Although production values are fairly high, the producers apparently decided to save money on a good script writer and lead actress.
The title of the programme is apparently a "clever" twist on the name of the lead character (Hunter). If there is another meaning, it is certainly not clear as a hunt is certainly not the main focus of the story.
The story itself, such as it is, seems to revolve around a dam in Pakistan and the affiliation and relationships between the main characters and certain shadowy organisations. The significance of the dam has still not been revealed.
The weakest area of the script is a lack in logic. For example, in the opening episode, three armed and brutal-looking young men go after a slim young woman (the main character). She surprises the first assassin by throwing fluid on him, then igniting it. The second assassin, she surprises and shoots. The third, she engages in physical combat. Although both are young and obviously fit, for no obvious reason, the assailant can do nothing to hurt her, yet she kills him with her bare hands.
After killing all three assassins, she goes back to get her bag when several policemen come in. Uh-oh. They are wearing uniforms and training shoes, so they must not be real. Before our heroine can swing/jump/fly away from this, one of then men pulls out a gun and shoots her at arms-length, yet, inexplicably, he aims at her stomach, rather than one of her vital organs.
Every episode contains howlers like these: superwoman can not be hurt, but can easily dispatch men two or three times her size.
Violence, frequently involving guns, often shown in gory detail, takes the place of story exposition and character details. In fact, it is the violence and particularly the unrealistic depiction of a woman taking on men several times her size that actually seems to be the main draw of the program to the very young audience it seems to be aimed at.
The lead actress, Melissa George, may be a good actress, but, if so, she is certainly hiding her talent very well in this programme. In most of the episodes she seems to display a single mood: sullen (usually with a pout). Virtually all of her reactions tend to be muted.
Hunted has been compared to the Bourne, as well as the James Bond films. However, these comparisons are more in terms of what the producers had hoped to achieved. What they have actually achieved, however, is a third-rate drama with enough graphic violence to turn the viewer's stomach.
The title of the programme is apparently a "clever" twist on the name of the lead character (Hunter). If there is another meaning, it is certainly not clear as a hunt is certainly not the main focus of the story.
The story itself, such as it is, seems to revolve around a dam in Pakistan and the affiliation and relationships between the main characters and certain shadowy organisations. The significance of the dam has still not been revealed.
The weakest area of the script is a lack in logic. For example, in the opening episode, three armed and brutal-looking young men go after a slim young woman (the main character). She surprises the first assassin by throwing fluid on him, then igniting it. The second assassin, she surprises and shoots. The third, she engages in physical combat. Although both are young and obviously fit, for no obvious reason, the assailant can do nothing to hurt her, yet she kills him with her bare hands.
After killing all three assassins, she goes back to get her bag when several policemen come in. Uh-oh. They are wearing uniforms and training shoes, so they must not be real. Before our heroine can swing/jump/fly away from this, one of then men pulls out a gun and shoots her at arms-length, yet, inexplicably, he aims at her stomach, rather than one of her vital organs.
Every episode contains howlers like these: superwoman can not be hurt, but can easily dispatch men two or three times her size.
Violence, frequently involving guns, often shown in gory detail, takes the place of story exposition and character details. In fact, it is the violence and particularly the unrealistic depiction of a woman taking on men several times her size that actually seems to be the main draw of the program to the very young audience it seems to be aimed at.
The lead actress, Melissa George, may be a good actress, but, if so, she is certainly hiding her talent very well in this programme. In most of the episodes she seems to display a single mood: sullen (usually with a pout). Virtually all of her reactions tend to be muted.
Hunted has been compared to the Bourne, as well as the James Bond films. However, these comparisons are more in terms of what the producers had hoped to achieved. What they have actually achieved, however, is a third-rate drama with enough graphic violence to turn the viewer's stomach.