Django Unchained
Disney’sThe Mandalorianhas received a heap of praise since its release and the wait for a new installment each week can be excruciating for fan . Set in theStar Warsuniverse , the show follows a renowned bounty hunter who has get it upon himself to protect and care for a worthful bounty rather than bend it in . ‘ It ’ being the super - cunning ‘ Baby Yoda ’ that lover have come to adore .
Bounty hunters have always been portray as nerveless and mysterious persona with a dingy past tense , so in honour of these darling characters , here are 10 movies across a miscellany of genres feature bounty hunter to check out out in between episodes of your novel favorite serial .
ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS (2002)
Ice Cube recreate a bounteousness hunter who ’s forced to team up up with his bountifulness , play by the humourous Mike Epps after they get caught up in a bungleddiamond heist . With $ 20 million Charles Frederick Worth of ball field at bet , the oddball yoke embark on a grave escapade to claim the rich people .
This one may have slipped by your radar as it did n’t have a deal of positive feedback upon its release in 2002 , when Ice Cube was at his peak following the winner of his breakout role in the 1995 funniness classic , Friday- a film that would take his acting vocation to the next level . Check outAll About the Benjaminswhen you ’re in the mood for some abstemious entertainment .
THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK (2004)
After the surprisal repulsion / sci - fi hit that was 2000’sPitch Black , Vin Diesel went on to star and bring out the pic ’s much - malign subsequence , The Chronicles of Riddick . Years after the event ofPitch Black , Riddick ( Diesel ) is on the run and hunted by numerous bounty hunting watch . He finds himself on a major planet in the thick of a war between two violent factions and , naturally , is catch right in the middle of it all .
The Chronicles of Riddickswayed from the tone thatPitch Blackset , going from visceral horror / sci - fi to all - out action - adventure . It ’s belike what turn off most critics , but it does have some redeeming character , as it feature awesome world - building and action set piece . Plus , who doesn’tlove a good ( or bad ) Vin Diesel action flick ?
DOMINO (2005)
Keira Knightley plays Domino Harvey - an English mode exemplar who gives up a glamorous life on the track and heads to LA to become a bountifulness hunter . She finds herself in a grave office when a large sum of money that she , along with her squad has been chasing , is stolen and the mafia gets involved .
This coarse-grained crime / action picture show is one that does n’t shy by from highlighting the dark side of the bounty hunt world - the interest are high and the consequences mortal . The always flirt with Mickey Rourke and Edgar Ramirez co - asterisk in this thrilling film from the later Tony Scott .
THE RUNDOWN 2003)
Dwayne ‘ The Rock ’ Johnson ’s 2d feature film - film lead performance was inThe Rundownalongside funnyman Seann William Scott . Johnson plays Beck , an shoot for chef / bounty hunter who ’s assign a mission to bring back his party boss ’s son Travis ( William Scott ) home from an adventure holiday in the Amazon .
The task proves to be a dangerous one when it ’s discovered that Travis knows the location of a secret treasure , one which the local Ithiel Town ’s dictator ( played by Christopher Walken ) and his goons are on the hunt for . The film is full of wisecrack humor and hold action and process as a nice forerunner for Johnson ’s putsch of Hollywood in the years that followed .
MIDNIGHT RUN (1988)
Robert De Niro is a amplitude hunter out to obtain a former accountant for the mafia ( Charles Grodin ) who ’s go astray . Sounds unsubdivided enough , except that the Sicilian Mafia , the FBI and a fellow bounty hunter are all after the same man too .
Midnight Runis one of those gems from the ' LXXX that you might have forgotten about , so now is the perfect meter to revisit this awe-inspiring action criminal offence - comedy chum - movie . The coupling of De Niro and Grodin is one for the years and the two play off each other of course , building a believable but way-out friendship through the course of their on - covert journey .
DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012)
The 7th film fromQuentin Tarantinoand one of his more controversial ones ( due to its heavy themes ) , star Christoph Waltz as a German premium hunter who helps a freed slave ( Jamie Foxx ) rescue his wife from a vehement plantation proprietor . Waltz ’s bountifulness hunter is of the rarified type in that he ’s sophisticated and suave and genuinely wants to do good deeds , while still getting the task done .
Django Unchainedfeatures an all - champion cast ( which is par for the track in any Tarantino movie ) , all of whom provide calling - good performances . While the film is brute at time and offer plenty of shock value , it has a dear story at its core and is one of the more stylized and unique films on this list to check out .
BLADE RUNNER 2049 (2017)
Ridley Scott famously direct Harrison Ford in the 1982 dystopian sci - fi classic , Blade Runner , and thirty - five years later we finally got a continuation with 2017’sBlade Runner 2049 . This prison term around , overlord - director Denis Villeneuve took over aim duties from Scott with young leading man Ryan Gosling on display panel . Gosling playact a bounty hunter ( which in this universe is recognise as a ‘ Blade Runner ’ ) whose chore is to track down criminals known as ‘ replicants ’ - bioengineered people that are nigh indistinguishable to human beings , only fitter , smarter and stronger .
A new mystery begins to stretch and Gosling ’s character , K , is forced to track down Harrison Ford ’s Deckard , who ’s been drop for thirty geezerhood , for some answers . Blade Runner 2049is by far the most visually arresting film on this list and is full of sci - fi traditional knowledge and intrigue , a must - watch for all fans of the genre .
RAISING ARIZONA (1987)
Just before Nicolas Cage would go on to major success in the ' 90s , he star in an early Coen Brothers film calledRaising Arizona . Cage plays an ex - bunco who conjoin an ex - police police officer when the duad afterward find out they ’re ineffective to have a baby . Desperate for one , they decide to steal a sister from a furniture tycoon , which transport them down a path of humourous escapades as they essay to keep their crime a secret , while various associated parties , including a savage bounty hunter , are on their trail .
Anyone familiar with theCoen Brothers ' body of workwill know what they ’re in for here - a quirky and unconventional criminal offence - comedy film that will keep you guessing . For those new to their work , this is a great place to start .
JONAH HEX (2010)
Josh Brolin plays bounty hunterJonah Hexin the 2010 picture of the same name based on theDC Comicscharacter - a motion-picture show that was universally panned by critics . This is , however , not a film made to please the critics , and it offers a lot by path of amusement value . Set in Confederate - era America , Jonah Hexis a revenge tale that realize our disfigured bounty hunting watch out for retribution against the mankind that killed his family .
Armed with some supernatural ability and a thirst for stock , Hex will stop at nothing to see out his mission . The moving-picture show has a great supporting cast that includes Michael Fassbender , John Malkovich , Will Arnett , and Megan Fox , and go bad in with low expectation will certainly make this an enjoyable watch .
STAR WARS: EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)
This listing would not be concluded without including the pic that introduced the most popular ( and coolest looking ) bounty hunter of them all -Boba Fett . While the character did n’t have much screen time in the celluloid , nor many lines , he run on to become one of the most iconic characters in theStar Warsuniverse , and his band of people are the stirring behind the off series , The Mandalorian .
Boba Fett just oozes cool and is the owner of one of the more menacing - looking spaceship to have inStar Wars , so it ’s no wonder why he ’s such a fan - favorite . He ’s also in 1983’sThe Return of the Jediand 2002’sAttack of the Clones(as a young boy ) , but it ’s inThe Empire Strikes Backwhere his comportment resonates the most .
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