Thirdly, it is a vague, unrewarding examination of the conflict between the industry and environmentalism, proponents of the previous wanting to keep their jobs just because it is the only thanks to keep the local economy going. Finally, it's an impenetrable character study, the topic a person whose past may be a mystery and whose current actions stem from an inexplicable change in perspective.

Adapted from the novel by Julia Leigh, it tells the story of a hunter named Martin (Willem Dafoe), who's discretely hired by a biotech company to infiltrate the wilderness of Tasmania and hunt the thylacine , an animal that by most accounts was considered to possess gone extinct nearly eighty years ago. The middleman wants Martin to follow abreast of two reported sightings, which he claims are from reliable sources. His instructions are to collect organ, blood, and tissue samples then immediately report back. He's warned that, although this information has been kept hidden, word always features a way of spreading. He features a few months at the most , maybe even less, before other biotech companies learn of it. In fact, they'll have already gotten wind of it. Martin must watch his back.

Although repeatedly mentioned as a scientist, Martin has the talents and demeanor of a rugged survivalist and an assassin. In virtually all wilderness scenes, we him living off the land, shooting animals for food and for bait, and fixing small bear traps and covering them with foliage. He even constructs his own crude traps using only twigs and leaves. He features a miniature arsenal at his disposal, along side a case filled with plastic bags and test tubes. Initially sealed and selective in when he speaks, his heart gradually melts when he's introduced to the family of an area scientist who went missing months earlier. The mother, Lucy (Frances O'Connor), is initially only seen in bed, numb on medications; Martin helps get her off of them, and when he returns after yet one more excursion, it's as if she had never taken a pill in her life. i will be able to not say that they fall crazy , but if given half an opportunity , this story almost certainly would have gone therein direction.