Tread

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Movie Info

Pushed to his breaking point, a master welder quietly fortifies a bulldozer and systematically destroys numerous businesses and homes in the small mountain town of Granby, Colo.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Paul Solet
Release Date (Theaters):

Feb 28, 2020 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Feb 28, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA):

$29.4K
Runtime:

1h 29m
Production Co:

Zipper Bros Films, Sutter Road Picture Company

Cast & Crew

Paul Solet
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All Critics (10) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (1)

With a mournful compassion for everyone concerned, Solet delicately probes the fault lines ripped wide open that day by Marv and his bulldozer - whether those faults were there before, or his actions dug them.

February 27, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Richard Whittaker
Austin Chronicle
Tread's strongest suit is its complicated view of its subject's persecution complex - a self-righteous resentment that will be familiar to many viewers.

February 27, 2020 | Full Review…

John DeFore
Hollywood Reporter
[D]irector Paul Solet felt the need to blanket the standard interview-and-archival footage format with dramatic reenactments... and repetitive slow motion that end up detracting from a story that was plenty sensational in its own right.

February 26, 2020 | Full Review…

Michael Rechtshaffen
Los Angeles Times
An absorbing documentary about a real-life rampage that often plays like the dark side of '70s rural revenge thrillers.

April 1, 2019 | Full Review…

Joe Leydon
Variety
It all makes for an intriguing setup as we analyze each character and their personal versions of the truth.

February 28, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Kiko Martinez
San Antonio Current
Businesses destroyed, lives shaken to their core, the cars of bystanders crushed, cops helpless to stop it - it's awful and tragic, sure. But it's something to see, man.

February 24, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Roger Moore
Movie Nation
An alarming warning sign, "Tread" is a tale of men who work with their calloused, grease infused hands, and despite vast differences, it's the work, the hard, dangerous, painful work that unites them.

February 22, 2020 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…

Jonathan W. Hickman
Daily Film Fix
The blend of archival footage, commentary from the participants and re-enacted dramatization builds with the taut grit of a hardboiled thriller.

February 21, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Tom Meek
Cambridge Day
Paul Solet's Tread takes a little while to grab the audience; however, once the stakes are fully understood, it becomes quite intense.

March 18, 2019 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…

Bobby LePire
Film Threat
Tread is a compelling and slick documentary about this little known event... the film overall was a bit too polished with some fancy drone shots and slow motion action sequences that felt unnecessary.

March 11, 2019 | Full Review…

Raquel Stecher
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