2011 · drama · thriller · adventure
The Hunter
Directed by Daniel Nettheim1h 42m2011
Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
Our read: The Hunter (2011) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · thriller · adventure entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
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“You want quiet Tasmanian wilderness tension with Willem Dafoe hunting ghosts.”
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