The Ranger

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The Ranger

2018

1h 20m

Horror

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A group of Punk-styled friends, fueled by a hallucinogenic drug called Echo, runs afoul of the law and an unhinged park ranger.

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Kimber Myers

Los Angeles Times

Sep 6, 2018

Ultimately "The Ranger" promises more than it delivers.

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Katie Rife

AV Club

Aug 17, 2018

B

Wexler has interpreted her influences thoughtfully and inverted them cleverly. It's the smart kind of dumb fun.

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Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

Village Voice

Aug 15, 2018

Couldn't be more insipid.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Feb 5, 2021

2/5

Pays its respects to the storied history of iconic slashers, only to serve more as a disappointing homage to the '80s without offering anything new.

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Alix Turner

Ready Steady Cut

Feb 2, 2021

4/5

The Ranger is like many other films, but it definitely has a character all of its own and is very entertaining. I thought it might be a fun-but-standard slasher, and I'm glad to say there was lots more to it than that.

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

Apr 11, 2020

4.5/5

The Ranger is a fun, bloody romp in the woods that will please slasher and punk fans alike. It's a simple film, but highly enjoyable.

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Melissa L

@Agent99 Mar 2, 2026

This was a pretty good movie with good cinematography. I also liked the ending.

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DemonBaby26 T

@RT34559984 Oct 19, 2024

It is not exactly "good" movie but i genuinely enjoyed it and it kept me captivated throughout the entire movie. As someone from the punk scene I wouldn't call this a well represented movie regarding being punk. However I think that it is a nice movie and I might even watch it again. The ending was kinda weird but I loved it because it was so out of pocket

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Jose B

@slik8 Jul 20, 2023

So far half way into the movie it is building.

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Jan 10, 2022

Most of the characters (except Chelsea and The Ranger) are boring and one dimensional... the rest of the content doesn't do much better, with dumb kills and dumb plot logic... yawn

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Aug 10, 2020

Didn't commit to making the hate-able characters deaths feel well-deserved or cathartic, yet simultaneously didn't make any of the other characters actually likeable. Still, The Ranger is at least not one of those "dime-a-dozen" sort of movies, there's enough different here to keep me invested for the length of the movie.

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Cash C

@RT10633986 Mar 5, 2020

Critics are idiots. Low budget crap.

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Synopsis

A group of Punk-styled friends, fueled by a hallucinogenic drug called Echo, runs afoul of the law and an unhinged park ranger.

Director: Jenn Wexler
Producer: Heather Buckley, Larry Fessenden, Ashleigh Snead, Andrew van den Houten, Jenn Wexler
Screenwriter: Giaco Furino, Jenn Wexler
Distributor: Self Distributed
Production Co: Glass Eye Pix, Hood River Entertainment
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 7, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 24, 2019
Runtime: 1h 20m

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