Hunted
BBC | Cinemax | Release Date: October 4, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Slant MagazineSean HigginsNov 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: Hunted balances its cheesy dialogue and gratuitous sex and violence with an overarching narrative that dramatizes endemic moral rot and the dark money pulling strings from behind the curtain. Read full review
88
RedEyeCurt WagnerOct 19, 2012
Season 1 Review: Hunted is an intriguing and rewarding puzzle worth (trying) to solve. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyKen TuckerNov 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: A simmering bit of silly suspense fun created by X-Files writer-producer Frank Spotnitz. Read full review
80
The Huffington PostMaureen RyanOct 18, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's essentially interested in the ways in which lonely, damaged characters allow themselves to find comfort in a world that has no fixed moral moorings, and the wounded tenacity of these people is every bit as intriguing as the progress of that mystery briefcase. Read full review
80
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniOct 18, 2012
Season 1 Review: Despite its occasional heavy-handedness, Hunted will give genre junkies a real high--and some food for thought. Read full review
75
HitfixAlan SepinwallOct 18, 2012
Season 1 Review: As with the many conspiracies of "Alias," I'm not always 100 percent clear on what's happening in Hunted, but the atmosphere and suspense are terrific, and the leading lady is compelling enough that I want to see her triumph over whoever it is she's ultimately supposed to be fighting. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda StasiOct 18, 2012
Season 1 Review: If you love "Strike Back," you'll devour Hunted. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraOct 19, 2012
Season 1 Review: [George] is not terribly believable in any of them, forcing viewers to rely on the reactions of those around her to see that she is convincing as an uber agent. Fortunately, the other performances are strong enough to carry it off for the most part, and as the plot divides and subdivides, sending tendrils up through the vaunted British intelligence agency, recalling the Cold War and evoking more current international concerns, Hunted takes on a smart and disturbing personality of its own. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushOct 19, 2012
Season 1 Review: The twists are solid, if never as electrifying as on Showtime's Homeland, while George clearly learned her lessons well at the feet of Sydney Bristow. Read full review
70
Denver PostJoanne OstrowOct 17, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's easy to get hooked on the drama's fast-paced, international intrigue and tony visuals (shot in London, Scotland and Morocco). It's almost enough to keep you from contemplating some of the more outrageous turns. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerOct 18, 2012
Season 1 Review: Hunted ends up being a competent addition to the high-stakes-snooping genre but not a very surprising one. Read full review
58
Uncle BarkyEd BarkOct 19, 2012
Season 1 Review: The fight scenes are easily digested but those down times can really make your head hurt. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryOct 17, 2012
Season 1 Review: This is really just a protracted, more explicit (virtually a prerequisite, given the venue) "Mission: Impossible," spreading its caper across multiple episodes. Yet even with bursts of bloodshed, Hunted bogs down in the episodes previewed. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyOct 19, 2012
Season 1 Review: George's action scenes are solid. There just aren't enough of them, and Hunted isn't comprehensible enough for the cerebral part to carry as much of the show as it has to. Read full review
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