If you watch only one “man exposed to the elements and hunted like an animal” film this week, make sure it’s Essential Killing, and not this low-budget British fake documentary. The concept is pruriently tantalising: animal activists kidnap a group of pro-hunting types, stripping them to their underpants and then forcing them to run for their lives. The execution is ham-fisted at best — with dismal performances.
The film-makers involved should be stripped to their undies and made to stand in the cold as penance.
Ed Boase, 15 (76min)