Sorry, this movie sucks

Overrated and overhyped

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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.

Some audience reviewers gave "The Survivalist" one star; some gave the film 10 stars. I understand the point of both ratings. The film does move like a turtle with four broken legs. At the same time, one can't stop watching. As of 5/14/18, there are 69 reviews of this film on IMDb, so the important points about the film are all ready made. This is the type of film that makes one want to turn it off after the first half-hour, or the film sucks you in.

This is the kind of movie you can watch in fast-forward, with only a pauses here and there to sniff around. In fact, I recommend it.But even if you watch the whole thing you will be left with lots of questions. What caused population to fall after oil production fell? Once population fell, why was food scarce? Why didn't more people grow food? There was nothing but land and wilderness as far as the eye could see, but only one guy growing a tiny little patch of vegetables? Why did the guy grow such a small patch? Why didn't they expand the garden when the women showed up? Why not use that open field to grow even more food? So again...why on earth was food scarce? Was there some rule that only this one guy was allowed to grow food? And at the end when she finally found a settlement, why were the people walking around in the grass pretending it was a farm? There were no fields of vegetables, only grass? Was that a movie mistake, or did they plan to eat that saw grass? And lastly, what the heck is wrong with people who can't make a decent, believable movie?

'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