Manhunt (2003) (VG)

Writers:

Alan Davidson (written by) &
James Worrall (written by) ...

Release Date:

19 November 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

They just killed James Earl Cash. Now they want to kill him again.

Plot:

Death-row inmate James Earl Cash awakens from his "execution" to discover that prison officials were bribed to fake his death and deliver him into the clutches of a snuff film ring that wants to use him as its newest star.

Plot Keywords:

Death Row | Alley | Snuff | Gore | Execution

Cast

Stephen Wilfong	...	James Earl Cash (voice)
Brian Cox	...	The Director (voice)
Kate Miller	...	Journalist (voice)
Renaud Sebbane	...	White Rabbit (voice)
Mark Margolis	...	Tramp (voice)
Noelle Sadler	...	Dispatcher (voice)
Brad Abelle	...	Prison Voice (voice)
Sean R. Lynch	...	Hoods #1 (voice) (as Sean Lynch)
John Doman	...	Hoods #2 (voice)
Lenny Venito	...	Hoods #3 (voice)
Gregory Salata	...	Hoods #4 (voice) (as Greg Salata)
Peter Appel	...	Hoods #5 (voice)
Nestor Serrano	...	Hoods #6 (voice)
Gregory Sims	...	Innocentz #1 (voice) (as Greg Sims)
Adam Sietz	...	Innocentz #2 (voice) (as Adam Seitz)

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:MA (original rating) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Australia:Refused Classification (re-rating on appeal) | Germany:(Banned) | Ireland:18 | New Zealand:(Banned) | Norway:18 (self applied) | UK:18 | USA:M

Company:

Rockstar North

Trivia:

Three gangs were created which didn't make it into the game: the Clowns, the Lost, and the Jury. The Clowns dressed as their name suggested, the Lost dressed in scavenged metal, and the Jury dressed in hockey masks. The hockey mask design eventually went to the Skinz gang. The Clowns were given a back story which gave them obvious similarities to serial killer John Wayne Gacy, including an advocate who shared Gacy's surname.

Goofs:

Continuity: Cash is supposed to have been held on a prison death-row for three years, awaiting execution, but the back of his of shirt reads "County Jail".

Quotes:

White Rabbit: This wasn't the deal! This wasn't the deal!

Movie Connections:

References The Warriors (1979)

Too much violence

I don't mind violent video games, but Manhunt is too much for me.

Manhunt is a game where you can play a convicted villain James Earl Cash, who is the main character in the bizarre and sick game, directer by crazy movie producer Starkweather. Basically, the whole point of the game is moving from one place to another in the fictional Carcer City and killing a lot of enemies. You must make a brutal executions of every enemy you meet. The longer you hold the action button, the more brutal the execution will be. So in some way this game is encouraging a player to perform brutal deaths in goriest way possible.

The problem with this game is actually the violence. There is just too much violence in the game and from time to time I wondered, what the hell am I killing so many people. After some hours of playing Manhunt I was just bored, because I was doing the same thing over and over again. Using stealth, hiding behind the shadows and kill an enemy. The big problem is also the main character, because he's not very resistant to bullets. In shooting scenes you will die just after two shots with the gun, but the enemies will die when you shoot the whole damn bullets towards them. I don't like games, where the enemies are much more stronger and resistant that the main character.

The graphics are good and the story is quite interesting from the beginning, but when you pass this, there is nothing to do in Manhunt. Just killing a lot of enemies in 1001 ways possible. The levels are all the same, so the game becomes repetitive after a while.

I've never finished this game, because I stopped playing it after a few hours. I was just sick of the violence all the time.