The Hunters | |
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Directed by | Chris Briant |
Written by | Michael Lehman |
Produced by | Antoine Huet Thomas Malmonte Donato Rotunno Joseph Rouschop |
Starring | Steven Waddington Tony Becker Dianna Agron Terence Knox Jay Brown Philip Correia Chris Briant |
Cinematography | John B. Aronson |
Edited by | Nafi Dicko |
Music by | Mark Snow |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Raven Banner Entertainment |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Countries | France Luxembourg Belgium |
Language | English |
Budget | $10 million |
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On the outskirts of town is a large abandoned fort turned wooded park. Detective Le Saint is an ex-soldier assigned to protect a police informant who he arranges to meet at an abandoned fort in the woods. Alice is a college student who sneaks into the fort with a friend to go exploring. Unfortunately, the fort is also used by a group of men as a base for hunting humans: vagrants, tourists, and anyone else who happens to stray too far into the woods or stay after the park closes. Now Le Saint and Alice are caught up in the hunt against men who see humans as their next prey.
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