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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[DarkAndTroubledPast Lara]] says that part of the reason she's helping Cooper is because he never tried to have sex with her.

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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[DarkAndTroubledPast Lara]] says that part of the reason she's helping Cooper is because because, unlike so many other people in her life, he never tried to have sex with her.
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''Night Hunter'' (titled ''Nomis'' in international markets) is a Canadian PsychologicalThriller film written and directed by David Raymond. It was first screened in selected film festivals in late 2018, then was released on August 8, 2019 by [=DirecTV=] on video-on-demand. Saban Films released it theatrically on September 6, 2019.

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''Night Hunter'' (titled ''Nomis'' ''[[MarketBasedTitle Nomis]]'' in international markets) is a Canadian PsychologicalThriller film written and directed by David Raymond. It was first screened in selected film festivals in late 2018, then was released on August 8, 2019 by [=DirecTV=] on video-on-demand. Saban Films released it theatrically on September 6, 2019.
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It stars Creator/HenryCavill as Lieutenant Marshall, Creator/AlexandraDaddario as Rachel, Creator/BenKingsley as Michael Cooper, Creator/StanleyTucci as Commissioner Harper, and Creator/BrendanFletcher as Simon Stulls, alongside Creator/MinkaKelly, Creator/NathanFillion, and Creator/EmmaTremblay.

Not to be confused with 1996's ''Film/{{Night Hunter|1996}}'' or ''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter''.

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It stars Creator/HenryCavill as Lieutenant Walter Marshall, Creator/AlexandraDaddario as Rachel, Rachel Chase, Creator/BenKingsley as Michael Cooper, Creator/StanleyTucci as Commissioner Harper, and Creator/BrendanFletcher as Simon Stulls, alongside with Creator/MinkaKelly, Creator/NathanFillion, and Creator/EmmaTremblay.

Creator/EmmaTremblay in supporting roles.

Not to be confused with 1996's ''Film/{{Night Hunter|1996}}'' ''Film/NightHunter1996'' or ''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter''.''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter''.
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''Night Hunter'' (titled ''Nomis'' on international markets) is a Canadian-American PsychologicalThriller written and directed by David Raymond. It was first screened in selected film festivals in late 2018, then was released on August 8, 2019 by [=DirecTV=] on video-on-demand. Saban Films released it theatrically on September 6, 2019.

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''Night Hunter'' (titled ''Nomis'' on in international markets) is a Canadian-American Canadian PsychologicalThriller film written and directed by David Raymond. It was first screened in selected film festivals in late 2018, then was released on August 8, 2019 by [=DirecTV=] on video-on-demand. Saban Films released it theatrically on September 6, 2019.
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misuse. doesn't explain how that makes him tough or durable


* BaldHeadOfToughness: Cooper (played by Creator/BenKingsley) is a bald criminal court judge turned VigilanteMan who targets pedophiles.
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* AdultFear: The infant daughter of Glasow, one of Rachel's colleagues, is kidnapped at one point in the film.
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Replacing bald of awesome with appropriate replacement trope.

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* BaldHeadOfToughness: Cooper (played by Creator/BenKingsley) is a bald criminal court judge turned VigilanteMan who targets pedophiles.
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Bald Of Awesome is being renamed and redefined per TRS decision


* BaldOfAwesome: Cooper (played by Creator/BenKingsley) is a criminal court judge turned VigilanteMan who targets pedophiles.
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* BadassBeard: Marshall rocks a scruffy-looking one.
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''Night Hunter'' (titled ''Nomis'' on international markets) is a Canadian-American PsychologicalThriller written and directed by David Raymond. It was first screened in selected film festivals in late 2018 as ''Nomis'', then was released on August 8, 2019 by [=DirecTV=] on video-on-demand. Saban Films released it theatrically on September 6, 2019.

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''Night Hunter'' (titled ''Nomis'' on international markets) is a Canadian-American PsychologicalThriller written and directed by David Raymond. It was first screened in selected film festivals in late 2018 as ''Nomis'', 2018, then was released on August 8, 2019 by [=DirecTV=] on video-on-demand. Saban Films released it theatrically on September 6, 2019.
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Not to be confused with 1996's ''Film/NightHunter'' or ''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter''.

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Not to be confused with 1996's ''Film/NightHunter'' ''Film/{{Night Hunter|1996}}'' or ''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter''.
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It stars Creator/HenryCavill as Lieutenant Marshall, Creator/AlexandraDaddario as Rachel, Creator/BenKingsley as Michael Cooper, Creator/StanleyTucci as Commissioner Harper, and Creator/BrendanFletcher as Simon Stulls, alongside Creator/MinkaKelly, Creator/NathanFillion, and Emma Tremblay.

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It stars Creator/HenryCavill as Lieutenant Marshall, Creator/AlexandraDaddario as Rachel, Creator/BenKingsley as Michael Cooper, Creator/StanleyTucci as Commissioner Harper, and Creator/BrendanFletcher as Simon Stulls, alongside Creator/MinkaKelly, Creator/NathanFillion, and Emma Tremblay.
Creator/EmmaTremblay.
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It stars Creator/HenryCavill as Lieutenant Marshall, Creator/AlexandraDaddario as Rachel, Creator/BenKingsley as Michael Cooper, Creator/StanleyTucci as Commissioner Harper, and Brendan Fletcher as Simon Stulls, alongside Creator/MinkaKelly, Creator/NathanFillion, and Emma Tremblay.

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It stars Creator/HenryCavill as Lieutenant Marshall, Creator/AlexandraDaddario as Rachel, Creator/BenKingsley as Michael Cooper, Creator/StanleyTucci as Commissioner Harper, and Brendan Fletcher Creator/BrendanFletcher as Simon Stulls, alongside Creator/MinkaKelly, Creator/NathanFillion, and Emma Tremblay.
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No longer a trope.


* YourCheatingHeart: Simon states that Rachel's husband cheats on her.
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* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:The baby survives]].

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* InfantImmortality: ImprobableInfantSurvival: [[spoiler:The baby survives]].

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* AlasPoorVillain: Simon Stulls is a pathetic, crying wreck of a human who got there due to a profound psychological trauma. The first trailer specifies that he has a SplitPersonality disorder.

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* AlasPoorVillain: Simon Stulls is a pathetic, crying wreck of a human who got there due to a profound psychological trauma. The first trailer specifies that he has a SplitPersonality disorder. [[spoiler:His brother on the other hand...]]



* ChildByRape: Simon's mother, Amy, was raped and attempted suicide, only to survive and later give birth to him.

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* ChildByRape: Simon's mother, Amy, was raped and attempted suicide, only to survive and later give birth to him. [[spoiler:And his twin brother]].



* ExternalCombustion: How [[spoiler:Quinn]] is killed.



* IHaveYourWife: Glasow's infant daughter is kidnaped, [[spoiler:to force him to release Simon]].
* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:The baby survives]].



* PaedoHunt: Cooper uses his ward Lara to lure a pedophile in an apartment, knocks him out [[InTheBack on the back of his head]] [[BatterUp with a bat]], handcuffs him to a bed, and chemically castrates him. Then Cooper divides the man's savings between the victims that he abused.

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* PaedoHunt: Cooper uses his ward Lara to lure a pedophile in an apartment, knocks him out [[InTheBack on the back of his head]] [[BatterUp with a bat]], handcuffs him to a bed, and chemically castrates him. Then Cooper divides the man's savings between the victims that he abused.



* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Quinn]] dies fairly early in.



* SplitPersonality: Simon has a multi-personality disorder.

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* SplitPersonality: Simon has a multi-personality disorder. [[spoiler:Except he doesn't, he has a twin]].
* SpottingTheThread: Of the FiveSecondForeshadowing variety, Marshall notices that [[spoiler: "Simon's" dominant hand is different, in videos before and after his escape.]] Shortly after that, [[spoiler:we learn he has a twin]].
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It stars Creator/HenryCavill as Lieutenant Marshall, Creator/AlexandraDaddario as Rachel, Creator/BenKingsley as Michael Cooper, Creator/StanleyTucci as Commissioner Harper, and Brendan Fletcher as Simon Stulls, alongside Creator/MinkaKelly, Creator/NathanFillion, Emma Tremblay, and Leo Palay.

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It stars Creator/HenryCavill as Lieutenant Marshall, Creator/AlexandraDaddario as Rachel, Creator/BenKingsley as Michael Cooper, Creator/StanleyTucci as Commissioner Harper, and Brendan Fletcher as Simon Stulls, alongside Creator/MinkaKelly, Creator/NathanFillion, and Emma Tremblay, and Leo Palay.
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It stars Creator/HenryCavill as Lieutenant Marshall, Creator/AlexandraDaddario as Rachel, Creator/BenKingsley as Michael Cooper, Creator/StanleyTucci as Commissioner Harper, and Brendan Fletcher as Simon Stulls. The rest of the cast includes Creator/MinkaKelly, Creator/NathanFillion, Emma Tremblay, and Leo Palay.

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It stars Creator/HenryCavill as Lieutenant Marshall, Creator/AlexandraDaddario as Rachel, Creator/BenKingsley as Michael Cooper, Creator/StanleyTucci as Commissioner Harper, and Brendan Fletcher as Simon Stulls. The rest of the cast includes Stulls, alongside Creator/MinkaKelly, Creator/NathanFillion, Emma Tremblay, and Leo Palay.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[DarkAndTroubledPast Lara]] says that part of the reason she's helping Cooper is because he never tried to have sex with her.
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''Night Hunter'' (titled ''Nomis'' on international markets) is a Canadian-American PsychologicalThriller written and directed by David Raymond. It was first screened in selected film festivals in late 2018 as ''Nomis'', then was released on August 8, 2019 by [=DirecTV=] on video-on-demand. Saban Films will release it theatrically on September 6, 2019.

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''Night Hunter'' (titled ''Nomis'' on international markets) is a Canadian-American PsychologicalThriller written and directed by David Raymond. It was first screened in selected film festivals in late 2018 as ''Nomis'', then was released on August 8, 2019 by [=DirecTV=] on video-on-demand. Saban Films will release released it theatrically on September 6, 2019.
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''Night Hunter'' (titled ''Nomis'' on the international market) is a Canadian-American PsychologicalThriller written and directed by David Raymond. It was first screened in selected film festivals in late 2018 as ''Nomis'', then was released on August 8, 2019 by [=DirecTV=] on video-on-demand. Saban Films will release it theatrically on September 6, 2019.

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''Night Hunter'' (titled ''Nomis'' on the international market) markets) is a Canadian-American PsychologicalThriller written and directed by David Raymond. It was first screened in selected film festivals in late 2018 as ''Nomis'', then was released on August 8, 2019 by [=DirecTV=] on video-on-demand. Saban Films will release it theatrically on September 6, 2019.

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A weathered lieutenant, his police force and a local vigilante are all caught up in a dangerous scheme involving a recently arrested, troubled man who's linked to years of female abductions and murders.

It stars Creator/HenryCavill as Lieutenant Marshall, Creator/AlexandraDaddario as Rachel, Creator/BenKingsley as Cooper, Creator/StanleyTucci as Commissioner Harper and Brendan Fletcher as Simon Stulls. The rest of the cast includes Creator/MinkaKelly, Creator/NathanFillion, Emma Tremblay and Leo Palay.

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A weathered lieutenant, his police force force, and a local vigilante are all caught up in a dangerous scheme involving a recently arrested, arrested and troubled man who's linked to years of female abductions and murders.

It stars Creator/HenryCavill as Lieutenant Marshall, Creator/AlexandraDaddario as Rachel, Creator/BenKingsley as Michael Cooper, Creator/StanleyTucci as Commissioner Harper Harper, and Brendan Fletcher as Simon Stulls. The rest of the cast includes Creator/MinkaKelly, Creator/NathanFillion, Emma Tremblay Tremblay, and Leo Palay.



* ActionDad: Marshall is a police lieutenant with a teenage daughter, Faye.
* AdultFear: The infant daughter of Glasow, one of Rachel's colleagues, is kidnapped at one point in the film.



* TheBait: Cooper uses underage girls to track down and trap pedophiles.
* GoodCopBadCop: Marshall is a little more blunt than Rachel when [[PerpSweating trying to make Simon talk]].
* HearingVoices: Cooper talks about a typical sexual predator's drive as if it was a voice in his head.
-->'''Cooper:''' I'm talking about the endless voice in a predator's head that says "Do it! Do it! Do it!".

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* AmbiguouslyJewish: A {{flashback}} at the end of the film shows [[spoiler:Cooper]] standing in a synagogue.
* AttemptedSuicide: Amy, Simon's mother, tried to kill herself after being raped, but survived and gave birth to her son.
* AtomicFBomb: Marshall does this after [[spoiler:finding Cooper dead]].
* BadassBeard: Marshall rocks a scruffy-looking one.
* TheBait: Cooper uses underage girls his ward Lara to track down and trap pedophiles.
* BaldOfAwesome: Cooper (played by Creator/BenKingsley) is a criminal court judge turned VigilanteMan who targets pedophiles.
* BlackAndNerdy: Glasow, one of Rachel's colleagues, is good at hacking into computers.
* ChildByRape: Simon's mother, Amy, was raped and attempted suicide, only to survive and later give birth to him.
* ClusterFBomb: Rachel does this while going off on a minor rant against Commissioner Harper over the phone.
* ColdOpen: The film opens with a woman being pursued by a masked figure before falling to her death.
* DaChief: Commissioner Harper is Marshall's superior.
* DrivenToSuicide: The man who sold Simon explosives after finding out he unknowingly aided a criminal.
* FairCop: Marshall, as played by Creator/HenryCavill.
* FormerTeenRebel: Marshall implies to Faye that he was one when he was her age.
* FreezeFrameBonus: While the police are searching Simon's lair, one can see a label with Simon's name spelled backwards: "Nomis" (the original title of the film).
* TheGhost: Rachel's husband, whom Simon states cheats on her.
* GoodCopBadCop: Marshall is a little more blunt than Rachel when [[PerpSweating trying to make Simon talk]].
talk]].
* GoodIsNotNice: Marshall works to protect people, but generally has a rather crusty demeanor.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Cooper is a VigilanteMan who absolutely doesn't bat an eye at castrating pedophiles, but he genuinely cares for his ward/crimefighting partner Lara.
* GroinAttack: Rachel executes one on [[spoiler:Simon's twin]].
* HearingVoices: Cooper talks to Marshall about a typical sexual predator's drive as if it was a voice in his head.
-->'''Cooper:''' I'm talking about the endless voice in a predator's head that says "Do it! Do it! Do it!".it!"
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Rachel employs this against Simon at one point, taunting him about his late mother and even hitting him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Marshall is rather [[TheStoic stoic]] and [[GoodIsNotNice gruff]] and isn't afraid to use brute force against criminals, but shows a softer side every now and then.



* PaedoHunt: Cooper uses an underage girl to lure a pedophile in an apartment, knocks him out [[InTheBack on the back of his head]] [[BatterUp with a bat]], handcuffs him to a bed and chemically castrates him. Then Cooper divides the man's savings between the victims that he abused.

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* PaedoHunt: Cooper uses an underage girl his ward Lara to lure a pedophile in an apartment, knocks him out [[InTheBack on the back of his head]] [[BatterUp with a bat]], handcuffs him to a bed bed, and chemically castrates him. Then Cooper divides the man's savings between the victims that he abused.abused.
* PapaWolf: Cooper towards Lara, his ward/crime-fighting partner.
-->'''Cooper:''' ''[after Lara is kidnapped [[spoiler:a second time]]]'' You know I have nothing to lose. You find her. You find my girl unharmed. Or I'm not responsible for what happens next.
* PoliceAreUseless:
** {{Invoked|Trope}} by Lara, much to Marshall's apparent frustration.
** Also invoked by Simon while addressing a mob outside the police station.
* TheProfiler: Rachel works as one.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Simon has a twin brother.]]
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Cooper is shot and killed by Simon's twin brother in the film's climax.]]



* SplitPersonality: Simon Stulls has a multi-personality disorder.
* VigilanteMan: The PaedoHunt Cooper threw himself into would clearly not be approved by authorities.

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* SeriouslyScruffy: Marshall's unkempt beard and messy hair cement his status as a rough-around-the-edges lieutenant.
* SplitPersonality: Simon Stulls has a multi-personality disorder.
* VigilanteMan: The PaedoHunt that Cooper threw himself into would clearly not be approved by authorities.authorities.
* YourCheatingHeart: Simon states that Rachel's husband cheats on her.
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''Night Hunter'' (titled ''Nomis'' on the international market) is a Canadian-American PsychologicalThriller written and directed by David Raymond. It was first screened in selected film festivals in late 2018 as ''Nomis'', then was released on August 8, 2019 by [=DirecTV=] on video on demand. Saban Films will release it theatrically on September 6, 2019.

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''Night Hunter'' (titled ''Nomis'' on the international market) is a Canadian-American PsychologicalThriller written and directed by David Raymond. It was first screened in selected film festivals in late 2018 as ''Nomis'', then was released on August 8, 2019 by [=DirecTV=] on video on demand.video-on-demand. Saban Films will release it theatrically on September 6, 2019.
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''Night Hunter'' (titled ''Nomis'' on the international market) is a 2019 Canadian-American PsychologicalThriller written and directed by David Raymond.

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''Night Hunter'' (titled ''Nomis'' on the international market) is a 2019 Canadian-American PsychologicalThriller written and directed by David Raymond.
Raymond. It was first screened in selected film festivals in late 2018 as ''Nomis'', then was released on August 8, 2019 by [=DirecTV=] on video on demand. Saban Films will release it theatrically on September 6, 2019.

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