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Overall Rank: 21211
Average Rating: 3.3/4
# of Ratings: 2
Theatrical Release Date: 09/08/2017
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 03/06/2018
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwarz
Plot: Between the industry of big game hunting and the wildlife conservation effort lies a line between how best to save animals from extinction. Trophy looks at this effort from different angles and navigates the waters of treating animals like commodities. -- Chris Kavan
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Would you like a side of Lions with your Rhino?
Indyfreak - wrote on 01/17/2018
A somber and chilling look at the hunting industry and its impact on wildlife conversation for worse and sometimes even better. Though the latter is a bit of a stretch. Big game hunters, game wardens, ecologists, breeders, and African civilians are shown to have different thoughts on the matter; no surprise.
What is enlightening is the entrenched dependency on big game hunting and safari clubs in otherwise poor African countries. It does raise interesting questions about the limits of what counts as sport and what is just wanton slaughter.
Seeing the film would make it seem obvious. When the hunters literally engage in overkill, I would say it's cruel, abhorrent, and wrong. It is horrific to see a majestic elephant shot in the head while it's dying or a crocodile pulled from a lake …
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