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In a world much like our own, twelve individuals awaken in a field with no memory of how they got there or why they were taken there in the first place. They soon discover a large wooden crate full of weapons--at which point hunters begin shooting at them with guns, bows, and even grenades. Those who survive the initial massacre are forced to flee, and as they run they discover the truth of their predicament: the hunters are a group of ruthless liberal elites who, fed up with "deplorable" conservatives, have decided to kill a bunch of them for sport.
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In a world much like our own, twelve individuals awaken in a field with gags locked in their mouths and no memory of how they got there or why they were taken there in the first place. They soon discover the keys and a large wooden crate full of weapons--at which point hunters begin shooting at them with guns, bows, and even grenades. Those who survive the initial massacre are forced to flee, and as they run they discover the truth of their predicament: the hunters are a group of ruthless liberal elites who, fed up with "deplorable" conservatives, have decided to kill a bunch of them for sport.
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* HuntingIsEvil: One member of the "deplorable" conservatives chosen to be hunted down, "Trucker", is an unashamed big-game hunter of endangered animals who is eventually shown to have posted a picture of him posing besides a dead rhino on social media.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: InUniverse, Athena and the rest of the hunters [[spoiler: got fired from their jobs after their joking about hunting and killing conservatives in a group text got leaked to the public.]]
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Athena and the rest of the hunters [[spoiler: got fired from their jobs after their joking about hunting and killing conservatives in a group text got leaked to the public. As it is in real life, no corporate business is going tolerate that type of behavior or joking about something as dark as that; not the least being the backlash they would face from it and how badly it might reflect on their image PR wise.]]
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* MistakenIdentity: [[spoiler:It turns out Crystal. wasn't one of the "deplorables" that the liberals wanted to target. They captured her by accident when they were hunting for someone with a [[SignificantNameOverlap similar name]] and social media profile as her. Crystal herself comments that she gets the other woman's mail all the time.]]
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* MistakenIdentity: [[spoiler:It turns out Crystal. Crystal wasn't one of the "deplorables" that the liberals wanted to target. They captured her by accident when they were hunting for someone with a [[SignificantNameOverlap similar name]] and social media profile as her. Crystal herself comments that she gets the other woman's mail all the time.]]
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* EvilGloating: The Hunters had set some of them up to present themselves as sympathetic bystanders to the targets just to lure them into a trap. Few targets survive long enough to catch on to the scheme, but those that do are now [[JustifiedParanoia paranoid of what is or isn't part of the setup]]. But some variation of the phrases "[[ArcWords There had to be a reason you were chosen]]" or getting sidetracked with political talking points becomes a major clue on who they are dealing with, as though they can't help but be contrarian and get in a dig before killing them.
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* EvilGloating: The Hunters had set some of them up to present themselves as sympathetic bystanders to the targets just to lure them into a trap. Few targets survive long enough to catch on to the scheme, but those that do are now [[JustifiedParanoia [[ProperlyParanoid paranoid of what is or isn't part of the setup]]. But some variation of the phrases "[[ArcWords There had to be a reason you were chosen]]" or getting sidetracked with political talking points becomes a major clue on who they are dealing with, as though they can't help but be contrarian and get in a dig before killing them.
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** {{Deconstructed}} in-universe as this is the liberal hunters' justification. The fear and humanization of the victims make them come off as the psychopaths they are.
** Many of the victims of the hunt are themselves revealed to be pretty unsympathetic. Gary spouts bigoted statements and brags about his conspiracy theory podcast. "Big Game" Shane hunts endangered animals. Big Red is a member of an {{expy}} of the homophobic Westboro Baptist Church. Bandana Man participated in the tiki torch march of neo-Nazis at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally#August_11 Unite the Right rally]].
** Many of the victims of the hunt are themselves revealed to be pretty unsympathetic. Gary spouts bigoted statements and brags about his conspiracy theory podcast. "Big Game" Shane hunts endangered animals. Big Red is a member of an {{expy}} of the homophobic Westboro Baptist Church. Bandana Man participated in the tiki torch march of neo-Nazis at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally#August_11 Unite the Right rally]].
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** {{Deconstructed}} in-universe as this is the liberal hunters' justification. justification for kidnapping conservative extremists. The fear and humanization of the victims places emphasis on them being ''victims'' and the casual way the liberals kill them in graphic and complicated ways make them come off as the psychopaths they are.
** Many of the victims of the hunt are themselves revealed to genuinely bepretty unsympathetic.rather horrible people, most of which are shown in a flashback as the liberal hunters were choosing their targets. Gary spouts bigoted statements and brags about his conspiracy theory podcast. "Big Game" Shane hunts endangered animals. Big Red is a member of an {{expy}} of the homophobic Westboro Baptist Church. Bandana Man participated in the tiki torch march of neo-Nazis at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally#August_11 Unite the Right rally]].
** Many of the victims of the hunt are themselves revealed to genuinely be
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** Crystal is introduced fashioning a makeshift compass and going her own way, establishing her as a resourceful individualist.
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** Crystal is introduced fashioning a makeshift compass and going her own way, establishing her as a resourceful individualist. When she later takes the lead role, she reveals she keeps 20 dollars in her sock in case of emergencies.
* EvilGloating: The Hunters had set some of them up to present themselves as sympathetic bystanders to the targets just to lure them into a trap. Few targets survive long enough to catch on to the scheme, but those that do are now [[JustifiedParanoia paranoid of what is or isn't part of the setup]]. But some variation of the phrases "[[ArcWords There had to be a reason you were chosen]]" or getting sidetracked with political talking points becomes a major clue on who they are dealing with, as though they can't help but be contrarian and get in a dig before killing them.
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* MoralMyopia: The liberal elites think of their victims as subhuman and deserving to die because of their internet comments.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Most of both the liberal elites and the conservative extremists are broad stereotypes feeding into how each side perceives the other and not based on one particular person. The exception is Gary who runs a podcast, goes on a rant about "Crisis Actors" and generally resembles Alex Jones.
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* RRatedOpening: The opening scene on a private Jet has Athena jam her [[EyeScream stiletto heel into Randys' eye]], twist it and remove with the eyeball and nerve strands attached. While the remainder of the film is still fairly violent, this is the bloodiest and most prolonged death in the film.
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** Was [[spoiler: Don really an infiltrator for the elites]] or did Athena improvise her radio chatter to force the MexicanStandoff? She refuses to answer.
** What exactly is Crystals' political affiliation? [[spoiler: She's not the Crystal that participated in the "manorgate" outrage]] and shows general distaste for the extreme attitudes of both sides.
** Was [[spoiler: Don really an infiltrator for the elites]] or did Athena improvise her radio chatter to force the MexicanStandoff? She refuses to answer.
** What exactly is Crystals' political affiliation? [[spoiler: She's not the Crystal that participated in the "manorgate" outrage]] and shows general distaste for the extreme attitudes of both sides.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Athena and the rest of the hunters [[spoiler: got fired from their jobs after their joking about hunting and killing conservatives in a group text got leaked to the public. As it is in real life, no corporate business is going tolerate that type of behavior; not the least being the backlash they would face from it and how badly it might reflect on their image PR wise.]]
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Athena and the rest of the hunters [[spoiler: got fired from their jobs after their joking about hunting and killing conservatives in a group text got leaked to the public. As it is in real life, no corporate business is going tolerate that type of behavior; behavior or joking about something as dark as that; not the least being the backlash they would face from it and how badly it might reflect on their image PR wise.]]
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Athena and the rest of the hunters [[spoiler: got fired from their jobs after joking about hunting and killing conservatives in a group text got leaked to the public. As it is in real life, no corporate business is going tolerate that type of behavior; not the least being the backlash they would face from it and how badly it might reflect on their image PR wise.]]
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Athena and the rest of the hunters [[spoiler: got fired from their jobs after their joking about hunting and killing conservatives in a group text got leaked to the public. As it is in real life, no corporate business is going tolerate that type of behavior; not the least being the backlash they would face from it and how badly it might reflect on their image PR wise.]]
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* BlackAndGreyMorality: The liberals here are hypocrites who are so holier-than-thou that they hunt down and murder people they disagree with. However, the kidnapped conservatives are not very sympathetic either, as most are revealed to be hateful, xenophobic idiots. Only Yoga Pants really escapes this, and it's only because we [[WeHardlyKnewYe don't get to know anything about her]].
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* BlackAndGreyMorality: The liberals here are hypocrites who are so holier-than-thou that they hunt down and murder people they disagree with. However, the kidnapped conservatives are not very sympathetic either, as most are revealed to be hateful, xenophobic idiots. Even Crystal is more of a PragmaticHero who is ruthless because she knows the situation they are in. Only Yoga Pants really escapes this, and it's only because we [[WeHardlyKnewYe don't get to know anything specific about her]].
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** The movie opens with a group chat talking about having fun hunting down deplorables, then cuts to a private jet in flight. A random guy comes into the cabin disoriented and the passengers are aware of why he was there but skittish and sloppy about actually dealing with him, before Athena coldly [[CombatStilettos kills him with a stiletto heel]]. [[spoiler: They were not going on the hunt mentioned in the group text, that was literally a joke that got them, a bunch of corporate execs, fired. They then created their own MostDangerousGame in a twisted form of revenge, they are not experienced hunters who have done this for years but amateurs way in over their head]].
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* DecoyProtagonist: The film plays with this once the hunt itself starts, introducing a handful of victims one-by-one as if they might be a major character in the story, before [[AnyoneCanDie killing each one off in swift, brutal fashion]]. It's not until 25 minutes in that the film's actual protagonist, Crystal, takes center stage.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Athena insists that the things being brought up online against her are fabricated or exaggerated, her "manor" is a modest three-bedroom cabin. When it is seen the home is not unreasonably large but still on a multi-acre plot with extravagant furnishings. Athena goes on her MotiveRant and she brings up the lies of the "manorgate" about hunting people for sport from her manor, while Crystal notes she IS hunting people for sport from her manor. All Athena can respond is she is technically renting the place and had it personally decorated.
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* MuggingTheMonster: [[spoiler: The elites who set up this hunt had no idea that Crystal is a former soldier and easily outclasses everyone else, including their military consultant, in weapons training and hand-to-hand combat. This is due to [[MistakenIdentity having a similar name and hometown to the person they intended to target]]]].
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* TranquilFury: Crystal is very dry for most of the film, but it becomes evident she has the actual skill to survive this encounter. She admits to having military experience, which implies her behavior may be from being a ShellShockedVeteran. There are a couple of points where she has the option to escape but reluctantly [[TiredOfRunning decides to turn against the hunters and finish things out]].
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* MistakenIdentity: [[spoiler:It turns out Crystal.wasn't one of the "deplorables" that the liberals wanted to target. They captured her by accident when they were hunting for someone with a [[SignificantNameOverlap similar name]] and social media profile as her. Crystal herself comments that she gets the other woman's mail all the time.]]
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