Release: The Revolution

 

The Revolution

Genre: Thriller

Director: Sam Raimi

Writer: Alex Conn

Cast: Sadie Sink, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Plummer, Caleb McLaughlin, Dylan Minnette, Bruce Greenwood

Budget: $29,000,000

Domestic Box Office: $52,973,176

Foreign Box Office: $13,484,153

Total Profit: $10,102,009

Reaction: Sadie Sink has easily become one of the studio's most consistently bankable female stars - her six leading roles have all resulted in box office successes. This film squeaking out $10 million in profit is a testament to her growing star power.

"The Revolution is stylish thanks to Raimi's direction, but it often feels a little too on-the-nose. Sadie Sink owns every scene she’s in, and the mystery builds nicely… until it starts unraveling in about five directions at once. The final twist is messy at best and Willem Dafoe is sadly and criminally underused. The film is pretty decent but loses some cool points for having yet another teenager who seems to have magic hacker powers and way too much screen time spent watching people…watch screens." - James Tubbs Jr., Vice Magazine

"Sam Raimi's The Revolution is a moody, but undeniably gripping teen thriller that blends Heathers with Mr. Robot and a dash of Raimi-style chaos. Sadie Sink owns the screen, and Willem Dafoe delivers another scene chewing performance. The film flirts with brilliance in its paranoia and moral ambiguity but stumbles with bloated pacing and a climax that trades nuance for shock. Still, it’s a slick and unsettling cautionary tale about secrets, systems, and the fallout of weaponized justice in a digital age. Messy, but worth the chaos. While it tends to stumble a bit, it stands up as one of Alex Conn's better entries in a long time." - Dexter Quinn, Cinematic Observer Newsletter

"The Revolution tries to masquerade as a high-stakes thriller, but has a completely hollow core.  Alex Conn’s script is riddled with underdeveloped characters and implausible emotional arcs, with even the film’s supposed protagonist, Hannah, feeling like a sketchbook outline of a person. The film relies far too heavily on moody montages of characters scrolling, texting, or browsing apps that sound like something cooked up in a marketing meeting.  In a time when schools are struggling to address real bullying, The Revolution seems less like a cautionary tale and more like a recruiting video for those who think righteousness and revenge are the same thing." - Dave Manning, The Ridgefield Press

Rated R for language, violence, drug use, and thematic elements.