The Hunt (2020)
A dozen regular people are drugged and abducted. When they wake, they're confused to find themselves in the woods fitted with locked gags. It isn't long before they realize they're prey... and not long thereafter that most of them don't need to worry about anything ever again. "Most dangerous game" films are nothing new, but this one cleverly flips the script as to who is being hunted and who's doing the hunting.
It's clever and ridiculous and really a ton of fun. I loved how we were kept off-balance for the first 10 minutes or so after the hunt had begun, "is this the protagonist? I guess NOT..." Betty Gilpin as the only abductee who can quickly size up situations and respond accordingly is truly fantastic. And -- wow -- the last fight scene is epic.
B+
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