{"id":21126,"date":"2024-02-05T12:10:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T10:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=21126"},"modified":"2024-02-05T12:11:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T10:11:30","slug":"first-look-at-netflixs-newest-film-the-gripping-heart-of-the-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2024\/02\/05\/first-look-at-netflixs-newest-film-the-gripping-heart-of-the-hunter\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look at Netflix\u2019s Newest Film, the Gripping &#8220;Heart of the Hunter&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The film, directed by the incomparable Mandlakayise Walter Dube,\u00a0 (SAFTA Winning Silverton Siege),\u00a0 is set in a post-democratic South Africa where one man&#8217;s mission to save his family escalates into a fight to stop a corrupt politician from taking the presidential seat. <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/title\/2481\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/title\/2481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heart of The Hunter<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>is the on-screen adaptation of the book of the same name, written by beloved South African novelist and screenwriter Deon Meyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-21129\" data-id=\"21129\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HeartoftheHunter_Netflix_0386-Custom.jpg?resize=450%2C253&#038;ssl=1\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HeartoftheHunter_Netflix_1086-Custom.jpg?resize=450%2C253&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HeartoftheHunter_Netflix_1086-Custom.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HeartoftheHunter_Netflix_1086-Custom.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-21132\" data-id=\"21132\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HeartoftheHunter_Netflix_1355-Custom.jpg?resize=450%2C253&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HeartoftheHunter_Netflix_1355-Custom.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HeartoftheHunter_Netflix_1355-Custom.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-21130\" data-id=\"21130\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HeartoftheHunter_Netflix_1472-Custom.jpg?resize=450%2C253&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HeartoftheHunter_Netflix_1472-Custom.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HeartoftheHunter_Netflix_1472-Custom.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonko Khoza leads as Zuko Khumalo, an unassuming family man with a deadly past. His tranquil world is abruptly turned upside down when an old colleague calls on him to honour an oath he made,\u00a0 and save the country from venal political interests.\u00a0 The tension ratchets up when he resists being pulled back into his previous life, but it becomes clear that it poses a deadly threat to his domestic ambitions and the peaceful family life he holds so dear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film boasts an impressive roster of iconic South African actors, including Connie Ferguson, Masasa Mbangeni, Tim Theron, Deon Coetzee, Peter Butler, Sisanda Henna and Connie Chiume.\u00a0 It is a fast-paced, tense suspense thriller set against the backdrop of incredible South African locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The film, directed by the incomparable Mandlakayise Walter Dube,\u00a0 (SAFTA Winning Silverton Siege),\u00a0 is set in a post-democratic South Africa where one man&#8217;s mission to save his family escalates into a fight to stop a corrupt politician from taking the presidential seat. Heart of The Hunter is the on-screen adaptation of the book of the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2024\/02\/05\/first-look-at-netflixs-newest-film-the-gripping-heart-of-the-hunter\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">First Look at Netflix\u2019s Newest Film, the Gripping &#8220;Heart of the Hunter&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[208],"class_list":["post-21126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-netflix","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NetflixLogo.png?fit=400%2C113&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}