Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Disambiguated trope per TRS thread, Wick Cleaning Projects
Changed line(s) 4,5 (click to see context) from:
''The Hunter'' is a 2011 Australian {{Drama}} {{Thriller}} film starring Creator/WillemDafoe. Dafoe plays Martin David, a professional mercenary who is hired by a mysterious organisation known as Red Leaf. He has been sent to Tasmania to illegally hunt down the last remaining Tasmanian tiger, intending to collect DNA samples, due to the alleged properties of the tiger's venom.
to:
''The Hunter'' is a 2011 Australian {{Drama}} {{Drama|tropes}} {{Thriller}} film starring Creator/WillemDafoe. Dafoe plays Martin David, a professional mercenary who is hired by a mysterious organisation known as Red Leaf. He has been sent to Tasmania to illegally hunt down the last remaining Tasmanian tiger, intending to collect DNA samples, due to the alleged properties of the tiger's venom.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
It’s also based on a novel of the same name by Julia Leigh
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 6,7 (click to see context) from:
During his time in Tasmania, he stays with a strange family, consisting of two children, Sass and Bike, and their mother, Lucy (Frances O'Connor), who appears to be asleep most of the time. Their father, Jarrah, disappeared in the bush several months before. They are cared for by a family friend, Jack Mindy (Creator/SamNeill), who also offers to guide Martin around the forest.
to:
During his time in Tasmania, he stays with a strange family, consisting of two children, Sass and Bike, and their mother, Lucy (Frances O'Connor), (Creator/FrancesOConnor), who appears to be asleep most of the time. Their father, Jarrah, disappeared in the bush several months before. They are cared for by a family friend, Jack Mindy (Creator/SamNeill), who also offers to guide Martin around the forest.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 10 (click to see context) from:
Not related to Creator/SteveMcQueen's last movie ''Film/TheHunter1980''.
to:
Not related to Creator/SteveMcQueen's [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]]'s last movie ''Film/TheHunter1980''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* IWorkAlone: Martin refuses to let another hunter accompany him as backup and sends away his local guide as soon as he has a basic understanding of the new terrain.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* CompanyTown: The local town owes its existence to the logging company, which is why many locals harass Martin and Lucy due to their (initially feigned, in Martin’s case) environmentalism.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* WhamShot:
** When the loggers harass the environmentalists gathered at the Armstrong home, there's a shot of [[spoiler:Jack Mindy in the back of one of their trucks, keeping his head down.]]
** When [[spoiler:Martin finds Jarrah's body in the mountains, he finds one of Bike's sketches in Jarrah's jacket and then sees the logo of the Red Leaf Corporation on it, revealing they've been after the tiger longer than previously implied and that Jarrah worked for them before becoming an environmentalist.]]
** When the loggers harass the environmentalists gathered at the Armstrong home, there's a shot of [[spoiler:Jack Mindy in the back of one of their trucks, keeping his head down.]]
** When [[spoiler:Martin finds Jarrah's body in the mountains, he finds one of Bike's sketches in Jarrah's jacket and then sees the logo of the Red Leaf Corporation on it, revealing they've been after the tiger longer than previously implied and that Jarrah worked for them before becoming an environmentalist.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Sass wears pink in most of her scenes and is an earnest and innocent CheerfulChild despite some WiseBeyondTheirYears moments.
Changed line(s) 15 (click to see context) from:
* AntiHero: Martin is a pragmatic antihero.
to:
* AntiHero: Martin is a pragmatic antihero.antihero undertaking a dubious and illegal job but then develops some scruples.
Changed line(s) 33,34 (click to see context) from:
* HeelFaceTurn: Martin, arguably, as he begins to care more for the family he is staying with than his mission [[spoiler: and then betrays the organization he works for.]]
* LastOfHisKind: The Tasmanian Tiger, allegedly.
* LastOfHisKind: The Tasmanian Tiger, allegedly.
to:
* HeelFaceTurn: Martin, arguably, as he begins to care more for the family he is staying with than his illegal mission [[spoiler: and then betrays the organization he works for.]]
* IMissMom: Sass and Bike clearly care about their missing father, with Sass fondly mentioning him at every opportunity, insisting that he'll be back soon, and asking Martin to look for signs of him in the woods.
* LastOfHisKind: The TasmanianTiger, Tiger Martin pursues is the only one left, allegedly.
* IMissMom: Sass and Bike clearly care about their missing father, with Sass fondly mentioning him at every opportunity, insisting that he'll be back soon, and asking Martin to look for signs of him in the woods.
* LastOfHisKind: The Tasmanian
Changed line(s) 43 (click to see context) from:
* [[spoiler: [[ShootTheDog Shoot the Tiger]] ]]
to:
* [[spoiler: [[ShootTheDog Shoot ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Implied. When Martin tries to rent a room in town, the Tiger]] publican says his rooms are all occupied and he won't evict any of his regular tenants even if Martin pays triple what they do. However, it's unclear if this is out of principle or reluctance to accommodate a supposed environmentalist in a community that depends on logging.
* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler:Martin shoots the endangered tiger]] ]]
* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler:Martin shoots the endangered tiger]] ]]
Added DiffLines:
* ThoseTwoGuys: Simon and Free, the main two anti-logging protestors, have some casual banter and always appear together.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 38 (click to see context) from:
* NativeGuide: Jack Mindy is a Red Leaf employee who is familiar with the territory, sets Martin up with a place to stay, and guides him into the mountains until Martin feels familiar enough with them to continue on his own. He’s also monitoring Martin for Red Leaf, and Martin is a bit unhappy about this due to having secrets to keep.
to:
* NativeGuide: Jack Mindy is a Red Leaf employee local man who is familiar with the territory, sets Martin up with a place to stay, and guides him into the mountains until Martin feels familiar enough with them to continue on his own. He’s also monitoring Martin for Red Leaf, and Martin is a bit unhappy about this due to having secrets to keep.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 30 (click to see context) from:
* DoomedPredecessor: Sass and Bike’s father Jarrah ventured into the forest in search of the last Tasmanian tiger after being hired by the same company that Martin works for. He told his children that he saw the tiger once, but eventually he abandoned his mission for the Red Leaf company to try and find the tiger strictly for environmental preservation reasons. About a year before the beginning of the movie, he went on another search expedition and never came back. Martin hears about Jarrah's work several times [[spoiler:and eventually finds his skeleton, which has a bullet hole through its skull. Unlike most doomed predecessors, it’s never revealed who killed Jarrah. It could have been the company he quit working for, hunters from a rival company after the tiger, the loggers whose jobs he was threatening, or a random hunter who shot him by accident while hunting non-endangered animals.]
to:
* DoomedPredecessor: Sass and Bike’s father Jarrah ventured into the forest in search of the last Tasmanian tiger after being hired by the same company that Martin works for. He told his children that he saw the tiger once, but eventually he abandoned his mission for the Red Leaf company to try and find the tiger strictly for environmental preservation reasons. About a year before the beginning of the movie, he went on another search expedition and never came back. Martin hears about Jarrah's work several times [[spoiler:and eventually finds his skeleton, which has a bullet hole through its skull. Unlike most doomed predecessors, it’s never revealed who killed Jarrah. It could have been the company he quit working for, hunters from a rival company after the tiger, the loggers whose jobs he was threatening, or a random hunter who shot him by accident while hunting non-endangered animals.]]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* ColdSniper: Martin takes a sniper rifle with him on his hunts for the tiger, and is a reserved man taking a morally ambiguous job. [[spoiler:The hunter who is sent to replace him plays the trope even straighter, as he’s willing to threaten humans and lacks the qualms Martin develops about the hunt.]]
* DoomedPredecessor: Sass and Bike’s father Jarrah ventured into the forest in search of the last Tasmanian tiger after being hired by the same company that Martin works for. He told his children that he saw the tiger once, but eventually he abandoned his mission for the Red Leaf company to try and find the tiger strictly for environmental preservation reasons. About a year before the beginning of the movie, he went on another search expedition and never came back. Martin hears about Jarrah's work several times [[spoiler:and eventually finds his skeleton, which has a bullet hole through its skull. Unlike most doomed predecessors, it’s never revealed who killed Jarrah. It could have been the company he quit working for, hunters from a rival company after the tiger, the loggers whose jobs he was threatening, or a random hunter who shot him by accident while hunting non-endangered animals.]
* LeftHanging: It's never explained [[spoiler: who damaged Martin's trap or who set up the camera trap.]]
* ManlyFacialHair: Martin has a well-trimmed beard and is a stoic, brave, and cunning hunter of dangerous animals.
* ManlyFacialHair: Martin has a well-trimmed beard and is a stoic, brave, and cunning hunter of dangerous animals.
* NativeGuide: Jack Mindy is a Red Leaf employee who is familiar with the territory, sets Martin up with a place to stay, and guides him into the mountains until Martin feels familiar enough with them to continue on his own. He’s also monitoring Martin for Red Leaf, and Martin is a bit unhappy about this due to having secrets to keep.
Changed line(s) 41 (click to see context) from:
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's never explained [[spoiler: who damaged Martin's trap or who set up the camera trap.]]
to:
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's never explained [[spoiler: WiseBeyondTheirYears: Katie/Sass is an eight-year-old girl with an AdorablyPrecociousChild look (she's introduced hanging around the house in pink pajamas and rain boots), but she's casual about dropping swear words and she's the one who damaged Martin's trap or who set up shows Martin around the camera trap.]]house and educates him about the various utilities while her mother is passed out.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* DeathByAdaptation: In the original novel [[spoiler:Lucy and Sass both survive the fire, although their lives don't go very smoothly afterward.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The book and the film have the hunt resolve similarly but have different conclusions for the subplot with the family Martin is staying with. [[spoiler:In the book, Sass becomes a full-time resident of a children's hospital after narrowly surviving a house fire, her mother descends fully into addiction, and Bike is taken away by social services. In the film, Lucy and Sass don't make it out of the burning house and it is implied that Martin adopts Bike.]]
Changed line(s) 18 (click to see context) from:
* BadGuyBar: The bar that Martin finds is full of loggers who aren't big fans of "greenies" and they give Martin a hard time thinking he's a scientist. [[spoiler: Downplayed in the end as the loggers aren't really that bad. The worst thing they do is shoot into the air to intimidate people.]]
to:
* BadGuyBar: The bar that Martin finds is full of loggers who aren't big fans of "greenies" and they give Martin a hard time thinking he's a scientist. [[spoiler: Downplayed in the end as the loggers (probably) aren't really that bad. The worst thing they do is shoot into the air to intimidate people. They may be responsible for the fire at Lucy's house, but that also could have been a genuine accident or the work of the second hunter.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 16 (click to see context) from:
* [[UsefulNotes/AustralianWildlife Australian Wildlife]]: Martin is tasked by a shady organisation to track the Tasmanian Tiger -- an extinct species of carnivores marsupial.
to:
* [[UsefulNotes/AustralianWildlife Australian Wildlife]]: Martin is tasked by a shady organisation to track the Tasmanian Tiger aka the Thylacine -- an extinct species of carnivores marsupial.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* [[UsefulNotes/AustralianWildlife Australian Wildlife]]: Martin is tasked by a shady organisation to track the Tasmanian Tiger -- an extinct species of carnivores marsupial.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 32 (click to see context) from:
* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: Despite the Thylacine being a real creature, in the film it is treated as a very mysterious and almost mythical creature.
to:
* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: Despite the Thylacine being a real creature, animal, in the film it is treated as a very mysterious and almost mythical creature.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 32 (click to see context) from:
* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: Despite the Thylacine being a real creature, in the film it treated as a very mysterious and almost mythical creature.
to:
* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: Despite the Thylacine being a real creature, in the film it is treated as a very mysterious and almost mythical creature.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 32 (click to see context) from:
* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: Despite the Thylacine being a real species in the film it treated as a very mysterious and almost mythical creature.
to:
* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: Despite the Thylacine being a real species creature, in the film it treated as a very mysterious and almost mythical creature.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 32 (click to see context) from:
* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: Despite the Thylacine being a real species in the film it treated as a very mysterious creature.
to:
* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: Despite the Thylacine being a real species in the film it treated as a very mysterious and almost mythical creature.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 32 (click to see context) from:
* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: The Thylacine is a real species that due to many alleged sightings reporting to have seen creature despite its extinction in the early 20th century has turned into a legend and a cryptid in its own right.
to:
* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: The Despite the Thylacine is being a real species that due to many alleged sightings reporting to have seen creature despite its extinction in the early 20th century has turned into film it treated as a legend and a cryptid in its own right.very mysterious creature.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: The Thylacine is a real species that due to many alleged sightings reporting to have seen creature despite its extinction in the early 20th century has turned into a legend and a cryptid in its own right.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
Not related to Creator/SteveMcQueen's last movie ''Film/TheHunter1980''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 6,7 (click to see context) from:
Along the way, he stays with a strange family, consisting of two children, Sass and Bike, and their mother, Lucy, who appears to be asleep most of the time. Their father, Jarrah, disappeared in the forest several months before. They are cared for by a family friend, Jack Mindy (Creator/SamNeill), who also offers to guide Martin around the forest.
to:
