go back! I’m hooked on OnX!!! I won’t go into the woods without it. I love everything about it. I really like how I can layer my maps and find out where state land starts and ends and private property begins. I love how I can outline places I’ve seen big bucks and I have even outlined bedding areas and scrapes and rubs and licking branches and old stands. I can’t say enough about this app. I’m never ever going to give up this app. I’ll never go into a hunt without it!!

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Gave me the confidence to hunt solo

Jason O . September 2021

I just did a 8 day mule deer hunt in the Bad lands of North Dakota and I used onX for Scouting but what I really liked was the tracking feature. I could feel confident to go in a spot before dark knowing that after dark everything looks different. 2 different times I got turned around and checked my onX and found my way back to my track and out to my meeting spot!A friend also suggested that once in our spot we drop a way point and share it to others in case something happens.Now we always didn’t have service so downloading maps is awesome. Gave me the confidence to hunt solo knowing I could find my way back as well as leave a spot for someone to know where to look. Thanks, onX Hunt.

Simply put, I will never hunt without it

Google User October 2019

I imagine everyone that gets to know it will make the transition for safety and confidence. I have had several GPS devices over the years but this simply obsoleted all of them. My previous method was to research an area before hand, using google maps/earth and Forest Service/BLM maps as well as a scouting trip or two where I would mark locations. This all works great and is similar to my current preparation, however, where this app really shines is when you wish to change your plan. Once in the woods, the GPS devices I had wouldn’t allow me to really change course and hunt a different area. I can do it with a combination of topos and marking locations like my campsite, vehicle and points of interest I find, but this lets you navigate in real time.

onX truly was a game changer

Ken W. October 2021

Just came back from upland hunting North Dakota. While as an older user I was a little hesitant at the thought of learning a new app., onX truly was a game changer. A couple years ago NODak changing their requirements to allow electronic “Posting” in addition to the older paper “No hunting/ No Trespassing” signage. With onX our group was easily able to navigate the state public and especially private lands with no issues. Adding Waypoints for future identification and hunts was simple. So many great features and tools makes this a great electronic app for beginning and skilled users. Thank you onX, I’m sold!

Use onX. It’s going to be the critical glue that gets your plan together.

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Onx hunt provides the best aid to a successful hunt.

Eric C. July 2020

The amount of data that onX compiles is more than enough to help get you to successfully harvest game, especially on public lands. The app allows you to plan, prepare, and execute like a pro. E-scouting, planning, navigation, data logging, networking with fellow hunters, and even safety in the field are all aspects of this app and service. onX Hunt is worth every penny and should be part of every sportsman’s playbook. Hunt smarter, not harder with onX Hunt.

I absolutely love this app

Don L. March 2021

I hunt on mostly public land and trying to figure out what’s where was really hard before I got this app. I absolutely love this app. I’m using it to track whitetail deer all over the Berkshire mountains. The ability to add Waypoints for tracks, scat, rubs, scraps, etc, add photos of what you saw to those waypoints, brief descriptions, etc. It’s just been amazing. Before this I was using Google Maps, and two different state websites to look for public and private land boundaries. Impossible to manage. Now it’s all in one spot.

Great job, awesome app!

Cory Strong H. November 2020

This hunting app is the best app I have used yet with lots of good features to get you to your hunt zone safely and efficiently it let’s you track your game without the worry of getting twisted around and will always bring you out with its tracking features along with many other features the topical maps with overlays are a nice tool as well so you can plan your hunts and know what your up against! Great job, awesome app!!

Pricing for onX Hunt is $34.99 per year for Premium (single state), $49.99 per year for Premium two state, and $99.99 per year for Elite (all 50 states plus exclusive industry discounts). You can also start a free trial and receive premium features for seven days.

Yes, onX Hunt shows public and private property lines. Choose from three different Basemaps built by onX: Satellite, Topo, or Hybrid, then simply select the Private Lands Layer in the list under Map Layers > My Layers. The property lines will be displayed with a red outline.

onX Hunt includes a variety of features, tools, and benefits designed to help hunters find more success in the field. An onX Hunt Elite Membership covers the entire nation and includes access to onX’s proprietary Basemaps, property lines, landowner information, GPS Mapping Tools (Waypoints, tracking, line distances, area measures and more), Wind and Weather, Offline Map capabilities, Sharing capabilities and many additional Layers.

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'Hunt' movie review: A functional remake but a brave attempt

The purpose of remakes has been a question for years and their utility and value came under severe scrutiny in the recent past after streaming platforms increased the accessibility of films by leaps and bounds. Naturally, a remake of a proven film is certainly not a hot commodity anymore, like it used to be, say, a decade ago. Hunt, the official remake of Mumbai Police, a brave Malayalam film that made people turn their heads in 2013, is hitting screens a decade late but it still remains a daring attempt in the Telugu space.

Hunt is releasing at an interesting but conflicting time. On one hand, there has been a significant inclination towards fresher stories (as long as they are engaging) among the audience, bestowing Hunt a huge advantage. On the other hand, remakes are having a tough time justifying their existence with the audience gradually overcoming the “1-inch-tall barrier”.

Many questions pop up: Why did it take 10 years to remake a hit film? Does it mean Telugu cinema is lagging behind Malayalam cinema by 10 years? Hunt can be used as a specimen in this case study to evaluate where Telugu cinema and its audience stand, and answer these questions. Personally, I am finding the peripheral prospects of Hunt and what they indicate more interesting than the actual film, which is a functional and mostly engaging investigative drama by itself.

Thanks to Mumbai Police and Bobby-Sanjay’s screenplay structure that keeps the audience guessing, revealing and holding back just what’s needed, Hunt still manages to be an interesting investigative drama. ACP Arjun Prasad, (Sudheer Babu) meets with an accident minutes after solving the murder case of his colleague and friend Aryan (Bharath Nivas) and wakes up with no memory of his past. His close friend and senior, Mohan (Srikanth) encourage him to retrace the clues and solve the crime again. It is a lip-smacking premise with an equally brilliant screenplay and Mahesh, the director of the remake, adapts Mumbai Police as a mainstream actioner.

That’s both a boon and a bane. For instance, a case involving terrorists (Maoists in the original), which triggers a key plot point, is just verbally explained in Malayalam where it is fleshed out as two separate action sequences. Similarly, an entire new thread is derived from this point, just to create a red herring and, of course, spring another action sequence from it.

Some action sequences work better than the rest and honestly, there is a style and method in these sequences that are seldom found in Telugu films. Arjun, for instance, fights more like a trained police officer and less like a Telugu film hero who can make poor fighters fly with a punch. In that sense, one particular sequence set in a dark den shot in long stretches like a video game is superbly choreographed and shot; Arul Vincent’s dynamic cinematography complements Sudheer’s moves. It is perhaps dexterity of some extent in these choices that compensates for the ‘commercialisation’ of the story.

Apart from a special dance number, none of these choices hinder the flow of the film.The film takes its time to get rolling (although the conflict is introduced right in its opening scene) and we start feeling the seriousness of the stakes and the twists only after the halfway mark, after familiarising ourselves with the characters. The way it leads up to the final reveal and how it plays out is perhaps the best part of the film. Sudheer too holds up effectively in these long stretches.

Considering it had an opportunity, I wish Hunt fixed some issues of the original, instead of simply mimicking. For example, more clarity could have been offered on the timeline of events surrounding the reveal and lead-up to Aryan’s death. Likewise, the ‘change’ Aryan goes through in his arc could have been spelled out better in the remake since this remains vague in the original too.

Moreover, I really wish one of the film’s core themes, friendship, was not just reduced to dialogues and was explored further. Featuring a never-before-seen twist ending in Telugu cinema, Hunt is a brave attempt despite being a remake, especially considering it is wrapped in the body of a mainstream action thriller. Although I wish it was a Telugu original, the crude, homophobic remarks passed by the audience on the single screen where I watched the film clearly answer why Telugu cinema won’t try something as ballsy. So I am just glad Hunt took that risk.

Cast: Sudheer Babu, Bharath Nivas, Srikanth Director: Mahesh Surapaneni

Rating: 3/5

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Movie Review: Hunt

Director: Mahesh Surapaneni

Producer: V Ananda Prasad

Music Director: Ghibran

Starring: Sudheer Babu, Srikanth Meka, Bharath Niwas

Release Date : 26thJanuary 2023

Rating : 2.75/5

Story: Assistant Police Commissioner Aryan Dev (Bharat) gets murdered. An honest police officer named Arjun Prasad ( Sudheer Babu ) investigates this case. Commissioner Mohan (Srikanth) supports Arjun in this case. However, during the investigation Arjun Prasad meets an accident and loses his memory. In the past, Bharat , Sudheer Babu, Srikanth were good friends. What efforts did Sudheer Babu and Srikanth make to nab the person who killed their friend? Who killed Aryan Dev? Who is the main murderer in the story? To get these answers, one should watch the movie Hunt on Silver screen.

Plus Points:

· Performance

· Sudheer Babu

· BGM

· Climax twist

Minus Points:

· Second half

· Screenplay

Performance: Sudheer Babu impresses with his performance as a serious police officer. His fitness and impresses the viewers. Sudheer Babu’s performance in crime and serious scenes is the highlight of the movie. Srikanth’s performance is also good. Tamil actor Bharat’s role is s not that long, but he impresses with his performance. Maim Gopi, Kabir Singh, Ravi Varma and others justify to their roles.

Technical: Director Mahesh comes up with a good crime thriller but the screenplay is not strong. The Cinematography by Arul Vincent is good. Ghibran’s music is good. Background music is also good. The editing is impressive. The film’s production values are very good. The thrilling elements in the investigative scenes are good. The climax twist is also good. The crime drama written by director Mahesh is entertaining.

Analysis: Overall this crime suspense thriller drama Hunt has good elements but it may not appeal much to the audiences due to the lack of an exciting feel.

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Marvel’s supernatural protégés embark on a deadly mission to save Earth.

The hunt begins… and the magical children of Marvel’s Strange Academy are on the prowl. As the world descends into night, and vampire armies are unleashed on the world, Strange Academy: Blood Hunt #1 sees Marvel’s supernatural protégés embark on a deadly mission to save Earth. From writer Daniel José Older with art by Luigi Zagaria, Eric Gapstur, Edgar Delgado, Erick Arciniega, Scott Hanna, and Clayton Cowles, the first issue of this three-issue tie-in series to the main Blood Hunt series is an epic start to a monstrous adventure.

Major spoilers ahead for Strange Academy: Blood Hunt #1 and Blood Hunt #1!

Blood Hunt sees a vast vampiric conspiracy come to fruition on planet Earth, as Blade the Vampire Hunter seemingly betrays humanity to become the ruler of a new vampire world. Using Darkforce wielders as portals to blot out the sun, Blade’s vampire organization the Structure launches a war across the planet, including in New Orleans, where Strange Academy is located. An extra-long first issue, Strange Academy: Blood Hunt thrusts the powerful children into the middle of the vampire war, introduces an exciting new student, and explores Marvel’s new Darkhold entity.

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Introduced on the first page, Pia is a new student at Strange Academy who is trying to befriend protagonists Shaylee, Zoe, Germán, Doyle, Guslaug, and Toth, while harboring a dangerous secret. After the main story concludes – revealing the shocking truth that Pia is in fact a vampire herself – a backup issue explains that Pia saved someone from a vampire attack before being turned herself, and rescued by Doctor Voodoo.

Brought to Strange Academy by Voodoo, and able to survive in the daytime with the help of her mystical familiar Tito Peping, Pia is a wonderful addition to Strange Academy’s cast and the perfect way to tie the students into the greater Blood Hunt plot. However, I do wish that they put Pia’s backstory first , before the main tale, because I was very confused about whether we had already met her before, pausing my reading to research if the character had already been introduced.

As the children of Strange Academy are getting a vampire tour (oh, the irony!) of a famous New Orleans cemetery, the world suddenly turns to night, and a group of vicious vampires attacks them. I really loved how writer Daniel Older showed how terrified Germán was of the vampires; it was nice to humanize at least one of the children as… well, a child, who would reasonably be afraid of a vampire horde. Pia proves her heroism by using quick wit and fierce strength to forge a stake and save Germán from a vampire before the children manage to make it back to the Academy, where Voodoo brutally kills a group of vamps.

The other main connection that Strange Academy: Blood Hunt #1 has to Blood Hunt is through an astral projection of Doctor Strange, who was just stabbed and bitten by Blade. Strange reveals to Voodoo (while the children are listening through the door) that the only hope of defeating the vampire scourge is by finding a remnant of the Darkhold and casting the Montesi Formula, a spell Strange has used in the past to erase the vampiric curse from existence. Finally, the kids have a mission, going against Voodoo’s wishes in an attempt to find the Montesi Formula. Older’s writing of all these characters is excellent and feels like the perfect continuation of their characterization in prior series.

The Strange Academy students wind up in the forests of Madripoor, where they stumble upon Darkhold, the living embodiment of the terrible text, brought to life accidentally by Agatha Harkness. A backup after the main story describes how Darkhold escapes from Harkness’s strict supervision, using its demonic power to head to the lawless Madripoor, where they can unleash untold horrors. While Darkhold easily defeats most of the students, Pia manages to bite the entity, potentially turning it into a vampire and at the very least subduing it.

The art throughout Strange Academy: Blood Hunt #1 is excellent. Dynamic, captivating, and full of action, Luigi Zagaria, Eric Gapstur, Edgar Delgado, Erick Arciniega, Scott Hanna, and Clayton Cowles truly kill it with their illustrations, color, and lettering. The use of shading, in such a dark and hopeless story, is brilliant, and the color by Delgado and Arciniega pops off the page in a way that brings light to such a gloomy tale. It is also a joy to see Humberto Ramos doing the covers for this series, seeing as he has done the interior work for much of the Strange Academy catalog.

Strange Academy: Blood Hunt #1 is a near-perfect tie-in to a larger series, serving to show the world-spanning event’s impact on a niche group of characters while tying the plot into the greater thrust of Blood Hunt . The addition of Pia, a young vampire whose heroism will allow the reader to empathize with, is wonderful, and the Darkhold is a fascinating character to include. Daniel José Older’s writing is pitch-perfect – funny, sharp, and emotionally resonant – while Luigi Zagaria and Eric Gapstur’s art beautifully elevates the tale. A worthy investment for fans of Strange Academy , gorgeous art, or vampire mayhem!

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Konosuba season 3 episode 5 review: Kazuma enlisted by Eris in a treasure hunt as the Devil King's army is defeated

Konosuba season 3 episode 5 was officially released on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, bringing with it the exciting continuation of the series' third season. Likewise, fans were expecting an action-packed episode showing Kazuma and co fighting against the attacking Devil King's army.

However, Konosuba season 3 episode 5 instead took the time to set up plotlines for both the near- and far-futures of the series' third season. This mostly was achieved via Kazuma reuniting with the goddess Eris again, and being asked to enter the hunt for the Divine Treasures alongside Chris.

Konosuba season 3 episode 5 sees Kazuma roped into the Divine Treasure hunt by Eris herself

Brief episode recap.

Konosuba season 3 episode 5 began immediately where the last episode ended, this time focusing on the horde of monsters outside the royal capital. Kazuma Sato and co were then seen joining the fight thanks to Claire vouching for him despite his low level. Standersby then began discussing Kazuma's various achievements, eventually starting a cheer for him. He then looked up to Iris who was watching on with Rain and told her to watch him.

Aqua then approached Kazuma, saying she has a feeling that this will end badly, referencing Megumin and Darkness' behaviors in doing so. Kazuma then gave an inspirational speech, but was immediately shown to have died and ended up in front of Eris yet again. The two's latest meeting was an awkward one, with Eris clearly silently judging Kazuma for winding up in front of her again.

Konosuba season 3 episode 5 then saw Kazuma begin explaining what happened to her, in turn prompting a flashback showing the progression of the battle. Kazuma was chasing after a weak monster called a Kobold, when he was tricked into being surrounded by an entire pack of them. Returning to the present, Eris is clearly shown to be annoyed at this. However, she then ridiculed Kazuma's behavior with Chris the other day, specifically how he touched her.

Kazuma apologized deeply to Eris, who then asked if his "new little sister " Iris gave him a big head. A worried Kazuma then asked her just how closely she had been watching him, prompting her to laugh before saying she has to ask him a favor which will earn him no glory or reward. However, she emphasizes that it's something she can only ask of someone she trusts, asking Kazuma to also help collect the Divine Treasures.

Konosuba season 3 episode 5 then saw Kazuma revived, being immediately greeted by Aqua and realizing that the battle was over. Kazuma then contemplated what he'd do, prompting a flashback which saw Eris explain the weapons known as Divine Treasures. One allows you to summon a monster at random, while another lets you swap bodies with another for a certain amount of time. Hilariously, everyone else in his group besides him was being hailed as an MVP in the battle.

However, this backfired for Megumin, with the soldiers asking to see her Advanced Magic as well, of which she obviously has none. Kazuma and Megumin then returned to the castle, where she asked to return home first thing in the morning. They then met up with Princess Iris, who invited him to stay in his old room for the night and rest considering what he'd been through

Konosuba season 3 episode 5 saw Kazuma accept that it was time to go home, with Megumin commenting that she prefers their life in Axel together to what it has been in the royal capital. Kazuma agreed, clearly embarrassed by her sentiment, when the two were interrupted by Iris. She revealed that Claire rejected the idea of him staying in the castle, prompting him to accept this and apologize to her for not being of more help in the battle.

Megumin then noticed that Iris' necklace, which she got from her brother Jatice, was oozing magic power. She asked what it does, but Iris said that no one is sure of how to use it, showing them the inscription which was in Japanese. Kazuma read it and thought it was a joke, but the necklace then began glowing, revealing itself as the Divine Treasure which swaps two people's souls, doing so with Kazuma and Iris.

Konosuba season 3 episode 5 saw Kazuma remember that Eris told him of this Divine Treasure, sharing what he knows of it with Iris and Megumin . However, Iris became sad, sharing how she was excited to see what it's like leaving the castle without guards or retainers. Megumin then volunteered to go out with her and look after her so she can have fun while she's able to.

However, Megumin's promise of their coming adventures caused Kazuma to second guess this plan. Kazuma, meanwhile, was enjoying life as Princess Iris, earning suspicion from Claire but not of Iris actually being Kazuma. Mitsurugi then approached "Iris" and touched her head, prompting Kazuma to demand his execution before relenting at Claire's request. Kazuma then learned that Darkness was bathing, demanding (as Iris) to bathe with her and Claire also.

Claire became feverish at the idea, prompting them to arrive at the bath and find Darkness already clothed. However, some brief words persuaded Darkness to enter the bath once more. However, Kazuma began getting in his own head, briefly questioning whether or not to go through with it before deciding to do so. The episode ended with a brief scene of Iris (in Kazuma's body) and Megumin getting into a fight with some street thugs.

While Konosuba season 3 episode 5 didn't quite deliver in the action department as much as fans expected, it did introduce the overarching plot for the third season as was anticipated. Likewise, this is done in an effective way which continues to affirm that Kazuma truly does view Eris as a goddess, also furthering their relationship in the process of her asking him to hunt for the Divine Treasures.

The fifth episode also excels at further developing Kazuma and Megumin's relationship, both by having them express their genuine feelings for each other (albeit implicitly) and by acting as partners in crime. It's a touching moment even in spite of its implicitness, which admittedly makes the buildup to Kazuma and Megumin's likely eventual mutual confession of love all the more enthralling.

In summation

Overall, Konosuba season 3 episode 5 is an exciting installment to the series which sets up the long-term narrative of the ongoing third season. While it wasn't quite as action-packed as fans hoped, it's expected that Kazuma's search for the Divine Treasures will naturally lend itself to the fight scenes fans want.

Washington extends special hunt permit application deadline

Hunters will have a little more time to apply for special permits this year.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Monday that it was extending the deadline for special hunt permit applications by a week, to May 22.

Anis Aoude, WDFW’s game division manager, said in a news release that the change came after hunters told the agency they didn’t have enough time to reference a physical copy of the state big game hunting regulations.

“We understand that being able to reference the physical document while you fill out your web application can be helpful,” Aoude said. “We hope this extended deadline provides everyone ample opportunity to submit their applications.”

Special hunt permits allow hunting at specific times or places. To apply, hunters must buy a license, specify their tag choice and their preferred hunt choices. Drawing results will be posted in June.

Hunters can apply online at WDFW’s licensing website or in person at various license vendors or WDFW offices.

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Everything we expected about Marvel's Blood Hunt event just got turned upside down by the shocking reveal of its secret villain

The true villain of Blood Hunt is actually the one Marvel character we least expected, and the reveal might just shake the entire Marvel Universe

Blood Hunt is officially here, and while the first issue of the much anticipated ( and massive ) Marvel summer event delivers on its promised vampire invasion and subsequent bloodshed, it also includes a final reveal so shocking it may have some Marvel fans in disbelief.

Because Blood Hunt has a secret villain at its heart, pulling the strings of the vampires - and who it is may turn everything we expected about Blood Hunt on its head.

Spoilers ahead for Blood Hunt #1

Blood Hunt #1 by writer Jed MacKay , artist Pepe Larraz, color artist Marte Gracia, and letterer Cory Petit opens with a countdown to something called "Sundeath" - an event that turns out to be exactly what it sounds like.

Across the Earth, numerous heroes and villains with the power to manipulate darkness including Cloak of Cloak & Dagger, Blackout, Darkstar, Dusk, Shroud, and Silhouette are suddenly transformed into living portals to the Darkforce Dimension, a realm of pure, tangible darkness which stretches across the sky, blotting out the sun and trapping the world in endless night.

This creates, as you may imagine, the perfect moment for a huge force of vampires to start invading different cities across the Earth. While some heroes work to fight them off, others, such as Scarlet Witch and Iron Man, try to determine whether magic or science may have a way to close the Darkforce portals.

Down in New York City, which becomes the heart of the vampire invasion, Blade begins to mount a response to the vampire invasion. He meets with Miles Morales, tasking him with an unrevealed mission. He then makes contact with the Avengers, asking them to meet him in their orbital headquarters, the Impossible City, as he has a plan to deal with the vampires.

But when Blade's van is transported in, he's not in it - instead, it's the Bloodcoven , the crossover's previously revealed new all-vampire villain team.

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They manage to use their strange and unpredictable powers to capture the Avengers, with only Sam Wilson/Captain America escaping the Impossible City, which is also locked down by the vampires.

Back on Earth, Blade resurfaces at Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum, where Strange and Clea are researching a spell that, if cast, could destroy all vampires. Blade balks at Strange's willingness to commit vampire genocide, explaining that the vampires have a new leadership council known as the Structure, and there's a new leader at the top.

No, it's not Dracula, as Strange and others speculate throughout the issue…

It's Blade.

Blade is the actual villain of Blood Hunt, and the architect of the vampire conquest of the Earth.

And before Strange can even react to the revelation that his old ally and staunch vampire killer Blade is now leading the very bloodsuckers he once made it his mission to slay, Blade stabs Strange through the chest, seemingly mortally wounding him.

The story picks up in May 4's Free Comic Book Day Blood Hunt special, and then in Blood Hunt #2 on May 22.

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'Twisters': Release Date, Cast, Plot, and Everything We Know So Far About the Sequel to the 1996 Classic

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Hold on to your seats, storm chasers! A sequel to the epic disaster movie Twister is in the works, and it's sure to bring a whirlwind of excitement. The upcoming film, titled Twisters , promises to be a new chapter in the adrenaline-fueled universe of storm chasing. With rumors swirling about the plot and casting choices, fans of the original movie are eagerly anticipating what's in store.

Twister , the iconic 1996 disaster film, has been a cult classic for years, and for good reason. This action-packed movie has it all: epic tornadoes, a thrilling love story, and a cast of talented actors who bring the drama to life. With its intense visuals, heart-pumping soundtrack, and unforgettable scenes, Twister has been a favorite of moviegoers for decades. But it's not just the film's intense thrills and emotional moments that made it a fan favorite. Twister also had a major impact on pop culture, inspiring everything from merchandise to amusement park rides. Who could forget the classic line, "We've got cows!" or the iconic scene of a tornado tearing through a cornfield? Twister 's legacy has endured for over two decades, making it a staple of '90s cinema and beyond.

Since the announcement of its long-awaited sequel, fans are eagerly anticipating what's in store for Twisters and the thrilling ride it promises to take them on. So, grab your weatherproof gear, get ready to brave the elements, and let's take a closer look at what we know so far about Twisters !

Editor's Note: This piece was updated on May 8, 2024.

Get ready to be swept off your feet! The much-awaited Twisters movie is coming to town on July 19, 2024 . The movie will be opening amidst a crowded summer month of blockbusters that also includes Marvel Studios' Deadpool & Wolverine and Illumination's Despicable Me 4 .

The movie is currently locked in for a theatrical release. At the moment, there isn’t much information on the film's streaming release, but it will likely get a streaming release at some point after the theatrical run. Since the film is being distributed by Universal in North America, chances are that it will be available to stream on Peacock around 90 days after its theatrical release.

The first official trailer for Twisters was released by Universal Pictures during Super Bowl LVIII on February 11, 2024. The first look at the film introduces us to the main trio of storm chasers and the twin cyclones that will be terrorizing the small town in the film.

The second trailer for Twisters was released online by Universal Pictures on May 8, 2024, after being shown exclusively before screenings of The Fall Guy and a re-release of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace .

The cast for Twisters features some talented actors who are sure to raise the bar for the franchise, with Glen Powell , Daisy Edgar-Jones , and Anthony Ramos starring in the leading roles of the highly anticipated film. Powell, known for his roles in Top Gun: Maverick and Anyone But You , will play a character named Tyler Owens, a charismatic influencer and thrill-seeker nicknamed "the Tornado Wrangler" who has amassed a large group of followers. Meanwhile, Edgar-Jones, who captured our hearts in the hit series Normal People and the movie Where the Crawdads Sing , will bring her natural charm and talent to the role of Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser who had a traumatic encounter with a tornado in college and now spends her days in New York City studying storm patterns on computer screens. Ramos, who has been making waves with his performances in Hamilton and In the Heights , will star as Javi, Kate's friend who lures her back into the world of storm chasing to test a new tracking system.

Sasha Lane ( American Hone y) stars as Lily, who is one of Tyler's storm-chasing partners. Other cast members on board for the sequel include Brandon Perea ( Nope ), Daryl McCormack ( Peaky Blinders ), Maura Tierney ( NewsRadio ), Harry Hadden-Paton ( The Crown ), Kiernan Shipka ( Chilling Adventures of Sabrina ), Nik Dodani ( Atypical ), David Corenswet ( Superman ), Tunde Adebimpe ( Spider-Man: Homecoming ), Katy O'Brian ( The Mandalorian ), and Paul Scheer ( Black Monday ).

In the original Twister movie, Helen Hunt played the fearless and determined Dr. Jo Harding, who leads the charge in developing a tornado data-gathering device. Her estranged husband, Bill, was portrayed by the charming and witty late actor Bill Paxton, who joins the team for one last mission to test their invention. And let's not forget about Cary Elwes , who played the sleazy and competitive Dr. Jonas Miller, who tries to steal the team's technology and beat them to the punch.

The sequel to the classic 1996 movie has been in development since 2020 and Universal has stated that it will be a "new chapter" in the franchise's world. However, it was initially reported that the film is expected to center around the daughter of the iconic characters played by Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton , who's carrying on the family tradition of chasing storms. This would later be debunked by the film's screenwriter Mark L. Smith in an interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub . Smith, when talking about working on the film with Lee Isaac Chung , going on to say:

"It's a lot of fun. He did his own thing to the script a little bit because that's what they do, so I don't know about some of the changes exactly. So, I don’t know the details, but it's a separate story. It's not a continuation of the original. But it's just a real wild ride with some good, fun characters. Hopefully, we can tap into what the original had because that thing is just iconic. But it's so cool to have a director like Isaac taking on something like this. It's just so out of his norm, and I think he's having fun. I was texting with him a couple days ago, and it's just all craziness of it."

Smith also revealed that the subject of climate change will play a major role in the film, saying:

"I talked to so many storm experts, tornado experts, storm chasers, and rode around with some. Even the tornado season itself, because of climate change, what used to be tornado alley going through a certain stretch. It now extends so further east, and it's moving across, and the dates are wider, and the numbers are higher, and the storms themselves are more violent. So we did use elements of that just to shine a light on it, as well, the causes and effects of climate change."

The official synopsis for Twisters reads:

Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Golden Globe nominee Anthony Ramos, In the Heights) to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew, the more dangerous the better. As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.

Lee Isaac Chung the Oscar-nominated director of the critically acclaimed movie Minari , is directing Twisters . This would mark Chung's first foray into big-budget, action-packed tentpoles. Top Gun: Maverick filmmaker Joseph Kosinski was initially set to direct the film , but left due to a scheduling conflict with his upcoming F1 movie starring Brad Pitt .

Mark L. Smith, the screenwriter behind The Boys in the Boat , has been signed on to write the script, while Frank Marshall from the Kennedy/Marshall Company will be producing the film. Smith has a track record of working with Hollywood heavy-hitter George Clooney , having penned the script for the Netflix movie Midnight Sky , which Clooney directed and starred in. Patrick Crowley , most known for producing the Jurassic and Bourne franchises, will also be producing the disaster flick. Twisters will also be co-financed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The studio execs overseeing the production are Sara Scott and Jacqueline Garell from Universal and Ashley Jay Sandberg from Kennedy/Marshall.

One person not involved in the sequel is the 1996 film's director Jan de Bont who revealed in an interview that nobody reached out to him to consult on the film .

Twisters began principal photography in Oklahoma City in May 2023 with additional locations including Chickasha, Orkarche, El Reno, Spencer, and Cashion.

The original 1996 Twister was an instant hit, raking in over $494 million globally. The film's incredible success was due in large part to its brilliant special effects, the likes of which had never been seen before. Jan de Bont , the mastermind behind the hit movie Speed , directed the film, and the legendary Steven Spielberg served as executive producer. The screenplay was penned by none other than Michael Crichton , the author behind Jurassic Park . In the now-iconic blockbuster, we follow the story of Dr. Jo Harding, a brilliant university professor, and her team of daring students as they prepare to face one of the most powerful storms in decades.

With their state-of-the-art tornado data-gathering device, Dorothy, developed by Jo's estranged husband, Bill, the team is poised to take on the elements like never before. But when they discover that their arch-nemesis, Dr. Jonas Miller, has stolen their technology and built his own device, the stakes are raised, and the pressure is on. Bill comes out of retirement to help Jo and the team on one final mission to collect the critical data needed to save lives.

Twister is a must-watch movie that delivers a thrilling experience filled with drama and action. And with the sequel Twisters in the works, we can only hope that it lives up to its predecessor's legacy, if not exceed it.

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Memphis TN. I was there last December for cow elk hunt in the mountain with Brett sons and I killed my cow elk in the first 10 minutes of the hunt, don't hunt hunt at the farm , Serge charge double for cow elk which is $1800 , if you hunt with Brett is 1k, stay away from Serge, he got me once and done. Feb 16, 2023.
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