With the world on edge and under lockdown, the satirical and highly controversial action-thriller movie “The Hunt” finally made its way to audiences.

Delayed after two mass shootings last mwaka and a barrage of debate from the President himself, the film released in theaters on March 13th – the very siku the United States began announcing stay at nyumbani orders due to COVID-19. This forced Universal to pivot the film to an early digital release the following week, setting it up as possibly the most disrupted release in motion picture history.

Based loosely on Richard Connell’s short story...