(2022) The Most Dangerous Game
THRILLER
Like the umpteenth movie adaption of Richard Connell short story, which so far, the original version from 1932 starring Joel McCrae and Fay Ray is still the best one thus far. Co-written and directed by Justin Lee has boat capsizing with three passengers of renown author, Rex Alan (Randy Charach), a father named Marcus Rainsford (Judd Nelson) and his army marksman son, Sanger Rainsford (Chris 'C. T.' Tamburello) surviving marooned on the beach of an island. Seeking for other signs of life, they conveniently then stumble onto a game hunter, Carl Von Wolf (Casper Van Dien) who's really is a German baron and his big Russian buffoon, sidekick named Ivan who is supposedly be a mute. The next thing we know three people of Sanger Rainsford, adult brother, Quinlan (Edward Finlay) and his sister, Mary (Elissa Dowling) armed with nothing more than a hunting knife and bottled water, are given a three hour head start with only three days needed, before the baron and his sidekick hunt them down. Sanger also conveniently crosses paths with a doctor, Ben Colt (Tom Berenger) who has evaded being one of the barons victims.
The only thing I can give this movie credit for is the fact both actors of Judd Nelson and Tom Berenger are barely recognizable with their hey days of acting for a long time, as well the main baddie a slow painful death. Even by ignoring the poor acting, which is not really a factor for me, the movie defies logic, such as how the Baron is able to find them with no tracker dogs? Did he put a GPS tracker on them. How was the baron able to know which direction they were heading toward, as well as catch up to them so fast by taking the same steps as his captures does if they in fact got a three hour head start, in the forest mind you. There was also a scene when both the Baron and his sidekick Ivan get injured making a promise to get themselves fixed up from their original location before coming back out to hunt them again. Which means walking through the same forestry root with no elephants or horses or vehicle. Also, if Sanger served in the war, he should also be a good knife thrower or user to use the knife as a method, when he could have use something or someone as a decoy before he could come up from behind and use the knife on the baron's back- it was never even considered.
Like the umpteenth movie adaption of Richard Connell short story, which so far, the original version from 1932 starring Joel McCrae and Fay Ray is still the best one thus far. Co-written and directed by Justin Lee has boat capsizing with three passengers of renown author, Rex Alan (Randy Charach), a father named Marcus Rainsford (Judd Nelson) and his army marksman son, Sanger Rainsford (Chris 'C. T.' Tamburello) surviving marooned on the beach of an island. Seeking for other signs of life, they conveniently then stumble onto a game hunter, Carl Von Wolf (Casper Van Dien) who's really is a German baron and his big Russian buffoon, sidekick named Ivan who is supposedly be a mute. The next thing we know three people of Sanger Rainsford, adult brother, Quinlan (Edward Finlay) and his sister, Mary (Elissa Dowling) armed with nothing more than a hunting knife and bottled water, are given a three hour head start with only three days needed, before the baron and his sidekick hunt them down. Sanger also conveniently crosses paths with a doctor, Ben Colt (Tom Berenger) who has evaded being one of the barons victims.
The only thing I can give this movie credit for is the fact both actors of Judd Nelson and Tom Berenger are barely recognizable with their hey days of acting for a long time, as well the main baddie a slow painful death. Even by ignoring the poor acting, which is not really a factor for me, the movie defies logic, such as how the Baron is able to find them with no tracker dogs? Did he put a GPS tracker on them. How was the baron able to know which direction they were heading toward, as well as catch up to them so fast by taking the same steps as his captures does if they in fact got a three hour head start, in the forest mind you. There was also a scene when both the Baron and his sidekick Ivan get injured making a promise to get themselves fixed up from their original location before coming back out to hunt them again. Which means walking through the same forestry root with no elephants or horses or vehicle. Also, if Sanger served in the war, he should also be a good knife thrower or user to use the knife as a method, when he could have use something or someone as a decoy before he could come up from behind and use the knife on the baron's back- it was never even considered.