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Modern bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson (Steve McQueen) hunts fugitives for a bail bondsman (Eli Wallach).
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The Hunter holds a 46% approval rating based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10 on Rotten Tomatoes. [11] In Leonard Maltin 's publication, TV Movies, the film is given a BOMB rating, and the entry states, "McQueen's last picture and probably his worst".
A shadowy corporation sends a mercenary (Willem Dafoe) to Tasmania to track down a nearly extinct tiger whose genetic code holds the secret to a dangerous weapon.
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Some great stuntwork highlights Steve McQueen's final film. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 21, 2005
Aug 1, 1980 · The Hunter: Directed by Buzz Kulik. With Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton. Bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson is receiving death threats from a criminal he helped put away.
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But "The Hunter" bears all the marks of a tailor-made "star vehicle," one of those awful movies catering to a star's ego and image. The character played by McQueen is allegedly based on a real-life bounty hunter, named Papa Thorson, who goes after bail jumpers.
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THE HUNTER is more dead than alive. Supposedly based on a real bounty hunter's life, this episodic film never focuses on anything long enough for the audience to care about it, and characters race in and out of the story without introduction or development.