Title: The Hunt
Year: 2020
Director: Craig Zobel
Actors: Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Ike Barinholtz, Wayne Duvall, Ethan Suplee, Emma Roberts, Christopher Berry, Sturgill Simpson, Kate Nowlin, Amy Madigan, Reed Birney, Glenn Howerton, Steve Coulter, Dean J. West, Vince Pisani
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Why in Database: The turtle appears in two forms in this film. First, a group chat on the phone is shown, where one of the interlocutors first creates tension that he has to share something, and paste a gif with a turtle mating with a shoe. The second appearance is a long story told by the main character, quite a macabre remake of the story of Tortoise and the Hare in which the hare irritated by the defeat, kills the turtle and his family in revenge.
My mama used to tell me this story about the jackrabbit and the box turtle. The jackrabbit is a real dick, cause he brags all the time. Says nobody’s faster than him. And, well, it’s true. Cause every time he races, the jackrabbit always wins. The whole fucking forest has to put up with this fuck day in, day out. fucker always wants to race just to rub it in some more. So the box turtle figures, “why not? I’ll give it a try.” And the jackrabbit, like, laughs. Like, “Okay this’ll be fun, so let’s fucking go” So bang! Jackrabbit leaves the box turtle in his fucking dust. I mean, he is way in front. Of course he is, cause the jackrabbit always wins. But he wants to put on a show and he’ll make it seem close. So he stops, and he takes a nap. He sleeps longer than he wanted to. By the time he wakes up, the… I mean, he knows he’s fucked. Jackrabbit (whooshing sound) goes full tilt, but it’s too late. The box turtle crosses the finish line first, and the crowd’s like… Goes fucking WILD. Later that night, box turtle’s having dinner with his family. He’s telling his little box turtles how he did it. “I mean, never give up. Just keep crawling forwards, and… you can overcome just about anything.” Door smashes in. It’s the jackrabbit. And he has a hammer. Smashes up the wife and kids first so the box turtle has to watch ’em die. And then it’s his turn. Once the whole family’s broken into little pieces… he sits down and eats their dinner. Every last bite. Cause the jackrabbit always wins.
Author: XYuriTT
