The Hunter (2012)
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Critic Consensus: The Hunter occasionally suffers from predictability, but Willem Dafoe gives a terrific performance as an obsessive hunter on the trail of a mysterious beast.
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as Martin
as Lucy
as Jack
as Sass
as Bike
as Middleman
as Rival Hunter
as Publican
as Pool Player
as Doug
as Free
as Simon
as Shakti
as Jarrah
as Martin Stunt Double
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Critic Reviews for The Hunter
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Its mostly observant temper keeps us from being greatly moved, but it holds us with its acute, almost laboratory dissection of its people's beings.
A movie with more plot than it can comfortably handle.
It's all intended to be darkly metaphorical. In actuality, it's a mediocre film unfolding without plan, purpose or enthusiasm.
With a rucksack of gadgets, Dafoe makes a believably cunning tracker, and when he finally confronts his prey, the mutual respect feeds a poignant parable.
Not much happens in "The Hunter." And what little does happen, happens very slowly. And then is repeated.
The character arc is strong on paper but not well-realized on film, and therein lies The Hunter's greatest failing.
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A slow, albeit fascinating and beautifully filmed movie for almost 90 minutes. Unfortunately, the solution in the last 15 minutes is so devastatingly saddening (without making much sense), that it's hard to say you enjoyed what you've been watching or feel like revisiting again. Which is sad because the story, chemistry between the characters and the landscape as an alien surrounding works great for the longest time. Especially Dafoe is outstanding as always. Man, if only this ended differently. It pains me to think about it.
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An intriguing, though somewhat underdeveloped story of a mercenary hunter (Willem Dafoe) tasked with the mission of finding and killing the last remaining Tasmanian devil in the wilderness of Australia. He also becomes involved with the family he is staying with, whose father has gone missing. There are a lot of interesting elements here, and the ending in particular is powerful and moving, but ultimately this movie is a frustrating concoction of family drama mixed with man vs. nature. The scenes with Dafoe out in the wilderness are fantastic, while his moments with the family seem like a slight distraction from the main meat of the story. Dafoe, as always, is phenomenal and does a lot with his very thinly detailed character, and the cinematography is absolutely breathtaking. In the end though, it just feels slightly underdone, which is a shame because there is a lot of great material here.
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The Hunter Quotes
| Jack: | He was as popular as a snake in a sleeping bag. |
| Martin: | What you want you will never get. It is gone forever now. |
| Lucy Armstrong: | "It's probably better off extinct, if it's alive people will always want to find it, hunt it down." |
| Lucy Armstrong: | It's probably better off extinct, if it's alive people will always want to find it, hunt it down. |
| Lucy: | Jarrah thought that someone was following him |
| Lucy: | Jarrah thought that someone was following him. |
| Martin: | Who? |
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