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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 442487" data-attributes="member: 8">The Hunting Party (1971)[ATTACH=full]59369[/ATTACH]The whole film is an action/reaction event rather than a story, and I would describe it as Vanishing Point in a Western setting if it was produced by Hammer Studios.It&#039;s violent and depraved and Candice Bergen is beaten and raped into a Stockholm syndrome, except that she wasn&#039;t better off with her sadistic husband.That&#039;s the most interesting conflict in this story but we don&#039;t get to see much of it because the characterisation is too vague and inconsistent.Big emotional scenes - like sobbing hard - are often oddly timed.The gimmick in this story are long-range riffles, so, rather than the traditional gunfight scenes it becomes a sniper-slasher movie.It looks nasty and filthy and stinky and it all feels relentlessly &quot;physical&quot;. That&#039;s certainly not a bad thing, and with Oliver Reed in the lead role some special vibes are to be expected.Mitchell &quot;Dark Shadows&quot; Ryan plays the most sympathetic role and he looks very good with the dark long hair.It&#039;s not a great film but it&#039;s dark and offbeat enought to call it a good Cult film, and a must-see for seventies aficionados.Gene Hackman&#039;s Prime Cut&nbsp; (1972)&nbsp; should have been nastier and more exploitative, imo. I found it a bit underwhelming. Why do they never remake this kind of forgotten films that failed to live up to their potential?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 442487, member: 8"] The Hunting Party (1971) [ATTACH type="full"]59369[/ATTACH] The whole film is an action/reaction event rather than a story, and I would describe it as [I]Vanishing Point [/I] in a Western setting if it was produced by Hammer Studios. It's violent and depraved and Candice Bergen is beaten and raped into a Stockholm syndrome, except that she wasn't better off with her sadistic husband. That's the most interesting conflict in this story but we don't get to see much of it because the characterisation is too vague and inconsistent. Big emotional scenes - like sobbing [I]hard[/I] - are often oddly timed. The gimmick in this story are long-range riffles, so, rather than the traditional gunfight scenes it becomes a sniper-slasher movie. It looks nasty and filthy and stinky and it all feels relentlessly "physical". That's certainly not a bad thing, and with Oliver Reed in the lead role some special vibes are to be expected. Mitchell "Dark Shadows" Ryan plays the most sympathetic role and he looks very good with the dark long hair. It's not a great film but it's dark and offbeat enought to call it a good Cult film, and a must-see for seventies aficionados. Gene Hackman's [I]Prime Cut[/I] (1972) should have been nastier and more exploitative, imo. I found it a bit underwhelming. Why do they never remake this kind of forgotten films that failed to live up to their potential? [/QUOTE]

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