Night of the Hunted

I always enjoy these simple one location thrillers. Like Phone Booth, Identity, REC, Devil etc. I believe the last one like this was No Exit back in 2022. It is a basic story about a woman held up at a gas station by a sniper and that is all it really needs to be, I would almost say that movies like this lose points for me when they try to make it more than it is. As the saying goes its stupid simple.

I felt the lead actress did an amazing job, I started out absolutely hating her feeling she was an entitled brat but as the movie went along I couldn't help but feel as I saw her character arch changing throughout which is the sign of a good actor, script and director.

Reasons I would score it a 7 and no higher are I felt the sniper's voice could have been better cast, it didn't feel truly threatening or taunting to me, even when he had some great lines. Roger L. Jackson is still working right, that would have been a great option.

I hope to see a comeback of more movies like this. At the end of a long day I just want to sit down, kick back and be entertained. This movie does that and in 2023 for some reason this is hard to come by.