'The Hunt' isn't about liberal elites hunting 'deplorables,' but there are lines in the script that could anger Trump and his supporters

This is the big one (and I promise not to spoil the movie). The Universal marketing is its own worst enemy in this instance. Though the trailers and other ads make it look like "The Hunt" is focused on some kind of secret "sport" for the ultra-rich (reminiscent to those who paid to torture people in "Hostel"), that is not exactly what the movie is about.

This sleight of hand is needed for the movie to work. You need to go in thinking it's liberals versus conservatives. But as the movie goes on, you realize that there is nothing political about the motivations of the elites in the movie.

The shocking twist makes you think about the movie completely differently.

Outside of the violence in the movie, some of Universal's motivation to pull the release likely was that it could have gotten hit hard on social media by Trump or his supporters. Why? Because there are certain lines that could spark anger from him and his base.

In the script, a group text thread among the elites includes one writing, "Did anyone see what our ratf---er in chief just did?" One answers, "At least the hunt's coming up. Nothing better than going out to The Manor and slaughtering a dozen deplorables." In another version of the script, that line ends "slaughtering a dozen inbred rednecks."

And in another scene in the script, before an elite kills someone, the person says to their victim, "For the record ... climate change is real."

In the US' charged political climate, it's safe to say lines like these would have caused a stir.