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The independent and lonely hunter Martin David (Willem Dafoe) is hired by the powerful biotech company Red Leaf to hunt down the last Tasmanian tiger. Red Leaf is interested in the DNA of the animal and Martin travels to Tasmania alone.

He poses of a researcher from a university and is lodged in the house of Lucy Armstrong (Frances O'Connor). Martin leans that Lucy's husband has been missing for a long time and he befriends her children, Sass (Morgana Davies) and Bike (Finn Woodlock).

When Martin goes to the village, he has a hostile reception from the locals. Along the days, Martin spends his days in the Tasmanian wilderness chasing the Tiger and becomes closer and closer to the Armstrong family. But Red Leaf wants results no matter the costs.

"The Hunter" is a beautiful and dramatic film with an unpredictable and sad plot. The Tasmania landscape is certainly the great attraction of film that is supported by a good story, two lovely children (Morgana Davies and Finn Woodlock) and the excellent Willem Dafoe. It is also great to see again Frances O'Connor, who had disappeared from the "big screen". My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): O Caçador" "The Hunter")

The Hunter speaks of humanity left in a cruel man who was sent on a different mission. This time he is to hunt down an endangered animal and then he comes in touch with a wonderful family with kids where he finds his softness in heart. Film rather starts and moves bit slow but it just gives the total freedom for the viewer to wonder about. The plot is unique and I'm sure I have not come across anything similar before. The landscapes are amazingly beautiful and the story line keeps you going. I like Dafoes performance on this. And the sweet little kids.

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This Adventure/Drama movie stars one of my favorite actors, Willem Dafoe. Dafoe has played a variety of roles over the years, with one of my favorites being Paul Smecker in The Boondock Saints (2000). Now this part as the hunter, Martin David, is also one of my favorites. He is a mercenary sent to hunt down what is believed to be the last remaining of a long thought extinct species Tasmanian Tiger.

During his hunt, he stays with a family in a remote area where the Tiger has supposedly been sited. The two kids there are brilliantly played by kid actors I've never seen before. The drugged out mom, grieving for a long missing husband, who the kids still think is coming home, is played by another actress I've only seen once, in The Windtalkers (2002). She handles the role well, only hinting at attraction for the mysterious hunter masquerading as a scientist.

Sam Neill plays a local guide who seems a little too interested in the status quo. Neill is perfect for this role and handles it astutely.

As they story unfolds, the main characters all become interesting, and are mostly sympathetic if not down right liked. The interplay of the supposedly aloof mercenary, the family he begins to form attachments with, and the usual crowd of locals who only complicate matters, makes for a very appealing story. Things get a lot more tense when Dafoe's employers become impatient with his apparent lack of progress.

Adding to the mood is some very cleverly chosen Springsteen music, along with some classical pieces; classical seems to be common in Dafoe movies.

If you like a film with some heart and nothing blowing up every few minutes, this is definitely a good movie to watch, one that I will probably see again sometime.

As a dramatic representation of corporate greed and its lasting impression on all species this film is a somber yet thought provoking look at what we have become. Simple in form, well shot, patiently directed and delicately scored The Hunter is a film you want to recommend but you feel that people may not view it in the way you did.

Slow and steady the film unfolds to its final sequences in a methodical and somewhat predictable way, nevertheless you don't find yourself reaching for the remote. Not necessarily a film to watch often as it leaves you feeling disheartened, but beautiful in its own right. Leaves you thinking about it for some time; an internal debate as to which option you would have selected and countering those thoughts with the idea that there never was an option in the first place.

Worth a viewing; just be sure you are in an environment where you can focus and see it for what it is because the director has placed a great majority of the move "between the lines" and you will miss aspects if you stop to converse midway through.

This movie is so not for everyone. The understated performance by Willam Dafoe is just incredible. The way the story turns, might not be what you expect from the beginning, or what people might want it to be. The characters are really good, though you might wish that some things might have been more detailed. There are interesting aspects that get short handed so that the story gets moving and we stay with the main character most of the time.

While the turns are a bit predictable (the major story turns that is), I still like the way it was handled. You may not agree with the morale of the story (or of the character for that matter, which is more than fine to disagree on), but the logic is there. It makes more than sense what happens, no matter how much you may disagree (or hate the movie for going to that place).

"This is important, there is no room for mistakes." When A bio-tech company is looking for someone to get a test animal for them they turn to Martin (Dafoe). After traveling to Tasmania for his job he meets a young girl named Sass and her family. The family begins to change the way he feels about the job, but the company sends constant reminders. This is another very surprising movie. When it boils down to it the movie is pretty much about poaching...but it is so much more. The movie is very heartfelt and surprisingly emotional. While also being a little depressing the movie is very much worth watching. Dafoe is great in this movie and I have to say that even though the movie doesn't sound interesting this is a very good movie and will not disappoint. There really isn't that much I can say about this. Between his hunt for the tiger and his helping the family this is a movie that really shows Martin's struggle with his job and his conscience. I recommend this. Overall, a emotional and depressing hunting movie that is worth a watch. I give it an A-.

I live in Tasmania and I know the country well enough. When I moved here in the 70's it was still considered possible that somehow the tiger had survived in some remote part of the island . Not So. Decades of intensive forestry and clearing and no hints of survival. Still the tantalizing reports occasionally surface. The animal has moved on to pure mythology. Into that scenario comes this beautifully filmed Eco thriller that has a great story line but is also about our beautiful island. The scenes are artfully mixed from various places in Tasmania and the original footage of the tiger is reproduced again for the big screen. How thrilling it was to see that old footage of the thirties (last definite sightings) again.This is the last surviving footage of a peak predator that was not a dog or cat relative but a marsupial and very strange. The film builds slowly and carefully, William Defoe is in a great role which he carries off so well Frances O'Connor and the kids are just entirely in the role! Go see this film if you have the chance and enjoy a beautiful movie I have avoided all discussion of the final 20 minutes go see it and be so surprised!! Its a beautiful and at times tense movie.

Willem Dafoe plays a mysterious loner hired to find the Tasmanian Tiger, which is considered extinct. The film co-stars two wonderful kids and the Tasmanian back-country, extraordinarily beautiful.

What's great about this movie is that in addition to telling an excellent story, it is beautifully filmed and, as a bonus, sent my wife and me to the Internet to look up Tasmania and the Tasmanian Tiger, which indeed is considered the most recently extinct animal. So we learned something too! As for the story, sure you can carp and say it's too far-fetched, or too sentimental, or has holes in it (what story doesn't). But it hangs together quite well and is not only multi-faceted but refreshingly unpredictable.

And the wonderful Silence. Few actors can work in silence as well as Willem Dafoe. This may be his strongest-ever performance, his expressive face being his best feature. Many scenes are told in silence, or rather with only the sounds of the back-country and the excellent movie score.

Dafoe triumphs in a movie that is, after all, ultimately about his well-drawn character. After all, it is called "The Hunter."

These slower sort of moving thrillers are definitely not my thing but I can still appreciate them for the talent and effort that went into it. This is also a movie I can definitely appreciate but it just ain't one that also liked or truly enjoyed watching.

Let me just say that this is not movie to watch late at night, or else you might end up falling asleep. It's not that the movie is bad or boring to watch, it's just that there isn't an awful lot happening in it. It's a slow moving and little thriller, that uses its settings and characters to tell its story, rather than relying on a complicated script, with all kinds of twists and turns in it.

You could say that this is being one of those more realistic type of thrillers, with real people and real situations in it. And that's all good to watch, as long as you don't expect any true excitement or any spectacular stuff. There is very little action in this movie and when there is, it's usually being very short. It's simply just not what this movie is supposed to be all about.

The movie also has an ecological theme to it and the movie is mostly set in the Tasmanian wilderness. Movies like this don't particularly interest me, which was probably also one of the reasons why I just didn't ever felt very involved with the movie its story, or with any of its characters.

It was good to see 'older' actors in this though. The movie is not all about young and vital persons but more about people who already had a long life and history behind them. It did work out well for the movie its story and the overall atmosphere it was trying to create. Willem Dafoe is of course perfect for this sort of role and Sam Neill also shows up, in a much smaller role than you would probably expect though. And this is really being a movie in which the actors get to shine. Not necessarily just by saying their dialog but also with using body language and facial expressions.

A good enough movie, just not really my kind of thing.

6/10

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I happened to find "The Hunter" at the local secondhand DVD store and at a price of $2 it as worth a try. A with Willem Dafoe at the helm you are already well on the way. And I will say that this was a good movie, and Willem Dafoe had a lot to carry and he came through on every account.

"The Hunter" is about Martin (played by Willem Dafoe) who is sent from France to the Tasmanian wilderness by his employer to look for the elusive Tasmanian tiger.

While the movie is mostly just Dafoe out in the wilderness, then there was just something majestic and fulfilling about the movie. Not only did Dafoe carry the movie so well and put on a great performance, but the beauty of the movie and the atmosphere was just spellbinding.

I think it was a shame that Sam Neill didn't have a bigger role in the movie, because he is also a great actor.

"The Hunter" is the type of movie that creeps up on you, sinks its teeth in and sticks with you. If you haven't already seen it, you should take an hour and a half to actually sit down and watch it, because it is a beautiful movie.

This movie is pretty good. It is slow. There is a fairly small cast. While often a common problem, I find both of these elements work really well in this film. This is another Aussie film that gives you a great taste of quality, while at the same time avoiding the residual aftertaste that comes out of Hollywood. It's a simple plot, but the kind of simple you look for in these types of movies. I had just recently watched Sleeping Beauty (written by the same novelist who also wrote The Hunter), which I found to be disappointing because it had a lot of potential, but instead left me only feeling disturbed. The Hunter left me satisfied and I felt no desire to change anything. Willem Dafoe was great. Same Neill wasn't bad. And the boy was casted perfectly.

After seeing this film listed on a couple "Top Films of the Year," highlighted especially for the magnificent cinematography, and feeling in the mood for a brumal, wintry film, I decided to check it out. I was expecting a visually pleasing film with perhaps a mediocre plot; this expectation reinforced by the fact that I've never been overly impressed by Willem Dafoe (though I always saw more potential than his projects tend to drawl out). Well, sometimes your expectations are completely shattered.

For the life of me, I cannot understand why this film has not received much more praise than it has. Is it visually stunning? Absolutely. The epic scenes of the Tasmanian wilderness, the almost visceral portrayal of encroaching winter, and the sounds that accompany all of this (elevated even higher by the beautiful, soaring musical score by Matteo Zingales), more than met the high expectations I came to this film with. But this all comes, not as the film's great strength, but as part of a package equally impressive nearly across the board.

The Hunter is easy to write off as a successful but simple story, and this would not be inaccurate. But, it is simple only insofar as there is a subtle but deep complexity woven throughout, and to a degree that is hard for any film to achieve. The themes that find a perfectly balanced pitch within this movie are as broad as modern life itself. It touches on environmental issues, family crisis, understated romance, political thriller, and a man's struggle with his own recalcitrant character. And it is all of this without being too much or too little of any of it.

The political relevance is what really amazed me, and I'm equally amazed at how little attention that gets in most reviews. The film is at its core, though almost without any of the typical obnoxious overstatement, a look at the length to which an avaristic corporation (one very much a part of the military-industrial-government complex) will go to get what it wants - the ways it will ruin lives that get in its way without a second thought. It's a military biotech company called Red Leaf in The Hunter, desperate to procure what may very will be the last living Tasmanian Tiger for ownership rights to its DNA. But you could replace Red Leaf with Monsanto or Haliburton or any number of the powerful corporations that have disproportionate influence over world affairs, and you would quickly see the relevance of this plot.

But this is no conspiracy theory film, either - and this is what makes it so wonderful. Red Leaf is there throughout the film, usually concealed subtly behind the backdrop of a much more personal story, but there are no over-exaggerated bad guys in this. Everyone involved in the unfolding story on the ground - our protagonist Martin (Willem Dafoe), his suspicious caretaker Jack Mindy (Sam Neill), the Armstrong family and their eco-warrior friends trying to protect the local wildlife, the loggers with whom they are fighting - is caught somewhere between good and evil. They are all in their own minds justified in what they do and stand for, and all are, to some varying degree, "caught in the middle" of complex world affairs.

There is also tragedy in this film on multiple levels. The driving mimetic object of desire in The Hunter is the elusive Tasmanian Tiger, long declared extinct, but around which rumors of sightings routinely surface, though are never verified. Martin's search for this creature at the behest of Red Leaf is a compelling story in itself, and by the time it reaches its conclusion, you are as invested as he. And then there is the family Martin is lodged with against his will. This is a story in itself, woven seamlessly into the larger tapestry of the movie, and it's through this element that we see Martin transformed from a rugged loner to increasingly affectionate and nuanced man. It's also through this element that we find the touching human spark and our comic relief, most often in the form of an outspoken but joyful little girl and a silent, complex little boy. And of course, there is the struggle of more abstract forces mentioned above: corporate greed, political interests, environmental degradation, economic necessity. All of these well developed elements of the film bring with them their own hopes and tragedies, and by the end, you're not quite sure which has moved you most. It's a broad vista that this film ultimately brings you to, and it is well worth the patient journey it takes you on to get there.

This has been a lengthy review (and I could easily double it's word count), but I want to be somewhat thorough on a film that has so far been much underrated and appreciated. It deserves drawing out all the ways in which it succeeds, for they are many. Please, give The Hunter a viewing. Let the subtle complexity reveal itself like fine red wine.

And to wrap this up: Bravo Dafoe!

I watched this with my friend just the other day. I had seen it previously, but highly recommended it and decided to watch it with him, his first time. Immediately we started discussing just how wonderful Dafoe is and how beautifully shot this movie is (in relation to the film Antichrist, which Dafoe also starred in and was visually beautiful). We even established a game of finding horrible moments to use as a poster for the movie, since beautiful scenes were so populace. We even later used the game on the, admittedly bland, film Moon, but that's another review. The film follows a hunter tasked to find, kill, and collect samples of the last known living Tasmanian tiger, only to grow close to a widow and her children. Dafoe takes the place of a father figure, fixing up the house and getting the mother off pills, even taking an awkward bath with the children (against his protests). The euphoria of Dafoe traversing the Tasmanian wilderness and constant anxiety sets the tone for this gray movie. Not gray in the sense of boring, gray in the sense of simplistic elegance. Long story short, I loved the movie. My friend had a different idea. He wanted a movie about a hunter with social anxieties. A hunter that only truly felt alive when he was out hunting, instead of one being humanized by some strange family. My friend wanted a different movie. If you think this is going to be about some edgy badass hunter, it's not. It's about a man, a family, and a tiger, and that's all you really need.

Best Aussie film I've seen in recent memory. Dafoe as the hunter was brilliant. The children gave faultless, endearing performances and their dialogue (or lack thereof) was totally natural without forced "it sounds like it's coming from a 20 year-old" lines. Frances O'Connor and Sam Neil gave nuanced, layered performances. Tasmania as a 'character' was starkly beautiful and the screenplay well served by its 10 year-development. Every scene propels the story. There were some aspects reminiscent of 'The American' (i.e. sparse dialogue, the 'professions' of the protagonists) which is not a bad thing! 10/10 or 11/10 with the extra 'Aussie' star. t: @michaelclarkin

Amazingly shot, great premise and acting.

I've been on similar countryside and can't believe the effort it would have take to shoot in that terrain.