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The Hunter

Play trailer Poster for The Hunter 2010,  1h 30m,  Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 78% 27 Reviews Tomatometer 44% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
78% Tomatometer 27 Reviews 44% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
A young man kills two police officers, then runs into a forest, where he is arrested by two people. Surrounded by trees, the three men become lost, blurring the boundaries between hunter and hunted.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Mar 16, 2012
3.5/4
As I followed step by step the unfolding of the ending, I could see how the plot makes perfect sense in a sinister way that adds one brilliant additional twist. Go to Full Review
V.A. Musetto New York Post Feb 7, 2012
Cinematographer Mohammad Davudi's nighttime shots of jammed Tehran highways help convey the society's dehumanization. Go to Full Review
Melissa Anderson Village Voice Feb 7, 2012
Filmed during the months leading up to the 2009 presidential election in Iran, The Hunter still seethes with fury -- and anticipates the blood that would spill after the vote. Go to Full Review
David Walsh World Socialist Web Site Feb 13, 2021
Stopping where The Hunter does is to leave too much to the imagination, but the film is honest and moving as far as it goes. Go to Full Review
Ard Vijn ScreenAnarchy Jan 14, 2020
6/10
The Hunter has the odds firmly stacked in its favor and for most of its running time it seems to become a fantastic film. But its third act stumbles badly, several times over, spoiling most of it. Go to Full Review
Steve Erickson Gay City News Mar 5, 2018
Rather than evoking neo-realism, it recalls some of the thrillers of French director Jean-Pierre Melville, which synthesized American film noir and European art films into a lean hybrid. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Rafi Pitts

Director

Rafi Pitts

Ali Alavi

Mitra Hajjar

Sara P. Alavi - Ali's Wife

Malek Jahan Khazai

Ali's Mother

Ali Nicksaulat

Police Officer - Commander

Ismaïl Amani

Young boy

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The Hunter

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Movie Info

Synopsis A young man kills two police officers, then runs into a forest, where he is arrested by two people. Surrounded by trees, the three men become lost, blurring the boundaries between hunter and hunted.
Director
Rafi Pitts
Producer
Thanassis Karathanos
Screenwriter
Rafi Pitts
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Persian
Box Office (Gross USA)
$176.4K
Runtime
1h 30m
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