While he ask only to serve the imperatives of peace processes require the Lieutenant Chris Burnett in browser champing at the bit. Frustrated, he is preparing to leave the US Navy, earning the criticism of his superior Admiral Leslie Reigart, Wing Commander of the Adriatic. After being accused of insubordination, it imposes a reconnaissance mission with his Stackhouse driver over a demilitarized zone of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
During the flight, Burnett and its driver with signs of compromising activity in a forest. Burnett has hardly time to start up the camera that Serb troops shoot down the plane. Ejectés few seconds earlier, its two occupants end up in the mountain, but the Serbs are rapidly converging on them and kill coldly Stakhouse. Burnett takes flight, closely followed by the enemy soldiers and especially by a particular tracker to not let go. Without food or equipment, capture seems inevitable and certain execution.
Braving a wait instructions from his superiors, Admiral Reigart then organized a rescue operation ...
"The Hunting Party" is a very good film of survival and courage. Inspired by a true story, it gives rise to many spectacular action scenes. The fight scenes, the Apocalypse of scenery and the oppressive atmosphere, are beautifully restored. The ruined town of Hac was even built from scratch for the needs of the film.
The scenes are very well filmed, some as a continuation of the F-18 by a missile are breathtaking, while the use of slow motion gives some passages incredible intensity.
The characters are beautifully interpreted. Owen Wilson, more accustomed to big comedy, as well is very convincing in the role of undisciplined soldier than in the hunted man, and Gene Hackman beautiful charismatic top ranking. Not to mention Joaquim De Almeida supreme admiral and outstanding Russian actor Vladimir Mashkov ("The quickie", "New Russian" ...) in which the role of ruthless tracker fits like a glove.
A very good film, in which one can deplore just a little clumsy patriotism and end nanarde limit.
