![]() This high octane thriller focuses on Lucas, (Sam Worthington), a solitary assassin, hired to kill a young woman, Ella, (Odeya Rush). When he can't bring himself to pull the trigger the plan falls apart, setting in motion a twisted game of cat and mouse. Now both are marked for death and forced to form an. But with action auteur Jonathan Mostow (“Breakdown”) behind the camera and Sam Worthington in front of it, it gives fair value — and then some — as it treads a well-worn path. Read full review. RogerEbert.com - Nell Minow. The Hunter's Prayer is like a Luc Besson film put through a deflavorizing machine. An assassin forges an unlikely partnership with one of his targets: a woman seeking revenge for the murder of her family. Justin Lowe, Hollywood Reporter, Jun 9, 2017. Rotten: The biggest sin The Hunter's Prayer commits is being too dumb to enjoy. Lindsey, Village Voice, Jun 7, 2017. Rotten: Like a Luc Besson film put through a deflavorizing machine to remove any element that could be distinctive, energetic, or fun. – Nell Minow. ‘Avatar’ star Sam Worthington plays a rogue assassin in Jonathan Mostow’s latest thriller. With sci-fi actioners Surrogates and Terminator 3 already under his belt, director Jonathan Mostow should have no trouble handling a real-world Euro-thriller like The Hunter’s Prayer, yet control of the narrative appears to rapidly slip from his grasp as the movie’s implausibilities mount. What should be a reliably entertaining, if not especially original, replication of well-worn crime-thriller conventions instead turns into an enervating slog. Audiences seeking mindless diversion are more likely to discover The Hunter’s Prayer on VOD than in theaters, where it doesn’t have, well, a prayer of lasting past opening weekend. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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