The Hunted (2003)

The Hunted (2003)

The Hunted, directed by William Friedkin, is a tense and brutal action thriller that pits two highly skilled men in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro, the film delivers relentless action, psychological intensity, and a raw exploration of the hunter versus hunted dynamic.

The story follows L.T. Bonham (Jones), a retired military survival expert, who is called back into action to track down his former student, Aaron Hallam (Del Toro), a highly trained special forces operative gone rogue. Hallam, traumatized by the horrors of war, has become a dangerous predator, leaving a trail of brutal murders in his wake. As Bonham pursues his protégé through the dense wilderness, the two engage in a deadly battle of wits and combat, testing their survival skills and moral boundaries.