(Photo: Channel 4)
Hunted is a new reality TV show in the United Kingdom. Contestants are given about $700 in cash each and a one hour head start. Their task is to disappear for a full 28 days. During that time, top detectives and investigators will search for them using the modern tools of surveillance. The Daily Telegraph reports that these investigators know their business:
The leader of the 30-strong team of investigators, for instance, was a former head of counter-terrorism for the City of London Police. At his disposal were technologies normally accessible only by the authorities – CCTV tracking, number plate recognition systems and the like. Among the men and women under his command were former spooks, intelligence analysts, covert operatives, cyber security experts and psychological profilers. Even a former CIA pattern analyst who played a role in the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
The first episode aired on September 10. Some contestants did better than others:
Dr Ricky Allen, a GP from Canterbury, had an almost preternatural ability to second-guess his pursuers. When his motorbike was detected by a motorway monitoring system, a quick change to a pre-borrowed car had his pursuers stumped for days. Others slipped through the net more by gritty good fortune than design, although one couple, after days on the run naively used an ATM to withdraw cash and were pounced on within the hour.
Here's a trailer for the show.
Could you evade government detection in your own country for 28 days? If so, how?
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Comments (13)
but the system/s still relies on the "human" operator/s and the fact nothing is 100% foolproof
after that rant: fact is that these movies will skew your perception of reality.
Interesting to see "Irreversible" on the list. That is one of the most disgusting and vile movies I have the misfortune of witnessing. It makes you want to go to confessional just thinking about what you saw. Nasty.
"Eraserhead" is a beautifully shot film but i will agree with Mytake about "Audition". Definitely my least favorite Takashi Miike movie.
This turned inot a list of snuff-type films. Do peope actualyl like that? Weird world.
No, greeneagle, it's just dumb. Why is it that people always point to unpleasant movies and music as "dangerously influential" but ignore the vast amounts of positive storylines? Almost every sitcom and cartoon has a good moral point to make about racism, crime, etc.
After decades of enthusiastic horror movie viewing, I find I have exactly the opposite reaction. I can no longer stand the sound of young women screaming. Maybe you grow out of it...
Basically, the quirky, funny, yet psychotic boy in the title has conversations with Mary who appears to him at various times, and he never quite understands her advice; hilarity and/or bloodshed ensues.
As the movie progresses, there's less hilarity and more bloodshed.
I also thought Last House on the Left was boring and just annoying.
Disappointed with that list b/c it did just turn in to a snuff-film list.
I've seen Jacob's Ladder, very creepy, and somewhat disturbing, but if you understand the story it makes a sad, weird sense.
I missed the first few minutes of Hard Candy on cable, but stayed with it to the end. Definitely disturbing, but I wouldn't include it on this list.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer was disturbing, but there was another version of the Henry Lee Lucas story that was much creepier. I can't find it on IMDB.
Requiem for a Dream is a better anti-drug film than anything they ever showed me in high school.
I've never watched Happiness because I'm utterly sick of the whole suburbs are horrible and pits of despair. American Beauty sucked.
(...okay, except I sort of do. Doh.)
"litlfrog
June 13th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Guys, I just picked up a couple of trojans going to the popcrunch website. Can anyone confirm that the site is infected today?"
Any AntiVirus scanner logs you can share? Nothing registered when I went there, but also, I have AdBlock and a pretty comprehensive HOSTS file.
Most disturbing movie of all, and I've seen the ones mentioned above.
Have a bucket ready!
'The Cement Garden' would definitely be on the list. This movie is 'ick', on so many levels. Remember, this stars Charlotte Gainsbourg--the daughter of the goy who sang 'Lemon Incest'...