WarHunt (2022) User Reviews

Neither one thing or another.

[timstokes-55732 · 5/10 · 21 January 2022]

Firstly the filming is good, acting ok but it falls badly between being a war film and ghost story.

Its an ok watch but the lack of suspense, scares or anything resembling a plot beyond going to look for a thing, finding it in half an hour or so then a fairly dull half hour not getting back lets it all down.

A rushed mess of a film. Could have been good.

[frankblack-79961 · 4/10 · 24 February 2022]

Starts out good. Devolved quickly into a shambled mess. It gets pretty hard to follow this film as the plot pace rushes into overdrive. Could have been a good one. Wasted opportunity.

Weak War, Weak Rourke, even Weaker Horror

[TwistedContent · 4/10 · 29 January 2022]

Although "Warhunt" seems like just another piece to pass on, I have a soft spot for war-set horror movies, I like (the now old and grunting) Mickey Rourke, and this is the first American horror film shot in the small country from which I come from - Latvia. The trailer left me feeling split, but I went to fight witches anyways.

It's a little different purposefully watching a low-budget actioneer, you kinda know what to expect. There's always one or two veteran stars attached, often to be there for maybe 10 minutes total. It is, of course, the case here as well. The setup for "Warhunt" was decent, the characters, although cliché, get taken seriously (until they die), and the cinematography is established rather pleasant for such an indie. The lighting department is lacking in budget, however. Even the performances are surprisingly decent, with the highlight belonging to Robert Knepper, as the fearless but mad leader of 12 men squad in search for a crashed flyboys plane that's been carrying 'sensitive' material. As the story progresses, "Warhunt" grows weaker and more tedious. Three screenwriters have fought to bring together a half-finished fantasy story that's as menacing as a sloth with a knife. Witches can be scary, but not in "Warhunt", the best - and that's not saying much - part of the story sticks within the madness of soldiers. "Warhunt" employs a lot of cgi too, and, well, it could be worse, it could be better, it didn't matter much with the lack of atmosphere. Personal disappointment also was the lack of potential nature and locations they could've used, and almost the entire movie takes place in a forest.

Naturally, there are plenty of historical goofs, this ain't produced by Steven Spielberg. "Warhunt" goes from mildly intriguing and entertaining to a true lackluster in the second half, and, for better or worse, takes itself very seriously from start to end. Really, watch only if you're too a sucker for fusion of war and horror. My rating: 4/10.

A mess

[FeastMode · 3/10 · 6 March 2022]

I was enjoying this movie for a while. It's a cool premise that could have been awesome if executed better. It's visually pleasing (when you can see). But...

This is a low quality movie. The story is a mess. The action scenes are a mess. Especially when the scenes are unbelievably dark. At times 95% of the screen is black. I couldn't see anything. I had no idea what was happening in the climax. I was fully focused on the movie and could not decipher who was who or what they were doing. Did they not preview the movie? (1 viewing, 3/5/2022)

American soldiers refer to captured German soldiers as Limeys

[christophersstratton · 3/10 · 22 January 2022]

It looks like the majority of the budget for this movie went into the costuming and equipment and to fund Mickey Rourke's plastic surgery.

The plot, casting, acting, editing, and special effects are all reminiscent of straight to VHS/DVD/TV "F" tier movies.

If you have an appreciation for the occult and alt fiction world war 2 media and are scraping the bottom of the barrel for any content at all it's still not advisable to view this movie.

Should work, but doesn't.

[napoleanWilson-1 · 4/10 · 1 March 2022]

This is quite a well done movie but none of the scares actually work, and I'm not too sure why.

The script is basically Predator with some supernatural element replacing the Predator. It's quite astonishing just how many elements of Predator they ripped off, even a couple of lines as well.

Watchable, but nothing outstanding here...

[paul_haakonsen · 4/10 · 27 April 2022]

Right, well as I sat down to watch the 2022 action horror movie "Warhunt", I have to admit that I wasn't really having much hopes or expectations to writers Mauro Borrelli, Reggie Keyohara III and Scott Svatos. Why? Well, the movie had Mickey Rourke brandished on the front of the cover. And he isn't exactly top notch in my book.

However, I found the movie's cover, aside from the incredible melting man - aka Rourke - to actually be an interesting enough cover. And an action horror movie with a World War II theme sounded interesting enough. So of course I opted to watch what director Mauro Borrelli had to offer with "Warhunt".

I will say that "Warhunt" was actually watchable enough. It wasn't a particularly grand or memorable action horror movie, so you're not missing out on a great cinematic experience if you opt not to sit down and watch this movie.

Visually then "Warhunt" was sort of a mixed bag of nuts. The special effects were actually quite nice in the movie, I will say that much, but the night scenes were just so dark that you could hardly see what was going on. I don't really enjoy that in movies, I want to see what is happening, and not just have a dark screen with silhouettes and occasional flickers of light.

The movie's cast was adequate. Robert Knepper definitely added a good amount of punch to the movie with his performance. It is simply beyond my comprehension why someone like Mickey Rourke gets pulled in for movie projects. But hey, at least his name is a familiar one, while his face no longer is, and I suppose a recognizable name lures in the audience.

All in all then "Warhunt" is watchable, but that is basically also all that director Mauro Borrelli managed to do with this movie; make it watchable. It is the type of movie that you will watch once, if you actually get around to that, and then you'll never return to watch it again. The movie's script just doesn't have the contents to support more than a single viewing.

My rating of "Warhunt" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars.

Not of the Good Bad Kind

[Tweetienator · 3/10 · 25 January 2022]

I really like the mix of horror and the occult and WWII, and WarHunt is no total disaster - production is okay for low budget - but WarHunt misses momentum action wise and there is never a real horror and creepy atmosphere developing. Anyway, you may give this one a try, if you like the genre/mix and need some new stuff on your plate, but be warned, compared to movies like The Bunker, The Devil's Rock, Outpost, Overlord or the exquisite Død snø and The Keep, WarHunt looks weak, cheap and redundant.

Weird War 2

[adrenachrome · 6/10 · 22 January 2022]

Overall, not a bad little Weird War 2 film, in the same genre as The Bunker, Frankenstein's Army, Ghost of War, Blood Vessel, The Devil's Rock, etc. This one held much promise, but fell down in certain key areas: Most notably, the runtime was too short for the ideas it presented. A slow buildup of the twists and turns and who knew what, would have set the pacing and tone of the film better. The actors (Mickey Rourke aside, he was a bad casting choice here) did their best with what they had, but the film needed to flesh them out more, to give a better sense of their actions and so forth.

The special effects/location work was very well done for a modest film such as this, but there were a few scenes that needed better lighting so we could see what the characters were doing.

Unlike the aforementioned Blood Vessel the characters here were likable and it would have been nice to know just a bit more about them as the movie progressed.

6/10, a nice little surprise for those into Weird War films.

Good film but..

[darthbraindrain · 5/10 · 21 January 2022]

It's so dark you can't tell what's going on most of the time, completely black fight scenes where all u can hear is a 'witch' screaming and thudding noises.

Quite impressed

[quentin-59-496555 · 9/10 · 2 February 2022]

I used to think anything below 5 rating i would give it a pass and anything 6 and above is great for a horror movie.

Quite impressed with the storyline and the only reason catching this movie was basically rouke and the guy that played a prisoner in a drama series sometime back.

Special effects and make up artist scored super well if you asked me. Anyway always great to find an underdog movie that works well.

My 1st review.

I'm still here watching till the end so ...

[elidav · 6/10 · 22 January 2022]

Ok WW2 inaccuracies from beginning to end but an enjoyable B movie romp with great special effects and spooky atmosphere !

Just one inaccuracy I can't forgive is witches wearing (polyester) chiffon that wasn't invented until the late 1950's ?!!!

Oh, I understand the need for money, but come on, Mickey...

[dongillette1 · 1/10 · 25 January 2022]

Google WW2 soldiers, NCOs, and officers and let me know if you see somebody with hair down to their shoulders like Micky Rourke's spouting. In fact, Google ANY photos from the WW2 years and let me know if you see ANYBODY who looks like they're from 2022. I'm waiting.

American soldiers are calling German soldiers, "Limeys," for God's sake. A Limey is a Brit soldier--from the 1850's--they got the slang because they ate limes to prevent scurvy WAY back when.

Enlisted men calling their Sergeant, "Sir?" Vietnam era flashlights? Velcro?

I can forgive a lot but when you don't put a nickel into the budget for a military advisor, I'm not giving your idiotic movie more than half an hour.

forgettable

[iamjamalwhite · 4/10 · 2 March 2022]

Good production values. Well directed and special effects were good. Plot was ho-hum. A few scary moments but overall a bust. Rourke has followed Bruce Willis into "I'll take any script" acting and it shows. If you crave that German war mixed with witchcraft stuff, sure. For the rest of us it is a slow war movie with some weird stuff. Don't recommend.

Avoid

[supermellowcali · 3/10 · 25 January 2022]

This was a really unoriginal and unintelligent movie imo. Every plot turn has been done before, no new ideas here. Waste of acting talent- not Mickey's talent tho, would have been better without him.

Promising Posters But Poor Picture!

[silicontourist · 2/10 · 25 January 2022]

Ever since finding Captain America and the Howling Commando's as a kid, I have always loved anything to do with a supernatural World War 2 horror theme to it. Having thought the poster made the film look promising I watched it; then sat back and watched all the many mistakes, errors and sheer laziness of non fact finding throughout the viewing of it. American soldiers of WW2 did not wear their hair long (and certainly not cut in 21st century styles) and, they most definitely never ever would make the mistake of calling German soldiers, 'Limeys'; British soldiers were called Limeys by Yanks and Aussie troops.

The original story plot was good, and could have made for a very good film, but it completely lacked the 'Fear Factor' that grips viewers of spooky films. All of the actors did a good job (though there really was no point of Mickey Rourke's role in the story) and the witches were good. It all unfortunately was not linked and blended well together and the reveal part, of the whole reason for everything happening, wasn't given until the final 10-15 minutes. But at that point you were past caring and left totally disappointed at what promised much and delivered much less!

Made for TV?

[jamiegates-28471 · 3/10 · 13 March 2022]

Felt very much like a made for TV film. The FX were pretty naff CGI, Didn't really potray any kind of dark foreboding. The kind of thing you would find on a second rate horror channel.

Good grief, it's bad.

[dean-munday · 1/10 · 5 February 2022]

What's not to love about the premise? Mix WWII and horror - should be a winner, right? Well, most that have tried this combination before have failed miserably - and here's another shocker. The script and the direction are terrible yet the poor cast does it's best; the biblically wooden Mickey Rourke aside. I persevered but ultimately wished I hadn't. Perhaps my suffering will spare you similar.

Nice mixture of WW 2 violence and horror

[Guus004 · 7/10 · 29 October 2022]

Very compelling story with WW 2 soldiers and super natural horror. Very entertaining. Starts of with suspicious events in A German dark forest to outright slaughter of the soldiers by witches spells and delusions. The acting is very good portraying gritty combat soldiers with a certain amount of tension between them and the period uniforms and dress very realistic. Some of the scenes where a bit dark and hard to see what was going on, reminded me of the battle that happened in game of thrones at night time. The forest scenery and setting is very good, had a dark an mysterious felling. A good flick certainly worth watching.

27:22 was all i could take

[decimatorcortez · 1/10 · 20 August 2022]

27:22 was all I could take. Dunno if it ever got better but I didn't want to wait around to find out.

Mickey Rourke's character was out of place and badly written (acted?)

Your mileage may vary.

Sympathy or a called in favor

[payupyou · 2/10 · 26 January 2022]

This movie is not scary, it's not interesting, but is most certainly lost time.

Either Mickey owed someone a favor and they called it in, or he felt sympathy for someone involved and jumped in hoping he could help them recover their lo$$.

Waste of time - you'd be better off locating The Devil's Rock and burning your time watching that one.

Pointless Nazis Syndrome

[borgolarici · 4/10 · 31 March 2022]

This movie suffers from a terminal case of Pointless Nazis Syndrome: the guys in black appear in the movie for no real reason (well, they're a bait for more public) and the plot would have worked fine without them. Actually, the movie could have been set in whatever historical context and it would have still worked because it's basically The Blair Witch Project with more fighting.

Rourke makes a small cameo and the whole thing is practically shot in the dark. I had to squint many times to see something.

War Horror - Not Bad

[muxinhua82 · 7/10 · 4 February 2022]

Story is alright, better than a lot dark background jump scare cheap movies. Worth to watch. If you like " overlord" and " ghost of war", for sure you will like this movie as well. Ignore those bad reviews, People don't know how to enjoy movies anymore, that's pretty pathetic.

Mediocre Supernatural thriller

[frequent-94632 · 5/10 · 17 August 2022]

Straight to DVD Saban Films have a little surprise in this not so bad supernatural thriller where WWII soldiers confront evil witches. But, what a waste of Oscar winning Mickey Rourke. If you have run out of decent movies to watch you will not be disappointed with this one.

Warhunt

[marinaant-36217 · 6/10 · 18 February 2022]

I might be one of the few ones in here who enjoyed it, I really liked the whole war and soldiers plot, I'm still not used to the witches in the film though because I find it dumb and they could go with something else but oh well it was nice, the ending confused me a lot as well.