Heart of the Hunter

2024

Action / Thriller

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 43% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 43% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.7/10 10 2305 2.3K

based on novel or book

Plot summary

A retired assassin is pulled back into action when his friend uncovers a dangerous conspiracy at the heart of the South African government.

Director

Mandla Dube Photo
Mandla Dube

Top cast

Deon Coetzee Photo
Deon Coetzee as Mike Bressler
Siya Mayola Photo
Siya Mayola as Lawrence Mavundla
Natalie Walsh Photo
Natalie Walsh as September
Grant Ross Photo
Grant Ross as Boonsaaier
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1 hr 47 min
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1 hr 47 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by rvallenduuk 4 / 10

Read the book

I watched this movie because I've read most of Deon Meyer's books. I'm glad I didn't pay to see it in cinema.The movie is dark and has a lot of action, and the photography is alright. It tries to have a complicated plot about corruption.Unfortunately in the movie the plot is mostly an excuse for a series of stunts, punch-ups and shoot-outs. The usual fare where henchmen take one or two punches but the main bad guy can take a hundred punches and keeps coming back.Then I read the book. It shares the title, some characters and the main corruption theme but that's where it ends. All the nuance from the book is lost in the film in favour of quick and easy solutions. I won't go into spoilers but book and movie have different story arcs and a very different ending.So if you're not interested in much of a plot but just want to see guys beating each other up, by all means, watch the movie.If you want a more nuanced story with interesting characters and more realistic fights, read the book.
Reviewed by rogo-89522 6 / 10

Interesting Film

The acting was superior and the story well written. As a Canadian I found the names initially confusing and needed to rewind and reference IMDB to get them all sorted but It didn't take away from my enjoyment of this movie. What did were the hand to hand combat sequences as either the actors errors or the directors shooting angles were off just enough to have punches and strikes obviously fake and this started in the first fights and continued throughout the movie. For that I downrated this movie two stars. Overall I enjoyed it very much and learned of some new to me very good actors. Give it a try.
Reviewed by therealjaysmoke 6 / 10

SA really getting better at this....

Yooooo Botha, SA stepped up the game with this one man! So proud of them. I really enjoyed watching this. The cinematography was on point. The special effects was decent for an African production. But the acting was spot on from majority of the cast. I also loved the story, not many times do you get such mature and interesting crime story. I also enjoyed the Cape Town scenery. And no they didn't show table mountain.The only drawback for me was the weak ending. That was a complete miss. The story could have done with a better ending honestly. It was cheap, it was very predictable and even though they were trying to pull that great spin off, it just didn't work and made the whole movie feel under developed.If I had one advice for you, it would be skip the ending....cuz it will ruin the whole vibe.
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