The Hunter (1980)
5/10
Hunting reality and catching Hollywood
26 December 2005
In the 1970s many film makers had been seeing for many years the life on the streets that surrounded them, but was not being portrayed in the movies. Over time crept into the movies and this movie is one example, though not a good one.

Based on the true life story of Bounty Hunter Ralph 'Papa' Thorson, it portrays him as thoroughly human while also have a tough edge. It tries to show snippets of life that abounded at the time, but the result is patchy and inconsistent.

It is a movie from that time and era and relies far too heavily on interesting characters interwoven through superficially constructed chase scenes.

The whole crazy killer umbrella plot is just stupid.
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