Mondo Macabro: Hunting Ground (1983) - Reviewed
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“The day I come to believe the world is just a hunting ground, life will lose all meaning for me.”Jorge Grau’s Hunting Ground is a nasty bit of nihilism that combines a crime thriller with a home invasion film. While most of the film is played fairly straightforward, the third act plunges headfirst into exploitation territory with some truly heinous acts depicted in their full glory. The tale follows Adele (Assumpta Serna), a defense lawyer who has a very analytical and logical view on crime and criminals. In her mind, many criminals are victims of their poor environments and lack of money and upbringing, and she fights for them to get lighter sentences with a chance for rehabilitation. While the points she brings up are excellent (and in real life are backed up with research and stu