WarHunt

Although "Warhunt" seems like just another piece to pass on, I have a soft spot for war-set horror movies, I like (the now old and grunting) Mickey Rourke, and this is the first American horror film shot in the small country from which I come from - Latvia. The trailer left me feeling split, but I went to fight witches anyways.

It's a little different purposefully watching a low-budget actioneer, you kinda know what to expect. There's always one or two veteran stars attached, often to be there for maybe 10 minutes total. It is, of course, the case here as well. The setup for "Warhunt" was decent, the characters, although cliché, get taken seriously (until they die), and the cinematography is established rather pleasant for such an indie. The lighting department is lacking in budget, however. Even the performances are surprisingly decent, with the highlight belonging to Robert Knepper, as the fearless but mad leader of 12 men squad in search for a crashed flyboys plane that's been carrying 'sensitive' material. As the story progresses, "Warhunt" grows weaker and more tedious. Three screenwriters have fought to bring together a half-finished fantasy story that's as menacing as a sloth with a knife. Witches can be scary, but not in "Warhunt", the best - and that's not saying much - part of the story sticks within the madness of soldiers. "Warhunt" employs a lot of cgi too, and, well, it could be worse, it could be better, it didn't matter much with the lack of atmosphere. Personal disappointment also was the lack of potential nature and locations they could've used, and almost the entire movie takes place in a forest.

Naturally, there are plenty of historical goofs, this ain't produced by Steven Spielberg. "Warhunt" goes from mildly intriguing and entertaining to a true lackluster in the second half, and, for better or worse, takes itself very seriously from start to end. Really, watch only if you're too a sucker for fusion of war and horror. My rating: 4/10.

I was enjoying this movie for a while. It's a cool premise that could have been awesome if executed better. It's visually pleasing (when you can see). But...

This is a low quality movie. The story is a mess. The action scenes are a mess. Especially when the scenes are unbelievably dark. At times 95% of the screen is black. I couldn't see anything. I had no idea what was happening in the climax. I was fully focused on the movie and could not decipher who was who or what they were doing. Did they not preview the movie? (1 viewing, 3/5/2022)

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.

This is quite a well done movie but none of the scares actually work, and I'm not too sure why.

The script is basically Predator with some supernatural element replacing the Predator. It's quite astonishing just how many elements of Predator they ripped off, even a couple of lines as well.