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It is movies like this that shows what South African actors are really made of. The movie is based on a book written by South African legend Deon Meyer. The acting is superb, the story is amazing, and it leaves you in awe at the end. A definite must for action/thriller fans.

Hunting Emma is one of those "surprises" you come across in cinema once in a while. On first inspection this looks like a "I Spit on Your Grave" knock off. Thankfully, its not.

Better yet its a really enjoyable South African flavoured take on the survivalist horror genre. This film works well first and foremost because its story holds together convincingly well.

There's a well thought out back story that explains Emma's ability to take on what would, for most people, be insurmountable odds. This is married up with Emma's other advantage, her superior knowledge of the environment, which her hunters fail to fully appreciate, until its too late.

There is predictably a lot of violence on offer but what's refreshing is its not overstated or gratuitous. Indeed, the emphasis here is on Emma's survival. She does what she does primarily because she wants to live.

The fight scenes in this film are plentiful, polished and sit comfortably alongside decent gun play, which includes a tongue in cheek nod to Spaghetti Western style showdowns.

If you like the idea of survivalist horror but want something "dialled down" then Hunting Emma is for you. 7/10 from me.

Good cast. above average in the revenge style movie. main actress physical . recommended. enjoy. saw wt English subs.

After watching this South African movie, I want to say just just one thing; treat your daughter as a son and teach her to be ruthless with the scums of the society. The lead character Emma, played her part well. No histrionics. Well-made and well-acted character.

While there is nothing new in the story line to rave about, the dreary location suits the mood of the film. Except the main baddie, other actors, as henchmen, are just plain useless. The father character of Emma ambles along, describing her.

Watchable movie. Nothing great, but still worth watching once, especially with your daughter, if you are blessed with one.

Though the movieposter itself is a spoiler on what to expect, the movie had its own unique way of keeping the tension throughout the entire film. The storyline is old; nice single person against many bad persons, but the South African spice makes it different than the Hollywood version or the scandinavian for that matter. Afrikaan is the spoken language, and I found myself trying to understand it rather than reading the subtitles. If you like «an underdog» vs «some bad guys» type of movie, and are open to an international interpretation, then you'll like this movie. If you need the constant thrill in Mission impossible and its huge budget to get satisfied, you're better off getting a beer and not watching this film.

8/10 for the camera work 3/10 for the writing(cliche) 6/10 for the main actress 4/10 for the rest of the cast 7/10 for her car(he broke down well) 6/10 for the entire movie because mainly the camera work and main actress that got me to finish the movie

As a South African I try not to be bias when it comes to our films but I tend to favour our writing but this storyline has been exhausted by hollywood ,let's try again though,same leading actress,producer and camera crew

While it has a few flaws, they were minor enough to not detract from the story. I would have scored this an 8 or 9, but some things early in the movie were out of character with the rest of the movie. They just did not sit well with me.

I am not going to give a spoiler about what it was, you will have to watch to see.

I found this to be a really good cat and mouse movie. There have been many in the past, nothing new here, but this one really held my attention.

Other reviewers have pooh poohed the movie for being too slow, for me the pace was fine, it had a good plot and the back story telling was well done and explained things.

Well worth seeing and I would definitely watch it again.

Not one of SA best efforts. A very plodding pace with much time to digest the scant plot Even at +50% speed it still dragged a bit from one action set piece to the next as the snarling twitching cut out baddies bit the veld. I think the crew must have had fun making it. I have to commend the actors for managing to keep mostly straight faces as they menaced our heroine.

The wannabe critics are at it again smh... comparing this film to big budget Hollywood blockbusters with A-list actors.

I will critique this film for what it is... an independent low budget foreign B-grade film with C-list no name actors, a novice writer, and a director who's only experience is a TV series and this film. A well deserved 9/10!

Right from the start, the directing of this film could have not been better. It's far superior than most of the big Hollywood experienced directors have been putting out lately. The close ups, angles, capture moments and scenic shots were outstanding. The cinematography was sheer perfection. The acting by almost all cast members, especially Leandie du Randt, was great. The writing could have been tighter, but still decent. The pacing could have been a little faster, but still good enough to hold my attention throughout the entire film. The length was perfect. I'm not a fan of subtitles, but going in knowing this was a foreign film, the lack of too much dialogue made the subtitles bearable.

Overall this film was a fun ride, produced very well. I recommend this film, and go into it knowing it's a low budget foreign film - and not comparing it to Hollywood blockbusters, and you will enjoy this as much as I did!

This film has everything you'd expect: the expected plot, the ham acting, the lazy writing, the one-dimensional characters, the usual bunch of inept baddies for our heroine to whup with no creativity at all, the daddy with no back-story who mysteriously taught his pacifist daughter how to fight but not shoot, the cheesy Fight With The Boss denouement after the henchmen have all been massacred. Don't waste any of your life on watching it - you really won't ever get the time back again and it's too bad to even be funny.

"Geweld kweek geweld. Ek wil 'n ou hê wat die ander wang kan draai. 'n Gentle ou. Punt."

Quote from Channel 24 : "Jagveld". The local skop, skiet and donner flick.

It's quite obvious that I'd compare this one with the movie "Revenge", which I've seen recently. Both films take place in a searingly hot desert. Once again it's an innocent, vulnerable young woman who's being chased by some ruthless men. And just like in "Revenge" these macho's soon learn that it's not some stupid blonde chick they are hunting, but a ruthless fighting machine whose father (an ex-soldier) has taught her a few tricks about self-defense and survival techniques. The pursuers are just as stupid and overconfident as in the other mentioned movie. And in "Hunting Emma" there's also a lot of bloodshed.

"Hunting Emma" or "Jagveld" is different from "Revenge" in all kinds of ways. The acting is not of the same level (although you can discuss about whether or not there's some kind of acting in a revenge flick). The amount of blood that flows looks credibe. In short, the victims don't have an inexhaustible blood reserve. The retaliatory actions are reasonably soft. But the main distinction can be found in the used language. I had no idea this was a South African film. You can imagine my surprise when I suddenly realized that I understood quite a bit while watching this film. It's a juicy mixture of weird sounding Dutch and hip English expressions. I have to admit that I really love this South African language.

It all starts when Emma le Roux (Leandie du Randt), a beloved school teacher, is on her way to her father Jacques le Roux (Tertius Meintjes), to enjoy a well-deserved summer vacation. Only disaster strikes on the road when her car breaks down. Coincidentally, this is just near the place where Bosman (Neels van Jaarsveld) and his gang arrived after they've kidnapped a policeman who stopped them for a routine check. I suppose Bosman and his gang are involved in drug smuggling. Anyway, something they want to keep hidden from the local authority. Emma happens to be in the neighborhood cursing at her her car because of a leaking radiator. That's when she hears a shot in the distance. Before she knows it, those kooks are chasing her just so they can shut up this annoying witness for good. It's such a typically composed gang. Bosman, Baz and Jay are the die-hard criminals without any compassion. AJ and Boela are, in my opinion, two wannabe criminals who want to make a quick buck. And Piet (Luan Jacobs) is the wimp of the gang who will mess his pants faster than shooting a real revolver.

Despite the shortcomings, I found the end result admirable. Leandie du Randt convinces as the adamant Emma. Just like Jen in "Revenge" she turns out to be a real Lara Croft who suddenly concocts smart diversions and behaves as a fury while outsmarting her attackers. Among the latter are mainly Neels van Jaarsveld with his psychotic traits and softie Luan Jacobs who excell. Maybe this African film borrowed a bit from other films and as a result won't score high in originality. But it sure radiates Hollywood allure. Karoo film describes the film on their facebook page as follows : " polsende aksie in ware 'Quentin Tarantino-styl' wat die kyker uitdaag" (Pulsating action in true 'Quentin Tarantino-style', challenging the viewer). Brilliant. Nie?

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I hadn't realized the film was South African and made in the Afrikaans language, so that certainly added interest. 'Hunting Emma' was beautifully set and shot in the Karoo desert (?), with great cinematography and acting by the leads Neels van Jaarsveld (as Bosman, the gang leader), Bouwer Bosch (Jay, one of his main henchmen) and Leandie du Randt (Emma Le Roux, a teacher on holiday who gets caught up in events), generally supported well by the other cast members.

But let's not blind ourselves to some of the film's flaws. The criminals were implausibly bad, which I think is a mistake of the plot and script. More details need to be built into the story to allow the events to unfold believably, otherwise the film just loses credibility. They could have done a lot more with the original story, if indeed Deon Meyer's book was good enough for that (presumably, it was, I haven't read it). The spaghetti/Tarantino-esque ending at the end was fun but bordering on farce.

So, some good features, but flawed, more a novelty than serious film.

Its a copy of Revenge movie. I dont have what to say. I mean Revenge is ok movie you watch once. So imagine this what is a copy of a OK film. Dont waste your time like i did. Started could not finish it till end. She is a survivor and kills them all. But acting is poor, cutscenes, camera job effects.... you clear can see its a low budget movie.

I enjoyed the movie but found the girl's constant heavy breathing really annoying after a while.

It was such a let down film. It was boring at times. The acting was average. It's definitely a one time watch for me. The film pacing was really slow. It only got abit good in the last 30 mins of the film. 2/10

Back in '64, Cornel Wilde gave a career-defining performance in "The Naked Prey." This film is similar; a survivor, multiple opponents, and a setting that takes everything and gives little. The human will to survive in a gentle, beautiful young woman facing rough odds. Go Emma!

In 'Hunting Emma' pacifist schoolteacher Emma is on her way to her father's ranch when her car breaks down. Looking for water in the South African wilderness, she stumbles on drug dealers executing a policeman. As she is chased, Emma must rely on the survival tricks her Special Forces father taught her.

While 'Hunting Emma' doesn't invent anything new, it is still a reasonably well executed movie where an attractive blonde ordinary woman fights off bad guys. The plot doesn't yield any more surprises than this.

The acting is decent. The story is decent, at least for the genre. I suppose the dialogues are decent as well, following the English subtitles. The violence and bloodshed are thankfully not as gratuitous as in most US productions, and Emma does not suddenly turn into a killing machine for no apparent reason (though the "ordinary woman" archetype is somewhat muddled thanks to having a Special Forces dad that taught her all his tricks).

Overall, it's a decent movie if you don't have anything else to watch.

The actors seem to be doing acting as if its a job, and often just bored and following instructions. In a scene, where 2 characters are fighting, trying to kill each other (supposedly), but its done so pretentiously slowly, that the viewers will cringe at lousy acting than feel part of a movie. The pace of movie is so slow, that realistically this 105 minutes movie is a pain to watch.

There have been quite a number of movies where the hunted turns the tide on the hunters. This one was more realistic and enjoyable to watch. Good acting and dialogue keeps the viewer engrossed without boring parts. For pure escapism you can't go wrong checking this movie out.

Hail to Byron Davis for making this very non-typical South African film, which was a breath of fresh air. This is one of the very few vengeance films from South Africa and I enjoyed how brutal and unsympathetic this was.

The set-up of Emma's character was so ironic of what was to come, and very effective, actually. The photography was very good, as well as the cinematography. It was really beautifully shot. This film also proves movies can be so much better if shot on location instead of constant use of blue or green screens. Learn from this, Hollywood!! I enjoyed the fact that our protagonist also got tired, and was not portrayed as a super hero. She remained vulnerable throughout. Neels van Jaarsveld was very good as antagonist Bosman.