Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
Acting
Dafoe's silent scenes hit harder than any dialogue
Cinematography
Tasmanian wilderness as beautiful antagonist
Score
Minimalist tension that never lets you relax
Director
Daniel Nettheim
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The last confirmed Tasmanian tiger died in 1936, but thousands of unconfirmed sightings keep the myth alive — the film plays on this obsessive hope.
Dafoe spent weeks training with actual hunters and living remotely; that uncomfortable authenticity is why his isolation reads as spiritual collapse, not survival porn.
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