Night of the Hunted (1980)

Night of the Hunted (1980)

Directed by: Jean Rollin
Screenplay by: Jean Rollin

Genre: Crime | Drama
Running Time: 93 Minutes
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Viewed: Owned DVD

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Comments: Well, this was certainly not what I was expecting considering Night of the Hunted came in Redemption's Zombie Collection box set. This isn't a horror film, and there's certainly no zombies (though the patients in the film would be called zombie-like). But despite the lack of real zombies and Rollin's ungodly slow pace, I enjoyed the film. This was my first Jean Rollin film, but from previous reading I knew his films tended to be methodical and slow, although this was tedious at times. Still, Night of the Hunted was an interesting film with a cool premise, so I can't complain all that much.

Also Known As: La Nuit des Traquées

Prison Break - Season One (2005-2006)

Prison Break (2005-2009)

Created by: Paul Scheuring

Season: One (2005-2006)
Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Number of Episodes: 22
Episode Running Time: 60 Minutes
Viewed: Owned DVD

Escape is just the beginning.

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Comments: I had a hard time deciding between four and four-and-a-half stars for the first season of Prison Break. On one hand, the show is very addicitve and the characters are generally well-fleshed out. Even though many are scumbags, I was still emotionally invested in most of the inmates. But on the other hand, the plot feels very stretched over the season's twenty-two episodes, thus creating a lot of forced moments and manufactured drama. I could easily seeing this being on FX nowadays and having thirteen episodes per season. The "other hand" is why I chose four stars, by the way. But anyway, the first season of Prison Break was fun as hell. I'm just now starting to pack all my shit for the move, and I often found myself putting everything off to watch just a little bit more of the show. I'm skeptical about the next three seasons (but not skeptical enough that I haven't already blind-bought them), but I think that with characters I like, I will be able to enjoy them for what they are. I mean, isn't that why the finale of Lost worked? Objectively, it sucked due to the fact that it never answered a lot of what was built up over the years, but it was a great two hours of television because the characters were so loved and it was satisfying on that level. What does any of this really have to do with Prison Break? I have no idea. I'm rambling.