bounty hunter
noun
1
: one who tracks down and captures outlaws for whom a reward is offered
2
: one who hunts predatory animals for the reward offered
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Gosling wears a brown trench coat in character as a futuristic bounty hunter while approaching a city skyline shrouded in thick, orange smog.
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Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
Blanchett plays Lilith, a cool-as-a-cucumber bounty hunter with killer cheekbones, a bright red flip (think Run Lola Run with a comb) and a quick trigger finger prone to the swift dispatch of any nuisance.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2024
Historical records reveal that one particularly notorious group of approximately 50 bounty hunters were responsible for the deportation of 8,000-9,000 individuals, ranging from newborn infants to the elderly and disabled.
—TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
Elliott Lester directs this adaptation of a novel of the same name by Joe Lansdale, where fierce bounty hunter Reginald Jones (Dinklage) is tasked with tracking down a ruthless killer known as Cutthroat Bill.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024
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Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
Blanchett plays Lilith, a cool-as-a-cucumber bounty hunter with killer cheekbones, a bright red flip (think Run Lola Run with a comb) and a quick trigger finger prone to the swift dispatch of any nuisance.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2024
Historical records reveal that one particularly notorious group of approximately 50 bounty hunters were responsible for the deportation of 8,000-9,000 individuals, ranging from newborn infants to the elderly and disabled.
—TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
Elliott Lester directs this adaptation of a novel of the same name by Joe Lansdale, where fierce bounty hunter Reginald Jones (Dinklage) is tasked with tracking down a ruthless killer known as Cutthroat Bill.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024
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