The Hunt (2020) Leaving Netflix on May 15 2025
Netflix Is Removing The Hunt The Most Controversial Action Thriller You Might Have Missed
The satirical action horror film from 2020, once called the most talked about movie of the year no one had actually seen, leaves Netflix on May 15. Here is everything you need to know before it is gone.
If you’re a fan of action thrillers, controversial movies or satirical horror films, you might want to catch The Hunt on Netflix before it disappears. Being officially taken down on May 15, 2020, The Hunt is definitely leaving Netflix. This means you only have a few remaining hours, really, to get your politically charged thrill on in a once in a lifetime media frenzy.
What Is The Hunt About?
The Hunt is a satirical action horror film directed by Craig Zobel (Mare of Easttown) and co written by Damon Lindelof (Lost, Watchmen). The story focuses on 12 working class strangers who wake up in a clearing, unable to remember how they got there, only to realize it is an elite group of wealthy people hunting them down like sport.
Betty Gilpin (Glow) is the star of the show as Crystal, a military veteran who will never be a victim. The movie chronicles her fight against her would be assailants with cleverness and brutality and goes into the political division of the times versus the social class conflict and media driven outrage.
Hilary Swank, a two time Academy Award winner, plays the elite leader orchestrating the human hunt in what is a chilling performance, which brings another dimension to the depths of the movie’s dark satire.
What Made The Hunt Controversial?
As of March 2020, The Hunt, in many ways, became one of those movies most watched with controversies even before it was really an option for viewers. Enough had been said about violent themes and politically incorrect topics that it drew enough storm clouds to press delays in releases. After all, Dayton and El Paso were mass shootings in the year 2019 and that is why The Hunt’s release began to be challenged.
The airing of a tweet by Donald Trump, then president, about a Hollywood film (generally considered to be The Hunt), with comments describing it as having been made to inflame and cause chaos, rekindled a chorus of voices claiming controversy. The political antagonism forced Universal Pictures to cease the film’s marketing for some time.
Following this, the studio embraced the controversy: they described The Hunt as the most talked about movie of the year that no one’s actually seen. Unfortunately, thus was born the hitch to box office success: putting it in the theaters during the global surge of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Why Watch The Hunt Before It Gets Away From Netflix?
Almost a cult following develops for The Hunt, after all, owing to an array of streaming platforms, among them Netflix. The movie/film combines dark comedy, grindhouse style action and relentlessly political satire, thereby qualifying itself as a gem of the modern action thriller genre.
Critics have hailed Betty Gilpin’s performance as among the most interesting and least predictable female action roles of recent times. The breakneck pace and brilliant dialogue, along with the extreme bloody violence, give viewers a nice ride if they are action fans.
Supporting cast members include:
Here’s what some major publications had to say about The Hunt:
When Is The Hunt Leaving Netflix?
NetFlix confirmed that The Hunt leaves its cabinet on Thursday, May 15, 2025. It could be available at later points in time on other platforms, namely Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV or for purchase on Blu ray/DVD.
Final Thoughts
The Hunt is well worth the time of those into political satire or gritty horror thrillers or just into something to find before it disappears: it’s a brutal, fast paced and surprisingly thoughtful action movie that cuts deep into the in style American cultural and political anxieties.
Next, you have to go to one of the nets and watch The Hunt before May 15 because once it is cut off, you will have to hunt it down.
