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Review: The Hunt

It's considered the most talked about movie of the year, but is The Hunt worth your hard-earned dollar? Or was the controversy that delayed its release last fall a bunch of noise about nothing? Having seen the film, I'm not sure the controversy was warranted. This is nothing more than a fun -- and bloody -- satire. But I suppose it's the satirical part that caused the controversy. However, The Hunt does not advocate an uprising against the ruling elite. The villains in The Hunt are the "woke," politically correct Left. And the victims are "deplorables" these Leftists deem unworthy because they use hurtful words and phrases, and don't agree with what the Left thinks. Make sense? At its heart, The Hunt is an entertaining action/comedy with lots of blood and guts, and more than a few laughs. Betty Gilpin holds the flick together as the resourceful Crystal. She kicks much woke ass, and conveys the right mix of menace and vulnerability. And her ...