The Survivalist
The Survivalist
| 15 April 2015 (USA)
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In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.

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Comwayon

A Disappointing Continuation

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Glucedee

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

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FirstWitch

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Ezmae Chang

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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zadeecool

Well worth seeing movies in the Netflix. Specially if you are in to post apocalyptic movies, survival stories. It's a rated R film. Would not recommend watching it with a family.

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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.

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hcoustal

You dive in the world of a lonely guy, trying to survive after an apocalyptic event. It's not a fast action movie, there is a lot of tension from the start till the end. It's not about big explosions and guns, rather interactions between this guys and 2 strangers.Its an excellent movie but don't watch it if you re a bit depressed, it's in the same vein than the excellent "The road". Dark and hopeless.

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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

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