This foreign thriller is about a man who kills a couple of police officers and then is apprehended in the woods by two other officers and the film turns into a cat and mouse chase. Great cinematography but I thought the film was kind of dull.

The tension in this film is epic, silences are used brilliantly. Cinematography is beautiful. Acting is very good. How a revenge film should be.

Intense, meditative vengeance thriller that captivates through what it doesn't say as much as what it does.

It's an extraordinary film to look at. The rugged beauty of both the rural and urban landscapes are captured with serene grace.

While it's a slow start, it's at the service of characterisation. The way a concoction of grief and bewilderment colours the entire central performance is simultaneously sympathetic and terrifying. The questions it poses about justice are interesting and lacking in easy answers.

When the few 'action' scenes do occur they're handled with a stillness that makes them even more tense.

It's not always easy going but it's further proof that modern Iranian cinema is a force to be reckoned with.

How did the Iranian censors not catch this thinly veiled piece of political free-speech? What starts as a meditative look at the life of an ex-con security guard and his family transforms into a complex political allegory. It's deceptively simple on the outside, but brimming with ideas about the nature of revolution and authoritarianism beneath the surface. My only complaint is that the film needlessly takes its time getting to the meat, focusing too heavily on the secondary human drama, which is disposable.

What a shame that most 2012 moviegoers will remember filmmaker Rafi Pitts for his bit part as "Middle Class Iranian Man" in Ben Affleck's Argo and not his strong writing, direction, and acting in The Hunter.

This was a dark, evenly-paced beautiful looking film. I wasn't quite sure about where it was going, not because of the film itself, but because of my own ignorance of this director and Iranian films in general. I wasn't sure if it was going to turn into a revenge action movie or not. It really is much more of a morality play with a hypnotic and despairing atmosphere. It's slow, but not boring because the imagery, which is beautiful (though unsaturated and often very depressing and concrete) changes often. The lead actor (who is also the writer and director) was very contained but able to deliver a lot of pain and boy does he go through pain. Very rough and sad but a good film.