History Film / TheHunter

* [[spoiler: [[ShootTheDog Shoot the Tiger]] ]].

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: When Martin finally comes face to face with the Thylacine it appears to do this, instead of trying to escape it lowers it’s head and seemingly [[{{MercyKill}} allow itself to be shot]].]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: When Martin finally comes face to face with the Thylacine it appears to do this, instead of trying to escape it lowers it’s head and appears to [[{{MercyKill}} allow itself to be shot]].]]

FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: When Martin finally comes face to face with the Thylacine it appears to do this, instead of trying to escape it lowers it’s head and appears to [[{{MercyKill}} allow itself to be shot]].]]

''The Hunter'' is a 2011 Australian {{Drama}} {{Thriller}} film starring Creator/WillemDafoe. Dafoe plays Martin David, an agent 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.

''The Hunter'' is a 2011 Australian {{Drama}} {{Thriller}} film starring Creator/WillemDafoe. Dafoe plays Martin David, an agent of 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.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Some mysteries should never be solved'']]

''The Hunter'' is a 2011 Australian film starring Creator/WillemDafoe. Dafoe plays Martin David, an agent of 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.

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* BookEnds: At the start of the film, Martin is told by his employer to "See the sights", while waiting for work. [[spoiler: At the end, Martin calls Red Leaf to inform them the tiger is gone, saying "Don't bother looking for me. I'm off to see the sights."]]

* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:''Heartbreakingly'' averted.]]

* WhatHappenedtotheMouse: It's never explained [[spoiler: who damaged Martin's trap or who set up the camera trap.]]

* RuleOfSymbolism: The company that hires Martin is called Red Leaf. Red as in blood. Leaf as in symbol for nature.

* RuleofSymbolism: The company that hires Martin is called Red Leaf. Red as in blood. Leaf as in symbol for nature.

* SnowMeansDeath: While it is clearly getting colder beforehand, [[spoiler: it doesn't start snowing until Martin's confrontation with (and subsequent shooting of) the Red Leaf agent. The snow continues during Martin's final hunt and killing of the tiger.]]

* ShownTheirWork: At one point Jack asks Martin if the Tasmanian devils he saw were healthy. This is likely a reference to the real life devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) that is running rampant in native devil populations.

* GreenAesop

* [[spoiler: [[ShootTheDog Shoot the Tiger]] ]].

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: While the hunting scnes are grueling the film would probably be a pretty safe PG-13 if it wasn't for a liberal sprinkeling of F words.

* HeelFaceTurn: Martin, arguably, as he begins to care more for the family he is staying with than his mission [[spoiler: and then betrays the organisation he works for.]]

* LastOfHisKind: The Tasmanian tiger, allegedly.

* AntiHero: Martin is a Type III.

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 (Sam Neill), who also offers to guide Martin around the forest.

''The Hunter'' is a 2011 Australian film starring WillemDafoe. Dafoe plays Martin David, an agent of 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.

* AvoidTheDreddedGRating: While the hunting scnes are grueling the film would probably be a pretty safe PG-13 if it wasn't for a liberal sprinkeling of F words.