Sleeper Awakened

WITHOUT FILM, SOMETHING SLEEPS INSIDE US AND SELDOM AWAKENS. THE SLEEPER MUST AWAKEN.

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THE LEDGE (2022)

March 01, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 3, L, THRILLER

“Unfortunately, this one quickly loses its grip and plummets to a hazy fate of obscurity and mediocrity”

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Howard J. Ford, Brittany Ashworth, Ben Lmab, Nathan Welsh, Louis Boyer, Anaïs Parello
2022, 3, L, THRILLER
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KIMI (2022)

February 17, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 5, DRAMA, K, THRILLER

“A fine if somewhat lacking thriller”

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Steven Soderbergh, Zoe Kravitz, Byron Bowers
2022, 5, DRAMA, K, THRILLER
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CARD COUNTER (2021)

December 09, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, C, DRAMA, THRILLER

“pervasive existential angst and soul consuming stalk”

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Paul Schrader, Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Bryan Truong
2021, 7, C, DRAMA, THRILLER
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TITANE (2021)

October 13, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, DRAMA, FOREIGN, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER, T

“revels in its insanity and blazes its own trail into an inexplicable immensity”

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Julia Ducournau, Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Bertrand Bonello
2021, 7, DRAMA, FOREIGN, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER, T
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OLD (2021)

September 15, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 3, DRAMA, O, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER

“This is hackneyed and taxing”

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M. Night Shyamalan, Gael Garcia Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Ken Leung, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Aaron Pierre, Eliza Scanlen
2021, 3, DRAMA, O, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER
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BREAKING SURFACE (2020)

August 05, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, B, DRAMA, FOREIGN, THRILLER

“Lean, anxious, and gripping.”

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Joachim Hedén, Moa Gammel, Madeleine Martin, Trine Wiggen
2020, 6, B, DRAMA, FOREIGN, THRILLER
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PIG (2021)

July 22, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, DRAMA, P, THRILLER

“we get the idea of a Grizzly Adams John Wick, dive into “food workers Fight Club”, but mostly get a beaten and bloody The Limey in the cutthroat Portlandia food world”

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Michael Sarnoski, Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin
2021, 7, DRAMA, P, THRILLER
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GIRL NEXT (2021)

July 14, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2, 2021, G, HORROR, THRILLER

“a grotesque and unsavory dalliance”

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Larry Wade Carrell, Marcus Jean Pirae, Lacy Cofran, Paula Marcenaro Solinger, Rachel Allig
2, 2021, G, HORROR, THRILLER
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GREENLAND (2020)

June 04, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, DISASTER, G, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER

“Greeny is a reverse hourglass film; the beginning and ending are generally average and somewhat dumb, but the middle is robust, gritty, and stirring.”

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Ric Roman Waugh, Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn, Hope Davis, David Denman
2020, 6, DISASTER, G, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER
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UNHINGED (2020)

May 27, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, THRILLER, U

“pulse pounding, relatable, and darkly fun”

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Derrick Borte, Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman, Jimmi Simpson, Austin p. McKenzie
2020, 5, THRILLER, U
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THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD (2021)

May 20, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, ACTION, DRAMA, T, THRILLER

Sheridan is good at this “rural action thriller” genre

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Taylor Sheridan, Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Finn Little, Jake Weber, Tyler Perry, Medina Senghore, Jon Bernthal, Aidan Gillen
2021, 6, ACTION, DRAMA, T, THRILLER
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TOM CLANCY'S WITHOUT REMORSE (2021)

May 12, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 4, ACTION, THRILLER, W

“Jack Ryan 2.0, who’s more angsty and Wickian/Jack Reacher-ey...I guess”

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Stefano Sollima, Michael B. Jordan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Jamie Bell, Guy Pearce, Lauren London
2021, 4, ACTION, THRILLER, W
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THE LITTLE THINGS (2021)

February 11, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 5, CRIME, DRAMA, L, THRILLER

“Trying to recapture the gritty and disturbed fortitude of 90s Denzel Washington crime thrillers, but failing”

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John Lee Hancock, Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, Michael Hyatt
2021, 5, CRIME, DRAMA, L, THRILLER
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RELENTLESS (2020)

February 04, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, DRAMA, THRILLER, R

“a swim through the possibilities is better than the film’s sink to the water logged bottom”

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Barry Andersson, Rachel Weber
2020, 4, DRAMA, THRILLER, R
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ALONE (2020)

January 28, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, A, DRAMA, THRILLER

“stripped down terror chase”

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John Hyams, Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca, Anthony Heald
2020, 6, A, DRAMA, THRILLER
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THE NEST (2020)

December 25, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, N, ROMANCE, THRILLER

“subtle cryptic spirit of dourness that torments the film”

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Sean Durkin, Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Oona Roche, Charlile Shotwell
2020, 7, DRAMA, N, ROMANCE, THRILLER
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RUN (2020)

December 03, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, HORROR, R, THRILLER

“Her terror and struggle is palpable”

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Aneesh Chaganty, Sarah Paulson, Kiera Allen, Pat Healy
2020, 5, HORROR, R, THRILLER
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POSSESSOR (2020)

November 03, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 8, DRAMA, HORROR, P, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER

“Possessor strikes me as the kind of understated brilliance that will be looked back upon as staggering and seminal”

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November 03, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Brandon Cronenberg, Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Bean, Rossif Sutherland, Tuppence Middleton
2020, 8, DRAMA, HORROR, P, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER
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HARPOON (2019)

October 16, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, COMEDY, H, THRILLER

“whole thing is wildly “WTF?!”, but conceptually it was vaguely interesting”

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Rob Grant, Munro Chambers, Christopher Gray, Emily Tyra
2019, 4, COMEDY, H, THRILLER
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LUZ (2019)

October 09, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, FOREIGN, HORROR, L, THRILLER

“evocative “retro fantastique”, but with a dour european oppression”

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Tilman Singer, Luana Velis, Johannes Benecke, Jan Bluthardt, Lili Lorenz
2019, 4, FOREIGN, HORROR, L, THRILLER
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