Film Review – After the Hunt

Director Luca Guadagnino had a very interesting 2024. He released two features, scoring a pop culture hit with his tennis soap opera “Challengers,” while his pricey adaptation of William S. Burroughs’s “Queer” went largely unseen by the moviegoing public. Instead of taking some time off, Guadagnino is back in action less than a year later with “After the Hunt,” bringing Nora Garrett’s troubling tale of misconduct and accusations to the screen. The writer examines the slow burn horror of characters caught up in a mess of allegations, forced to deal with an explosive situation without disrupting the rest of their lives. It’s a potent idea for a gripping odyssey into drama, but Guadagnino doesn’t summon much tension for the endeavor. “After the Hunt” isn’t completely committed to discovering points of pressure, finding the director taking his time with intensity, and he gets a little sloppy with performances as the offering struggles to find some level of cinematic power. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com