Big Game - The hunt begins
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Big Game - The hunt begins |
| Original title | Big game |
| Country of production |
Finland , United Kingdom , Germany |
| original language |
English , Finnish |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 14 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jalmari Helander |
| script | Jalmari Helander |
| production |
Will Clarke , Petri Jokiranta , Andy Mayson , Jens Meurer |
| music |
Juri Seppä , Miska Seppä |
| camera | Mika Orasmaa |
| cut | Iikka Hesse |
| occupation | |
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Big Game - The Hunt Begins (Original Title: Big Game ) is a Finnish - British - German action - adventure film by Jalmari Helander from 2014 . The film is based on the novel of the same name by Dan Smith , published in 2013 .
The film premiered on September 5, 2014 at the Toronto International Film Festival . The cinema release in Finland was on March 25, 2015, in Germany on June 18, 2015 and in the USA on June 26, 2015.
action
Oskari, a shy 13-year-old boy who lives in Finland, has to spend a whole night alone in the forest due to a tradition in his village. There he is supposed to prove that he is a real man by killing a wild animal with only the help of a bow and arrow. At the same time that is Air Force One of the US attacked President of terrorists and crashed. President William Alan Moore can only barely escape the plane and be brought to safety. He is finally found by chance by Oskari in a rescue capsule in the middle of the forest. For the next few hours the two are left to their own devices and a struggle for survival begins for them, which they can only overcome together. But it soon becomes clear that the forest is not the only danger; the assassins have also found their trail and are on their heels. After a long search trying to find the American Special Forces team, Oskari finally has to prove his strength by saving the President, and so both of the assassins around Morris, a Secret Service agent, and Hazar, his employer, escaped.
production
The film was shot mainly in Bavaria . The filming locations included the Bavaria Filmstudios in Munich and Garmisch-Partenkirchen .
The film budget was an estimated 8.5 million euros . On the opening weekend, the film grossed 16,909 US dollars in the USA .
Trivia
Onni Tommila , the actor who plays Oskari, is the son of Jorma Tommila , who also plays his father Tapio in the film.
reception
The film was recorded mixed. While he achieved a rating of 77 percent at Rotten Tomatoes , he only got 3.5 out of 5 stars from film releases , for example . From Kino.de the strips were awarded 3 out of 5 possible stars.
The film service assesses Big Game as a “solidly staged, dramaturgically imaginative action film that finds a perfectly appropriate narrative tone for the absurd plot”, but criticizes that “its critical attitude […] is increasingly leading to fascination with the US American military power [succumbs]. "
Web links
- Big Game - The hunt begins at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Big Game - The hunt begins atRotten Tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certificate of Approval for Big Game - The Hunt Begins . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2015 (PDF; test number: 150 139 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Big Game - The hunt begins . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Big Game (Roman) ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Big Game - Filming Locations
- ↑ Big Game (2015) - Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
- ^ Rotten Tomatoes review
- ↑ plot, criticism, etc.
- ↑ plot, criticism, etc.
- ↑ Big Game - The Hunt Begins. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 22, 2020 .
