52
Metascore
4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiRogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiThe film has merit as a sprawling and effective work that combines the expected action beats with quieter, character-driven moments, and elements of pure weirdness to surprisingly strong effect. Even when it doesn’t quite work, and it's undeniably uneven at times, it at least has the good taste to offer up flaws borne of ambition instead of laziness.
- 50Film ThreatAlex SavelievFilm ThreatAlex SavelievDavid Perrault’s Savage State opts for Jacques Audiard’s contemplative mood but fails to balance it out with fleshed-out heroes, a sense of humor, or even a coherent point. What we’re left with is the novelty of a well-worn genre seen through a very French, existential prism; it’s all jaw-droppingly beautiful and sleep-inducingly dull.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThis is pretentious, chatty and maddeningly slow.
- 30VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonA gonzo mashup of gothic melodrama, Wild West survival story, and voodoo-flavored supernaturalism, with a side order of slasher-movie tropes and a sprinkling of kinky sex insinuations.