Hunter Hunter (2020)
Written and directed by Shawn Linden
Starring Camille Sullivan, Summer H. Howell, Devon Sawa and Nick Stahl
Running time: 1 hour and 33 minutes
Unrated: contains incidences of violence on the scale from implied to very explicit
by Hunter Bush
Hello there. My name is Hunter and I’m here to talk about the film Hunter Hunter, which I took because of both the repetitive use of my name and the presence of Devon Sawa in the cast. Which do you want me to talk about first?
Well, according to family legend, my mom was going to name me after an actor (or possibly the character) that her father quite liked: Gunnar - a strong, handsome name! - and then her eye kind of drifted across the page of the baby name book and there was Hunter, just sitting there minding its own business and all of a sudden BOOM! That’s my name. I was made fun of a little bit for it, not as much as you’d think. Most of the mockery was aimed at my physical appearance or interests. What can I say? Children are monsters.
Devon Sawa is a Canadian-born actor who rose to fame doing commercials before breaking into film with roles in pictures Little Giants, Now and Then and, notably, Casper. He aged into some decently well-known teenage roles in films like SLC Punk, Idle Hands and Final Destination, and has been acting consistently, in films and on TV, all along. His most enduring contribution to pop culture will probably end up being his role as Stan in Eminem’s music video of the same name, which codified the name into a term meaning “someone who is an outspoken fan of a thing” which in recent years has become a verb. As in “In this house, we stan Devon Sawa.”
