WarHunt

Overall, not a bad little Weird War 2 film, in the same genre as The Bunker, Frankenstein's Army, Ghost of War, Blood Vessel, The Devil's Rock, etc. This one held much promise, but fell down in certain key areas: Most notably, the runtime was too short for the ideas it presented. A slow buildup of the twists and turns and who knew what, would have set the pacing and tone of the film better. The actors (Mickey Rourke aside, he was a bad casting choice here) did their best with what they had, but the film needed to flesh them out more, to give a better sense of their actions and so forth.

The special effects/location work was very well done for a modest film such as this, but there were a few scenes that needed better lighting so we could see what the characters were doing.

Unlike the aforementioned Blood Vessel the characters here were likable and it would have been nice to know just a bit more about them as the movie progressed.

6/10, a nice little surprise for those into Weird War films.

Right, well as I sat down to watch the 2022 action horror movie "Warhunt", I have to admit that I wasn't really having much hopes or expectations to writers Mauro Borrelli, Reggie Keyohara III and Scott Svatos. Why? Well, the movie had Mickey Rourke brandished on the front of the cover. And he isn't exactly top notch in my book.

However, I found the movie's cover, aside from the incredible melting man - aka Rourke - to actually be an interesting enough cover. And an action horror movie with a World War II theme sounded interesting enough. So of course I opted to watch what director Mauro Borrelli had to offer with "Warhunt".

I will say that "Warhunt" was actually watchable enough. It wasn't a particularly grand or memorable action horror movie, so you're not missing out on a great cinematic experience if you opt not to sit down and watch this movie.

Visually then "Warhunt" was sort of a mixed bag of nuts. The special effects were actually quite nice in the movie, I will say that much, but the night scenes were just so dark that you could hardly see what was going on. I don't really enjoy that in movies, I want to see what is happening, and not just have a dark screen with silhouettes and occasional flickers of light.

The movie's cast was adequate. Robert Knepper definitely added a good amount of punch to the movie with his performance. It is simply beyond my comprehension why someone like Mickey Rourke gets pulled in for movie projects. But hey, at least his name is a familiar one, while his face no longer is, and I suppose a recognizable name lures in the audience.

All in all then "Warhunt" is watchable, but that is basically also all that director Mauro Borrelli managed to do with this movie; make it watchable. It is the type of movie that you will watch once, if you actually get around to that, and then you'll never return to watch it again. The movie's script just doesn't have the contents to support more than a single viewing.

My rating of "Warhunt" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars.

Starts out good. Devolved quickly into a shambled mess. It gets pretty hard to follow this film as the plot pace rushes into overdrive. Could have been a good one. Wasted opportunity.

It looks like the majority of the budget for this movie went into the costuming and equipment and to fund Mickey Rourke's plastic surgery.

The plot, casting, acting, editing, and special effects are all reminiscent of straight to VHS/DVD/TV "F" tier movies.

If you have an appreciation for the occult and alt fiction world war 2 media and are scraping the bottom of the barrel for any content at all it's still not advisable to view this movie.

I really like the mix of horror and the occult and WWII, and WarHunt is no total disaster - production is okay for low budget - but WarHunt misses momentum action wise and there is never a real horror and creepy atmosphere developing. Anyway, you may give this one a try, if you like the genre/mix and need some new stuff on your plate, but be warned, compared to movies like The Bunker, The Devil's Rock, Outpost, Overlord or the exquisite Død snø and The Keep, WarHunt looks weak, cheap and redundant.