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2 | [[caption-width-right:310:[[{{Tagline}} The hunt is part of the game.]]]] |
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4 | ''Night Hunter'' (titled ''[[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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6 | A weathered lieutenant, his police force, and a local vigilante are all caught up in a dangerous scheme involving a recently arrested and troubled man who's linked to years of female abductions and murders. |
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8 | It stars Creator/HenryCavill as Lieutenant Walter Marshall, Creator/AlexandraDaddario as Rachel Chase, Creator/BenKingsley as Michael Cooper, Creator/StanleyTucci as Commissioner Harper, and Creator/BrendanFletcher as Simon Stulls, with Creator/MinkaKelly, Creator/NathanFillion, and Creator/EmmaTremblay in supporting roles. |
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10 | Not to be confused with ''Film/NightHunter1996'' or ''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter''. |
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13 | !!''Night Hunter'' contains examples of: |
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15 | * ActionDad: Marshall is a police lieutenant with a teenage daughter, Faye. |
16 | * 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...]] |
17 | * AmbiguouslyJewish: A {{flashback}} at the end of the film shows [[spoiler:Cooper]] standing in a synagogue. |
18 | * AttemptedSuicide: Amy, Simon's mother, tried to kill herself after being raped, but survived and gave birth to her son. |
19 | * AtomicFBomb: Marshall does this after [[spoiler:finding Cooper dead]]. |
20 | * TheBait: Cooper uses his ward Lara to track down and trap pedophiles. |
21 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[DarkAndTroubledPast Lara]] says that part of the reason she's helping Cooper is because, unlike so many other people in her life, he never tried to have sex with her. |
22 | * BlackAndNerdy: Glasow, one of Rachel's colleagues, is good at hacking into computers. |
23 | * ChildByRape: Simon's mother, Amy, was raped and attempted suicide, only to survive and later give birth to him. [[spoiler:And his twin brother]]. |
24 | * ClusterFBomb: Rachel does this while going off on a minor rant against Commissioner Harper over the phone. |
25 | * ColdOpen: The film opens with a woman being pursued by a masked figure before falling to her death. |
26 | * DaChief: Commissioner Harper is Marshall's superior. |
27 | * DrivenToSuicide: The man who sold Simon explosives after finding out he unknowingly aided a criminal. |
28 | * ExternalCombustion: How [[spoiler:Quinn]] is killed. |
29 | * FairCop: Marshall, as played by Creator/HenryCavill. |
30 | * FormerTeenRebel: Marshall implies to Faye that he was one when he was her age. |
31 | * 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). |
32 | * TheGhost: Rachel's husband, whom Simon states cheats on her. |
33 | * GoodCopBadCop: Marshall is a little more blunt than Rachel when [[PerpSweating trying to make Simon talk]]. |
34 | * GoodIsNotNice: Marshall works to protect people, but generally has a rather crusty demeanor. |
35 | * 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. |
36 | * GroinAttack: Rachel executes one on [[spoiler:Simon's twin]]. |
37 | * HearingVoices: Cooper talks to Marshall about a typical sexual predator's drive as if it was a voice in his head. |
38 | -->'''Cooper:''' I'm talking about the endless voice in a predator's head that says "Do it! Do it! Do it!" |
39 | * IHaveYourWife: Glasow's infant daughter is kidnaped, [[spoiler:to force him to release Simon]]. |
40 | * ImprobableInfantSurvival: [[spoiler:The baby survives]]. |
41 | * JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Rachel employs this against Simon at one point, taunting him about his late mother and even hitting him. |
42 | * 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. |
43 | * MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Granted, sexual predation is ''not'' a minor crime, but [[FromBadToWorse there is more behind it]] here. |
44 | * 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 castrates him. Then Cooper divides the man's savings between the victims that he abused. |
45 | * PapaWolf: Cooper towards Lara, his ward/crime-fighting partner. |
46 | -->'''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. |
47 | * PoliceAreUseless: |
48 | ** {{Invoked|Trope}} by Lara, much to Marshall's apparent frustration. |
49 | ** Also invoked by Simon while addressing a mob outside the police station. |
50 | * TheProfiler: Rachel works as one. |
51 | * TheReveal: [[spoiler:Simon has a twin brother.]] |
52 | * SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Quinn]] dies fairly early in. |
53 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Cooper is shot and killed by Simon's twin brother in the film's climax.]] |
54 | * SerialRapist: Cooper is on a PaedoHunt, catching a man who apparently abused several young girls. |
55 | * SeriouslyScruffy: Marshall's unkempt beard and messy hair cement his status as a rough-around-the-edges lieutenant. |
56 | * SplitPersonality: Simon has a multi-personality disorder. [[spoiler:Except he doesn't, he has a twin]]. |
57 | * 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]]. |
58 | * VigilanteMan: The PaedoHunt that Cooper threw himself into would clearly not be approved by authorities. |
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