The Villain of the Compelling ‘My Son Hunter’ Isn’t Hunter

Commentary
“My Son Hunter” is a good movie, but not a great one, although that shouldn’t deter you from viewing it. In fact, the reverse is true—you must—and I’ll explain the various reasons why in a moment.
Nevertheless, to call a film good is far from an insult. The list of great movies is short and subject to endless unresolved and often self-righteous disputes. I’ll see you a ”Lawrence of Arabia” and raise you a “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” and on it goes.
Rarer still are great political movies.
The most recent one from the perspective of many, mine included—it won the best foreign film Oscar among many other plaudits, if that means anything—was the 2006 German film “The Lives of Others.” Set in 1984 East Berlin, this cinematic masterpiece explores the mortifying experience of life under their secret police, the Stasi, making it as good a guide as I can think of for what many of us Americans are currently going through….