RyothChatty ridiculous rating

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Eric_Cubed What a massive lie this movie is. Here is how it bills itself: "Riveting. Mad Max in the countryside." Nothing could be further from the truth. The entire movie takes place in a makeshift cabin, supposedly in the Irish countryside, after a massive plague or apocalypse, which is never explained, involving a man, who rapes the daughter of a mother and daughter asking for help, in a way that somehow, in the depraved indifference of the apocalypse, makes it seem all okay. In perfect patriarchal form, when the food supply is decimated by outsiders, the mother asks the daughter to poison the dude. She instead poisons the mother. Later, dude is killed by the initial marauders, who both resemble and behave absolutely nothing like the Road Warrior characters. So here's what you get: great acting, solid screenplay, decent cinematography, great lighting, competent directing...and an extremely boring and disappointing film without passion or redemption. Again, no problem if they told us this upfront, rather than trying build up an action film that is exactly the opposite. Don't watch or buy this film. Their goal is to dupe you into believing it is 28 days later combined with Fury Road. It was filmed in someone's grandmother's backyard.

beastboy-03509 Wow. What a great film. This is a post- apocalyptic movie that I grade a "medium fantasy" universe. "The Road" and the Mad Max films are "Low Fantasy". There is no functioning government. Supplies of all kind are fought over viciously. It's awful. "The Postman", "Hardware" "Blade Runner 2049" and "Jericho" are "High Fantasy". This has the trappings of an apocalyptic event but humanity managed to survive it. There is access to food, electricity, sanitation, &c. Stable governments still exist. There are some films that are hybrids of the different classifications. The Mad Max films are technically a low setting. But they are also a high setting due to a warlord ruling through power, fear and pig poop. "The Survivalist" lacks both elements needed for survival... but the environment and ecosystem still exist. There are still is a way to survive. It's a "Medium fantasy" post apocalyptic setting. Man, this movie is bleak. There is no musical score. I keep thinking there was because my brain is conditioned to hear music during movies. I loved the fact there was almost no music though. I hate those commercials that use music to sway fickle human sentiment. The awful situation should produce a humane response on it's own merit. Life doesn't have a soundtrack. Or maybe I am not listening for it.This lack of music makes the entire movie very grim. It's pretty dark in places. There's lots of nudity too. But it is story telling nudity and not gratuitous. I suspect the director intentionally avoided showing the young gal full frontal on purpose. There's plenty of Richard swinging around and old lady nudity (Rembrandt fans rejoice). If you are offended by nudity I would suggest passing this film by.This film almost got a 8 or 9 because of how brutal the abortion scene was. The entire emotional center of the film was revealed when the girl read the awful human atrocity book: "The inhumanity of man against man" and a bunch of horrible death pictures. Oh, and the abortion scene is the only time you get to see female genitalia. I may be reading into the author's intention (for some reason "Eye- So-Gee-Sis" is a forbidden word on IMDb) by saying this. I think the way females were handled in this film strengthens the inhumanity of man theme. How callous must a man be to mistreat the progenitor of life (broads) *joke*If you are a post apocalyptic movie fan this is a great watch. If you want a film to enjoy with the pg-13 girlfriend... watch "Trolls" instead (which is a great film in it's own right).

Darkdaxter This movie had an interesting premise, and I appreciated the atmosphere it built. I also appreciated how faithful they were in showing survival techniques, and the minimalist approach they took to the film. But I can't help but feel very bored by this movie. We know exactly how things will end when the other two characters (finally) make it on screen, and they drag this out perpetually. Despite everything he does for them, the mother insists on stealing and trying to force her daughter to kill him, so they can take the farm for themselves (even after he saves Milja from being raped). I wanted them to just make a decision and kill someone, but they refuse to until almost the end. Thankfully they make the right choice, but even this comes much too late.When we finally see some action and the farm is raided a second time, they only manage to kill three people. I have to wonder how he survived so long without at least trapping the perimeter. The ending is unsatisfactory and begs the question why they didn't consider larger communities before, if the mother was indeed so concerned for her daughter's health and well-being.There are way too many artistic shots that serve no real purpose other than to make another character naked. The subsistence farming/foraging is all shown in the first 45 minutes, so seeing it again and again throughout the movie serves no purpose other than to drag out the film. The severe lack of dialogue or even any real story to pass the time ends up making the entire movie choke itself in its own claustrophobic melancholy, but even this isn't very compelling so much as it is autoerotic asphyxiation. This movie and its fans are a little too full of themselves. I appreciate what it was trying to accomplish, but it could've been done far better. Or at least been given a shorter run- time.

Hellmant 'THE SURVIVALIST': Four and a Half Stars (Out of Five)A British post-apocalyptic thriller, filmed all in Northern Ireland, about a violent future world where people must 'kill or be killed' in order to survive. It tells the story of a survivalist man, who reluctantly teams up with two women, one older and one younger, even though there's a strong possibility they might attempt to kill him at any time. It was written and directed by debut feature filmmaker Stephen Fingleton, and it stars Martin McCann, Mia Goth and Olwen Fouere. The film was made on a budget of just $1 million, and it's only received a limited indie theatrical and VOD release, but it's received nearly unanimous rave reviews from critics; it's also won multiple prestigious international awards, and been nominated for many more. I thoroughly enjoyed it.The movie tells the story of an unnamed survivalist man (McCann), who has been living on his own for some time in the middle of the woods. He's built a small cabin for himself there, where he harvests crops for food, and defends himself by setting up traps (for intruders) around his little farm. When two women, one older (Fouere) and one younger (Goth), come to his cabin asking for food, he's very reluctant to trust or help them. He agrees to give them food though, and a place to stay for one night, in exchange for sex with the younger woman. He then reluctantly agrees to let the women stay longer, which could eventually lead to his death (as they secretly plot to kill him).The film starts out pretty slow-paced, as it spends a significant amount of time just showing how the survivalist lives (on his own in the woods). The movie shows his daily routine in great detail, even to the extent of showing him masturbate on seeds in order to help them grow. Even after the two female characters enter the film though, there's very little dialogue; especially from the lead character, who has very few lines in the entire movie. Once the two women characters do enter the story though, the film is almost always engaging from there on (until the very last scene). It turns into a very dark and disturbing film, that's also sometimes very intense to watch. Although there's very little dialogue in it, the movie is also a great characters study as well. As disturbing as the film almost always is, it's still a very fascinating and worthwhile movie to experience. I highly recommend it.Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: https://youtu.be/hAV3iy1JkJ8