In the green woods of Silver Falls , Oregon , appears Aaron Hallam (Benicio del Toro) , a trained assassin AWOL from the Special Forces , he is a disturbing man who is over the edge of sanity and keeps his own sense of life . After Hallam cruelly slew four deer hunters in the area , FBI Special Agent Abby Durrell (Connie Nielsen) assigns a retired expert FBI , deep-woods tracker L.T. Bonham (Tommy Lee Jones) to chase him . At first L.T. resists the dangerous assignment . Snug in retirement, long time ago L.T. spent in the Special Forces training soldiers to become skilled murderer machines . But when he realizes that these recent slaying is the work of a previous soldier he trained , he feels obligated to pursue him . Accepting the assignment under the condition that he works alone , L.T. enters the woods, unarmed against his implacable friend/enemy . And, even as they go into their ending fighting each other, a no-holds-barred hand-to-hand combat , neither can tell with certainty who is the hunted and who is the hunter . Some men should not be found . In This Game Of Hide And Seek, If You're It... You're Dead. Some men must be found .What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?
From the beginning to the end the comic-book action-packed and extreme violence is continued and it is fast movement and that's why the picture is quite entertaining . Concerning a strong battle of wits and physical force between two tough protagonists , both of them holed up in the wet and tangled wilderness of Oregon's Silver Falls State Park . The outdoors are frankly spectacular , the landscapes have been filmed in natural parks . Duo starring is pretty good . Benicio del Toro is enormous as the two-fisted and rebel soldier with dark nightmares and Tommy Lee Jones is top-notch as the anterior trainer officer who is plagued by memories of his former pupil and riddled with guilt for not responding him , in fact he's the one man who may be able to stop him , eventually both of whom share a dramatic bond from the past that is unbreakable . Nice support cast is plenty of familar faces such as Connie Nielsen , Leslie Stefanson , John Finn , José Zúñiga , Mark Pellegrino , Ron Canada , Jenna Boyd , Eddie Velez and Rex Lynn of CSI Miami .
It packs a thrilling and stirring musical score by Brian Tyler . Colorful and adequate cinematography by great cameraman Caleb Deschanel , shot on location in Mount Hood , Columbia River , Old Town , Hawthorne Bridge , Ross Island, Silver Falls State Park , Sublimity, Portland, Oregon . It was professionally directed by William Friedkin , the notorious filmmaker of popular films as The Exorcist , French Connection , Live and die in Los Angeles , Cruising , Rampage , Bug , Jade , The guardian , Killer Joe , among others . Rating : Good , entertaining but violent . Although the movie has some aspects a little tough to take and we have already seen in other similar films as First Blood , this intelligent film still has its moving moments . This large-scale and lavishly produced picture attempts a special atmosphere with spectacular results . Two thumbs up.
From the beginning to the end the comic-book action-packed and extreme violence is continued and it is fast movement and that's why the picture is quite entertaining . Concerning a strong battle of wits and physical force between two tough protagonists , both of them holed up in the wet and tangled wilderness of Oregon's Silver Falls State Park . The outdoors are frankly spectacular , the landscapes have been filmed in natural parks . Duo starring is pretty good . Benicio del Toro is enormous as the two-fisted and rebel soldier with dark nightmares and Tommy Lee Jones is top-notch as the anterior trainer officer who is plagued by memories of his former pupil and riddled with guilt for not responding him , in fact he's the one man who may be able to stop him , eventually both of whom share a dramatic bond from the past that is unbreakable . Nice support cast is plenty of familar faces such as Connie Nielsen , Leslie Stefanson , John Finn , José Zúñiga , Mark Pellegrino , Ron Canada , Jenna Boyd , Eddie Velez and Rex Lynn of CSI Miami .
It packs a thrilling and stirring musical score by Brian Tyler . Colorful and adequate cinematography by great cameraman Caleb Deschanel , shot on location in Mount Hood , Columbia River , Old Town , Hawthorne Bridge , Ross Island, Silver Falls State Park , Sublimity, Portland, Oregon . It was professionally directed by William Friedkin , the notorious filmmaker of popular films as The Exorcist , French Connection , Live and die in Los Angeles , Cruising , Rampage , Bug , Jade , The guardian , Killer Joe , among others . Rating : Good , entertaining but violent . Although the movie has some aspects a little tough to take and we have already seen in other similar films as First Blood , this intelligent film still has its moving moments . This large-scale and lavishly produced picture attempts a special atmosphere with spectacular results . Two thumbs up.