The Hunter (film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The Hunter |
| Country of production | Australia |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Daniel Nettheim |
| script | Alice Addison |
| production | Vincent Sheehan |
| music |
Andrew Lancaster Michael Lira Matteo Zingales |
| camera | Robert Humphreys |
| cut | Roland Gallois |
| occupation | |
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The Hunter is a 2011 Australian film directed by Daniel Nettheim based on the book The Hunter by Julia Leigh . The film premiered on September 29, 2011. In Germany it appeared as a direct-to-video production.
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Martin David is a mercenary specialized in hunting. Hired by the German-European biotechnology company Red Leaf GmbH, he is supposed to hunt the last Tasmanian tiger , kill it and give the company samples of the animal in order to clone it exclusively . While the Tasmanian tiger is believed to be extinct, the company believes some unconfirmed sightings of the local population are strong evidence of its existence. Martin accepts the order, but refuses to be accompanied by a second hunter. In Tasmania, Martin finds accommodation with Lucy Armstrong and her young children Sass and Bike. Lucy's husband Jarrah disappeared some time earlier in the Tasmanian Wilderness Sanctuary. So that his real goal is not known, Martin poses as an employee of a university who is interested in researching Tasmanian devils .
Shortly after his arrival, Martin meets the game guide Jack Mindy, who finally wants to accompany him on his first trip into the wilderness. However, at Martin's repeated request, he finally lets him go alone. Martin spends his hunting expeditions setting up numerous elaborately self-made traps , maintaining them and mapping them. These in turn are completely destroyed by animal rights activists. Martin then invents new, less obvious traps and ends his second stay in the mountains. He didn't see the tiger.
Between his hunting expeditions, he stays at Lucy's house to relax and analyze data. He approaches the family, repairs the generator, and helps Lucy fight drug addiction caused by her husband's absence. Bike communicates with him via pictures and Martin learns that Jarrah was also looking for the tiger. Only after he gets a second picture of Bike, on which the boy has painted water stains as well as a tiger, does Martin interpret this as a lake landscape on his map, whereupon he changes his hunting area. On one of his following hunting expeditions he discovered the remains of Jarrah and the tiger. He pursues it, but falls into a ravine. He wakes up slightly injured in front of a cave in which there are many remains of animals, obviously captured by the tiger.
Back at Lucy's, he receives a call from Red Leaf asking about his progress. Due to the growing bond between the family and Martin, the jealous game guide Jack contacts the company, which then sends a replacement for Martin - the hunter Martin refused to accompany. The substitute breaks into the family home at night and finds evidence of the animal's existence in Martin's belongings. The man is able to place Martin in the wilderness, overwhelms him and tries to force him to reveal the tiger's den. Martin agrees, but leads him into one of his wild traps and can shoot him. Then he returns to Lucy's house and learns there that the stranger set the house on fire and that both Lucy and her daughter Sass died in the flames. Only bike survived. Martin has meanwhile also learned that Red Leaf wants to clone the tiger for military purposes, since it can overwhelm prey with a poison. He now understands that the company will continue the hunt, regardless of loss, until the tiger is dead or captured.
Depressed, Martin goes hunting again to forestall Red Leaf. After killing the tiger, he burns it and scatters the ashes in the wind. He contacts Red Leaf to let them know that what they are looking for can never be found.
Most recently he visits Bike in his new school, where he is sitting alone on a bench. When Bike sees Martin, he runs up to him beaming with joy and hugs him.
Trivia
The sniper rifle that Martin uses is a rare model KS III manufactured by Keppeler in Germany from a special series that participated in tenders by the Australian Army (recognizable by the large protective bar on the handle; the current series is KS V ) in the Bullpup - Design.
There are repeated reports of sightings of living Tasmanian tigers, most recently in 2017 two independent alleged sightings on the Cape York Peninsula of mainland Australia.
The motivation given in the film for the hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger, that these animals can produce a poison, is fictitious.
Reviews
Filmstarts particularly praised Willem Dafoe's acting performance, which was a multi-faceted and "really worth seeing one-man show". Viewers who expect a real thriller would be “offended” by the film because of its slow pace.
The critic of kino-zeit.de also highlighted Dafoe's performance and the recordings of the wild and untamed nature of Tasmania and called the film "great emotional and visually powerful cinema". The movie would only be "boring" if you saw it in anticipation of some heavy action.
German version
The German version was produced by TV + Synchron Berlin .
Web links
- The Hunter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for The Hunter . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2012 (PDF; test number: 131 830 V).
- ↑ a b Critique of the FILMSTARTS.de editorial team on The Hunter at filmstarts.de, accessed on November 24, 2013
- ↑ a b Critique of The Hunter ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at kino-zeit.de, accessed on November 24, 2013
