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.
