Sacrifice

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Sacrifice

R

2025

1h 43m

Comedy

Adventure

Action

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After the fiery death of their mother, Joan (Anya Taylor-Joy) and her siblings, driven by a mysterious volcanic prophecy, believe it is their duty to cleanse the Earth. Their radical group hijacks a glamorous charity gala and takes three unlikely hostages for a sacrificial ritual: their hero, movie star Mike Tyler (Chris Evans); their villain, pragmatically cold billionaire Ben Bracken (Vincent Cassel); and their lover, an unlucky performer named Katie (Ambika Mod). As the night descends into chaos, both an inward journey and an outward adventure ensue, where the line between performance and belief, salvation and sacrifice, begins to blur.

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Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

6 days ago

2/4

Sometimes you can feel the artistry in a movie that doesn’t work. See ‘Sacrifice’ for an example.

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William Bibbiani

TheWrap

6 days ago

It’s going for eccentric but more than anything it’s just mannered, because it doesn’t believe in its own hokum. It’s too detached to have a point, or even to embrace its pointlessness.

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Beatrice Loayza

New York Times

6 days ago

The film is strangely watchable thanks to the sheer volume of curveballs and cameos, from a slinky Charli XCX performance to John Malkovich as a mad scientist with an indecipherable accent.

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Russ Simmons

KKFI-FM (Kansas City)

7 hrs ago

1/5

Don’t sacrifice any of your time on "Sacrifice," a head-scratching total misfire.

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Marko Djurdjić

Exclaim!

16 hrs ago

2/10

Forgettable and inconsequential in equal measure

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

1 day ago

C

It features some big names, a distinct visual design and good production values, but it loses its way with muddled ideas and disjointed storytelling.

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Jon N

@RT82659696 14 hrs ago

All I can really say is that I found it pretentious and self serving

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Malcolm H

@RT01623509 17 hrs ago

I actually loved the movie. Great artistry and satire. I'm rating low because they weren't brave enough to call themselves out. The narcissistic behavior was on full display for the actors, the scientist, the gala guests, the eco fanatics, but not for the billionaire. Any credibility was lost there.

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Trenaway E

@Trenaway 18 hrs ago

This movie is beyond terrible. Great actors, with poor acting, the entire story cannot make sense of itself, and goes nowhere. The entire plot is without logic.

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R T

@RT53499771 1 day ago

Disappointing. The trailer looks promising, but the movie is one of the worst films I’ve seen this year. It tried to be art house but a failure.

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christy F

@RT06315014 1 day ago

chris evans, anya, everyone in the movie absolutely everyone. thank you, i loved this movie and this is my 5th time watching it. it did something to me, it wasn’t too gory but you understand that something has to be done to prevent the extinction event. i loved joan’s little sister particularly, and she didn’t say anything at all. i loved it thank you thank you thank you

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Gavin B

@gbyars 1 day ago

Wouldn’t recommend watching. Great cast but the movie overall is just terrible.

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Romain Gavras

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Anya Taylor-Joy

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Salma Hayek

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John Malkovich

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After the fiery death of their mother, Joan (Anya Taylor-Joy) and her siblings, driven by a mysterious volcanic prophecy, believe it is their duty to cleanse the Earth. Their radical group hijacks a glamorous charity gala and takes three unlikely hostages for a sacrificial ritual: their hero, movie star Mike Tyler (Chris Evans); their villain, pragmatically cold billionaire Ben Bracken (Vincent Cassel); and their lover, an unlucky performer named Katie (Ambika Mod). As the night descends into chaos, both an inward journey and an outward adventure ensue, where the line between performance and belief, salvation and sacrifice, begins to blur.

Director: Romain Gavras
Producer: Robert Walak, Gregory Jankilevitsch, Giorgos Karnavas, Jacob Perlin, Klaudia Śmieja
Screenwriter: Will Arbery
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Film 4, Mid March Media
Rating: R (Some Sexual References|Some Bloody Violence|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 16, 2026
Runtime: 1h 43m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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