So-so "THE HUNTER" WILLIAM DAFOE, AT THE PEAK OF HIS ACTING POWERS, GRIPPINGLY CHARACTERIZES A MERCENARY HUNTING THE ILLUSIVE TASMANIAN TIGER. by Peneflix "THE HUNTER" (On Demand) starring the remarkable, fearless, William DaFoe as "Martin", a mercenary hired by an untoward biotech company to "capture" the last, illusive Tasmanian Tiger; reasons being...
So-so TheHunter by TheBlackEbert Just caught TheHunter, Not really what I expected but this was a solid piece of work non the less! I like this WillamDafoe!...
Must Go! Great Movie by oighoda1 the movie has a great plot and adventure. I really liked the movie and enjoyed it....
88 St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Joe Williams To keep serious cinema from going extinct, this could be sold as "The Hunger Games" cross-bred with "The Lorax," but it's better and more mature than either of those hit movies. Read full review
75 New York Post | Kyle Smith Dafoe proves to have the right blend of ruggedness and sensitivity for this conflicted hero. The actor's habit of maintaining a lavishly styled coiffure in all situations, even when his character is meant to be sleeping in the rain for days on end, is becoming distracting, though. Read full review
70 Movieline | Michelle Orange Scene by scene The Hunter, adapted from a novel by Julia Leigh, holds your attention like a pair of big, inquisitive eyes, or perhaps the point-blank scope of an automatic rifle. Read full review
63 The Globe and Mail (Toronto) | By the time The Hunter jettisons its narrative ballast altogether and embraces its elemental appeal, it's too late. The near-mythic grandeur of its final scenes is less a welcome payoff then a suggestion of the truly striking film that might have been; it's ironic that a movie about a man who sets traps for a living would itself end up ensnared by formula. Read full review