Pig Hunt

Pig Hunt (2008): This title can lead to all kinds of misinterpretation about the movie’s subject. However, suffice it to say that the movie really does start out with a bunch of guys (and one girlfriend) going into the wilds of Northern California to hunt wild boar. In the end, it may be the boars that do most of the hunting but a hunting you will go. The movie contains an eclectic mix of a multicultural group of city folks meeting some hillbillies left over from Deliverance and both groups mixing it up with a hippie commune growing slightly illegal crops in the mountains. Throw in a 3,000 pound mildly irritated boar and you have an interesting mix for a horror movie. The hunters are an unusual group with a locally raised bow hunter, a porky guy who has never been camping, a black guy armed with a .44 magnum pistol, and a girlfriend who may be the best hunter of them all. The hillbilly rednecks are a hoot and probably the best characters in the flick. While not a classic, this one should keep most fans interested and it throws in a few plot twists not normally associated with a big ‘thing’ movie. Filmed on a relatively low budget and using a cast of local actors, the film looks better than its budget and the acting is not bad. The movie stomped an R for: a really big porky, a pool full of naked hippie gals, a massive field of ‘medical’ marijuana, a free enterprise commune, multiple bong use, multiple crushed hunters, missing hands, fingers, etc., enraged rednecks, dead rednecks, enraged city folk, dead city folk, enraged hippies, dead hippies, and for the enraged and soon to be dead porkers.