Rent AV: The Hunt (2020)

Exciting but depressing. - AV: The Hunt review by DC

The fights and chases are all exciting in isolation, but the film portrays Turkey as the sort of place where it is entirely acceptable for a man to murder an adulterous woman, so any escape that Ayse achieves can only be temporary. 

Do I regret watching it? No. Would I watch it again? Also no.  

Gory fugitive movie with faults - AV: The Hunt review by RD

It's not a bad film, the plot is centred around the main character Ayse who is pursued by her husband's family through forest and roads with the heavily armed pursuers being given the slip by an agile and focussed Ayse. There's plenty of shooting and violence, with the mandatory amounts of blood and injuries to keep the thriller part of the film going along at a fair pace in parts, but in other parts the plot slows down and becomes temporarily dull, but it soon recovers for another chase sequence.

It's all very formulaic and the plot is very simple so don't expect any depth of involvement, just sit back and follow the chase.

There are quite a few confusing dream sequences and flashbacks throughout the film, and it's often not clear whether the action is actually happening or whether it's all in Ayse's head. This has the effect of stopping any involvement in the film whilst the viewer tries to work out what's happening.

The film goes through all the action for the duration as described above, and just before the end has a big shoot out with the sudden arrival of a lot of unknown characters including some which I understood were already dead. Then while this poor viewer is trying to work out what's what, Ayse limps off into the forest and the end credits roll. It's a very disappointing, empty ending as if they suddenly ran out of budget and closed it all down.

Watch it for the chase, the shooting and the violence but don't expect too much.