The Hunting Party

It is hard to first get into as it seems like a B movie and doesn't really pull you in. The concept is very good. The non-stop music playing throughout the movie, like an 80's movie, is very annoying and ruins the actual vibe that the show could give.

I like the actors. Not sure about the characters yet. The main lady is good enough to carry the show along. I still just can't get past the non-stop music playing at all times, and I mean at all times. I can't get into the scene as it doesn't seem real due to this music.

That is why movies and shows got away from the non-stop 'atmosphere' music throughout, as it doesn't allow it to feel real.

Like the canned laughter in sitcoms, why keep doing that? It is sooooo annoying.

When I first saw the trailer for this, I was immediately sent back to 2012 when Fox had a show called, Alcatraz. The main similaritity is both shows have a female agent tasked to capturing a number of high profile criminals who escaped from prison. Both shows have a great cast and both shows have a scifi feel to them. And like Alcatraz, despite being a great show, Hunting Party will b cancelled after one season. It's hard to trust NBC with any new shows like this one because they don't give scifi shows q chance of grow. Shows like Endgame, The Event, Ordinary Joe, The Player, Emerald City, Mann And Machine and a host of other shows, all cancelled after one season. Hopefully this show will make it.

Comes out of a barrel of clichés, in terms of uncreative ideas, and has insanely bad dialogue. The banal conversations - AGGHH! - the hackneyed and overused phraseology. It's impossible to take it seriously, and fairly annoying. Would anyone at all need to say out loud, "Call us if you find anything", when every person present is on the same investigative search team? Because, yeah, the lead was just gonna keep it all to herself and contact no one, D-D-DUUUHH!!

It's entirely conceptually immature, and utterly illogical, as well. One tiny Ex: The central character gets shot straight in the eyes with pepper spray (tear gas), but in the next scene her makeup is still perfect, no inflammation at all. I guess the EMTs do makeup now? (To be fair, she was holding a cold pack, but she was so casual, I thought it was a bag of chips at first. 😂)

It has poor directing and acting. The location-scouting and scene dressing is mostly fine, but it can occasionally appear low-budget. A kettle of boiling water is pouring out onto a floor and there's no steam, huh?

It location-hops frequently and senselessly. Seriously, who in law enforcement - what agency? - is getting to fly around in a luxury jet for the manhunt of one serial killer?

So, it took about 4 mins to figure out how lame this was going to be. It took another 25 until it became evident that the production was Canadian, and then I saw the Citytv logo, confirming it. Now the quality level makes more sense.

More and more often, when there's an early 7-or-above rating on here, it's most likely a true 3-5 stars affair.

This is based on one episode so far, but it is already looking as if this series is going to degrade into a standard paint-by-numbers crime show. There was certainly nothing to hook you in and make you want to come back for more. If you're the sort of person who likes to watch shows while multi tasking and engaging on your mobile with social networking then is one of those shows that will suit you because there's no intricate plot details that you need to pay attention to. Miss a few minutes and go make a cup of coffee, you won't miss anything important. All in all it's gonna be a case of the week story, progressed on the thinnest of leads and solved just at the 40th minute with a random clue. Seen it all before.

Now yea we've seen this story line before buy I'm all for a good story line. They are looking for escaped serial killers. The worst kind so there is alot of action and seems to be a pretty good backstory for the lead detective. It doesn't drag on the first episode and you knee deep in the drama and action. The story keeps your attention and while we've seen this storyline a few different ways this is honestly pretty interesting. The acting is pretty good. Scenes are great. This is just the first episode so honestly it cld get way better who kws. I do like Melissa roxburgh there's just something about the way she plays a detective that really works for her.