Seriously, connected with Tasmania and having been there over 200 times, this was one of the most cringe worthy films I've ever seen. So bad, I literally thought of walking out! William Defoe was so not convincing in the role. It's a long time since seen, can't remember too many specifics. One of the worst sessions in a theatre ever!

All i can say is willem Dafoe need I say more. Only willem and liam neeson can turn a movie about a hitman hired to find a rare animal into an amazing movie. This movie is awrsome and Willem delivers. The cinematography is excellent in this movie. There is not much more i can say about this movie than that it is awesome. The acting, directing, cinematography and music is great in this movie. If you have not seen this movie then i recommend you do

I felt the boredom all throughout.

While Defoe and O’Connor give commendable performances, the film’s political messaging is deeply flawed. The blatant critique of working-class Australian’s as murderous savages steals the underlying positive message the film attempts to deliver. The dichotomy of environmentalism against genuine working-class grievances sows an unnecessary division. The Hunter has potential as a fantastic tourist promotion for the often-forgotten Tasmanian landscape. But this open-ended attack of the working-class left me with overwhelmingly negative emotions – despite the heartwarming ending.

Slow burn. We'll acted and filmed. But damn it really is disappointing story wise in terms of the culmination.

The Hunter was a beautifully filmed, well acted and moving movie. Willem Dafoe was at his best as well as most of the cast. In my estimate this is what movie making is all about and I just wish Hollywood and the rest of the film making industry would aspire to do more. Sensible, engrossing and for people who love a good storyline and characters with depth.

A poignant story on the environment and man's efforts to profit no matter the cost.

Julia Leigh, me parece que hizo un trabajo fantástico en colocar al lector en Tasmania, factor que entiende y explota Daniel Nettheim a la hora de la adaptación fílmica. El priorizar el entorno sobre la trama en sí, lo cual puede resultar en contra, pero me parece que, si entras en la convención y disfrutas de las películas contemplativas, esta película es atrapante en este aspecto. La crítica inherente que plantea la película está en la auto destrucción humana, que no se limita ni se toca el corazón ante nadie, el buscar el bien rápido sin pensar o mirar con recelo las consecuencias que tus propias acciones llegarán a causar. Criticando de cierta manera la frase de "la supervivencia del más fuerte", implicando las fallas que ello conlleva y no simplificándolo cómo se ha normalizado, una persona por si sola sin importar sus dotes físicos no se puede imponer por sí solo, hay una necesidad de conectar con alguien o algo, que el personaje de Willem Dafoe entiende en el arco de su personaje, llegando al pueblo con una obsesión clara "el cazar al demonio", pero a medida que avanza la película entiende eso, empatiza con una familia, y entiende que hay más cosas que el beneficio fugaz propio. La autodestrucción del humano me parece que se ve desde 3 diferentes POV y dos en la trama cómo bien la misma destrucción o la supervivencia; el de los cazadores, el de los naturistas y el de Martin, los 3 de diferentes maneras priorizas y estipulan su propia ideología sin pensar de que otra manera piensa la otra persona o en qué manera sus decisiones afectan a otras personas, en las que te puede segar tu obstinación impuesta. Porque vista su supervivencia desde primera persona puedes empatizar con cualquier bando, pero en la diversidad de opiniones quedará determinar realmente que es lo correcto, ¿la tala de árboles es realmente mala si genera los principales ingresos del pueblo? ¿Los que luchan por el ambiente están mal en cerrar un flujo económico, aunque este esté lentamente destruyendo el mundo? Me parece que está tanto en el personaje de Martin cómo en el de nosotros determinar que es realmente lo correcto, el ser parte aunque sea de una manera sumamente pequeña de la auto destrucción del humano o ser parte de una nada más grande. Todo se entiende gracias a lo contemplativa que es la película, sin que el guion te lo explique con las acciones entiendes la situación. La película no es perfecta, narrativamente es muy simple, no hay un sub texto tan interesante que aporte en la trama y la mayoría de acontecimientos se sienten apresurados y forzados, que si le restan a lo "lenta" que intentaba ser la película. El acelerar tanto los acontecimientos les acabó restando impacto al mensaje inicial de la trama. Agradecí totalmente y para mi es uno de los motores principales de la trama en exponer y manifestar la naturaleza de una forma real y no montada, la imponencia de la misma no se puede replicar, Thierry Machado hizo un trabajo fantástico desde la dirección fotográfica, en la que busco priorizar la naturaleza antes de la figura de los personajes, que se agradece en una producción que se siente limitada en presupuesto, que no se puede replicar el que se haya grabado en Australia, esas cosas que podrían parecer insignificantes o un lujo, son las que le dan ese toque tangible a la historia, la vuelven auténtica. La película toca naturalmente las emociones y en ningún momento se siente forzada, con un Willem Dafoe que aunque no da su mejor interpretación más por las limitantes del guion, es espectacular, es frio cuando tiene que serlo y así mismo dulce o empático cuando lo tiene que ser. The Hunter a través de acciones representa la auto destrucción humana desde un apartado tangible o desde una mirada interna. Y el cómo todos en menor o mayor medida siempre anteponemos nuestra propia supervivencia.

Good movie, Dafoe does a great job as always. Movie was sad, but well done.

Solid movie - Willem Dafoe is great in everything he does.

Very pretty scenery and interesting hunting details, but none of the characters or plot were very believable and half the movie was wooden dialogue. Seems like this was made to serve an audience that prioritize their ecological bleeding heart over a good movie

not all that memorable, easy review though.

Beautiful, enthralling movie which I enjoyed a lot. Willem DaFoe is such a great, underrated, underappreciated actor.

This movie is to 2019's Togo what Goodfellas is to Wolf of Wall Street in that this one established the formula that the latter effectively re-used. Dafoe makes for the most convincing "weary, grizzled, skilled-labor man" ever just by wearing that face of his. With even just a couple other successful ingredients, each of his movies using this formula are gonna be great; in this case it was the steady pacing and the hunting scenes that I learned were quite accurate by watching a GQ YouTube video of a guy who broke down movie hunting scenes. I also kinda liked that the filmmakers laid out both sides of the argument about environmentalism & avoided doing anything preachy. I watched this because I told my brother-in-law that Dafoe is my favorite actor and he said he mostly knew of him because of this movie, which is fairly outlandish to me, but here we are. I'm glad to have seen it!

It's an odd, slow moving movie in some ways, but ultimately it is an intriguing story with a good lesson in environmental ethics on top of it. The characters are amazing and the environment they are in is captured in a way that it's one of those movies where you feel like you've been there it's so well realized. There are moments where I think The Hunter shows that it could've been a more interesting movie (to me), but the understated one we actually got is pretty good too.

This movie truly thinks it's smart, but it's actually dumb. This movie is your vegan friend that graduated from a prestigious college, but they are still dumb as a rock. The film makes 0 sense, the company wants to find the Tiger so they keep killing thee guys with the best leads on what they want? That doesn't make any sense. There's 0 reason why the company would try and kill the people that know what they are after is possibly located.

Spoiler Alert: A synopsis: Good actors, bad story. Searching for the thought to be extinct Tasmanian Tiger, a biotech hires hunter DeFoe to track a TT and get samples of DNA etc. He boards in the house of a woman in med induced depression over her missing husband, and two children. A local is reporting to the biotech on DeFoe's movements. DeFoe's harassed by loggers who don't like environmentalists, or strangers. The wife comes out of her stupor and DeFoe is drawn to the family. But he doesn't do anything about it. That's not normal. The biotech sends an assassin, aided by info from the local, who intends to kill DeFoe as he's found where the TT dens. They fight, the assassin is killed and DeFoe hides the body. He finds a map on the assassin indicating he was in the woman's house. DeFoe returns to the house to find it burned to the ground, the mother and daughter are dead, and the boy alive and in an orphanage. DeFoe returns to the den, finds and kills the TT, calls the biotech to tell them they'll never get what they wanted, and goes to the orphanage to see the boy. Dissatisfying in pretty much every way.

One of my favourite movies.

Slow movie, great scenery though

Such a good film. A rare example of a story that unfolds, rather than matching the predictable beats of the average film. The performances are excellent all round. Dafoe is weighty as always, and the kids in the film give great, naturalistic performances. It turns some surprising corners, and is poignant, funny and sad by turns. Gritty, human, measured and quality every step of the way. A real unsung gem of a film.