Film Reviews: Hunters become the prey in new horror film

Tables are turned as sadistic hunters become prey in a twisted horror thriller directed by Craig Zobel, which is loosely inspired by Richard Connell's 1924 short story The Most Dangerous Game.

Twelve strangers regain consciousness in a clearing with no short-term memory.

They are clueless as to their location and quickly surmise that they have been hand-picked as targets in a diabolical game organised by the wealthy and privileged, who hunt humans for sport.

One of the 12 victims, Crystal (Betty Gilpin), refuses to accept her grim fate.

She retaliates with force and guile against her aggressors, focusing her attention on the remote manor house where the hunters gather ahead of the bloodbath.

BLOODSHOT (12A)

Vin Diesel trades the high-octane thrills of the Fast And The Furious series for futuristic carnage in an action-packed thriller based on the Valiant Comics character of the same name.

Grizzled Marine Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel) is shot dead during a mission but regains consciousness in Kuala Lumpur in the care of Dr Emil Harting (Guy Pearce).

The pioneering medic has brought Ray back to life using nanotechnology, augmenting the Marine's strength, agility, speed and healing capabilities on the battlefield.

Rechristened Bloodshot, Ray wages top-secret war alongside other enhanced killing machines including KT (Eiza Gonazlez) and former Navy SEAL Jimmy Dalton (Sam Heughan).

As the body count mounts, Ray experiences disorientating flashbacks to his former life.

He slowly pieces together a grand conspiracy that has robbed him of the woman he loved.