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A girl is kidnapped by a hooded man, locked up in a cabin somewhere in
the woods, then given a chance to escape. But when she thinks she has made
it to safety, the hooded guy catches up with her, threatens her with a
crossbow and knocks her out, only to drag her back to the cabin, take care
of her injuries, then leave her alone for the night. On the next day,
the same scenario, she is allowed to escape, but hunted down, dragged back
and treated for her injuries. And the day after that ... Somehow, the
hooded madman drags her brother into the story, a brother the girl always
had a somewhat strained relationship to because he disapproved of her
boyfriend. Ultimately brother and sister meet up, and he promises to take
her to safety, and along the way convinces her that her boyfriend is the
hooded man. But when the two of them think themselves to be out of the
madman's reach, he catches up with them, manages to knock them out and ... The
girl finds herself tied to a post, bare-breasted, and leashed on chains
but out of reach sit her brother and ... her boyfriend. So he isn't the
hooded man after all! The hooded maniac shows up, aims a time-triggered
crossbow at the girl, then throws a knife between the brother and the
boyfriend, telling them to fight to the death in order to save the girl.
After a brutal fight the brother brutally slays the boyfriend, then knocks
the crossbow out of position just in time so the girl doesn't get killed.
Then though, the hooded maniac is quick to kill him, then he approaches to
the girl and brutally stabs her multiple times. She tries to at least stay
alive until he reveals his identity, but ... A brutal piece of
survival cinema that has everything the genre demands (which is basically
chases, gore and a somewhat bizarre premise) but fails to really convince.
The problem here is that while the film tries hard enough to sell us its
eccentric plot, it fails to be emotionally compelling, and I'd even go so
far and say that the plot, which is very mechanic in structure, stands in
the way of the audience's identification or empathy with the film's main
character. Now sure, there are (way) worse survival flicks than this one
out there - but that's not a good enough reason to really get excited
about Man Hunting.
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