The Hunting Party (2007) 7/10

Starring : Terrence Howard, Richard Gere, Jesse Eisenberg, James Brolin, Diane Kruger, Joy Bryant
Director : Richard Shepard
Running Time : 101 mins

Simon Hunt (Gere) is a war correspondent who has fallen on hard times so, with the help of his cameraman Duck (Howard) and a young journalist named Benjamin Strauss (Eisenberg), the three of them set off to find a master criminal known as the Fox who has so far managed to elude the CIA, but when they are mistaken for a CIA hit squad they soon find their lives in mortal danger...

This is a great little satire that takes the idea that the American government has secret deals with foreign terrorists and only pretends to try and capture them. Based on an apparently true story, this movie gives Gere and, more importantly, Howard a chance to prove both their comic and dramatic timing. This is probably the best Richard Gere movie I've seen in a good while - a lot of his recent stuff has been weak - and do make sure to watch the end credits, which are some of the strongest moments of the movie!

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