The Hunter's Prayer (2017)

I liked the movie. It was realistic action and the story was entertaining enough to not get bored during the movie. Even though it wasn't released in theaters it was done high quality compared to other Hollywood blockbusters. It was kind of reminded me of a mix between taken and the transporter. Don't know why others hated on it. It was a good movie. Better than a lot of the other action movies I've seen that are super cheesy. It was better than I expected

While I was watching The Hunter's Prayer I couldn't stop thinking it's all been done before and way better. I watched it until the end though without having great expectations that the storyline would differ from the other similar movies. And it didn't, no surprises at all. Just an average action thriller about a contract killer having some remorse. The acting isn't that bad, but it isn't great either. Never saw a junkie in my life before that could still act normally, especially being a contract killer where you need some accuracy. So that was kind of dumb in my eyes, but than again it's just fiction. So if you have the chance to chose a movie just pick another one with the same story instead of this one because it's all been done better before.

As a movie that was not categorized as summer blockbuster Hollywood movie, we got we came for. The movie did not have large special effects, but the action sequence including the car chase and the hand to hand combat were actually pretty exciting. I loved and enjoyed how the sound effects were put to good use. The guns blazing sound and those car chases noise (including some sudden shocking effects like car being hit and so on) were the best parts of the movie.The story seemed to be pretty standard for this kind of movie. It had the element of anti-hero in it, where our protagonist was actually an assassin/hit-man and also had a "father/daughter" relationship, despite they were not really father and daughter. I understand that this movie was adapted from a novel titled For the Dogs written by Kevin Wignall which was considered very good by a lot of critics. This was usually the case for a novel to be adapted into a movie. However, it would seem that the movie adaptation was not garnering the same views by lots of critics.As an action thriller movie, it was actually good in terms of the actions. However, for me personally, I think the actions could have been given a bit more. There were times when it was in the more dramatic moments, the pace would become slow (which was actually in contradiction to the novel which according to critic was a fast-paced page-turner). Nevertheless, due to the good actions sequence, I was pretty pleased with the movie. Just a reminder though that the killings were pretty brutal, so best not to be seen by children. I could not say that this was a bad movie, but neither could I say that this is a very good movie. Overall it was pretty standard. On the characterization, I think Odeya Rush was pretty good playing damsel in distress (My wife and I kept on thinking that she looked like a younger Mila Kunis). But this time Sam Worthington (apart from the actions part) was not too memorable. Even worse was Allen Leech who seemed out of place as the main villain. I think Jonathan Mostow as the director was not able to bring out the best from the actors and even got one rather illogical scene before the climax. It was a pity though since he actually got quite a good portfolio of commercially successful movies such as U-571, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines or The Surrogates. So if you are a fan of Sam Worthington and wanted to see him as a lead character in an action thriller movie, then this could make you happy. Now if you want to see a not-so-fast paced action movie and just enough of action sequences through out the movie, with "father/daughter" relationship, then this probably would be a good choice. But if you are looking for a full blown action movie, or even a very meaningful action thriller movie, then it would be better if you look elsewhere.For my complete review, pls have a look at michaelnontonmulu.blogspot.co.id

In Scarsdale, NY a family is killed except for the daughter away at school in Switzerland. It seems drug dealers want their money launderers to be honest. Lucas (Sam Worthington) is a paid assassin messed up mentally and physically from Fallujah. He saves Ella, the daughter (Odeya Rush) from other assassins even though it is his job to kill her. He identifies with her because she has trouble making her lines convincing also. Ella is confused and doesn't know who to trust and like a certain world leader, listens to whoever talked to him last. They are on the run, sometimes together, sometimes not.The acting was not that great. There was enough drama in the production to mess up a good action film. It was a study of a vet-junkie trying to get his life back together after killing people for money. There is a "touching" dog story that explains the theme or at least the crux of Lucas' issues. What really confused me was that Lucas breaks into a home by smashing the glass out of the door window...and then locks the door behind him. ummm. You do know the window is still missing.Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.