Genre: Thriller/Drama
Director: S. Craig Zahler
Writer: Mo Buck
Based on the novel by Patrick Sénécal
Cast: Bryan Cranston, John Hawkes, Sterling K. Brown, Julianne Moore, Keith Carradine, Laura Dern, Joe Keery, Mckenna Grace
Budget: $27,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $52,302,669
Foreign Box Office: $40,411,980
Total Profit: $50,067,224
Reaction: A pretty big hit considering the tense subject matter and the hard R-rating. It more than makes up for the failure of Ubik, and is hopefully a bigger indicator of the box office this season than Ubik.
"S. Craig Zahler is possibly the most visceral filmmaker working today. He can depict heinous, brutal acts, but never loses track of characters and motivations. This might just be his strongest film yet, directing Bryan Cranston's violent downfall with a sure hand." - Michael Carthage, Associated Press
"Bryan Cranston, after several supporting turns for the studio, gets a headlining role in this tense film. Cranston gives the kind of intense performance that was a regular feature during his "Breaking Bad" days, but have been mostly missing since." - Grace Palance, indieWire
"While the dramatic arc and the acting are both high caliber, the filmmakers just get too carried away with depicting the violence on-screen. Did we really need to see all of that? I get the point of it, but for me, it was a big negative mark on an otherwise engrossing story." - Rick Green, New Yorker
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Rated R for graphic bloody violence, scenes of torture, strong language, gross and disturbing images, and brief sexual references.
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