The Survivalist
2015, Drama/Mystery and thriller, 1h 44m
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The Survivalist's deliberate pace pays gripping dividends with a tautly told post-apocalyptic drama that offers some uniquely thought-provoking twists. Read critic reviews
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You'll leave completely rapt.
May 22, 2017 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… -
eerie and masterful ... as riveting as it is morally confounding.
May 22, 2017 | Full Review… -
The Survivalist...is as terrific and as suspenseful a post-apocalyptic thriller as any I'll likely see this year.
May 19, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… -
Impressively lean and rigidly controlled, "The Survivalist" achieves, at times, the primitive allure of a silent movie.
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Fingleton's spare, striking debut feature takes a minimalist approach to the post-apocalyptic thriller.
May 17, 2017 | Rating: B | Full Review… -
Both dire and oddly poetic.
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Oct 09, 2017Really stunning. White knuckled gripping intensity. A very bare movie, minimal in characters, locations, and dialogue and yet far more raw in intensity than a big budget thriller. This is one of the top films of this genre, on par with The Road._kelly . Super Reviewer
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Sep 09, 2016http://cinephilecrocodile.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/the-survivalist-dir-2016.htmlAnthony L Super Reviewer
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Feb 16, 2016The story: a guy living in the woods during some hard times. That's pretty much it. But so beautifully told that what's laid bare before the end are considerations hardly on the page at all, such as what constitutes trust? And that, once given, it has an expiration date as well. Pretty good stuff. Well done.Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
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