Barbarians
A civilized dinner party in a country house sees four friends, Lucas, Adam, Chloe, and Eve, coming together for a birthday celebration. As the night progresses secrets and lies force themselves into the light and polite pretensions are dropped. A knock at the door reveals three masked intruders with an agenda of their own. Will their friendship stand the test? Can they survive the night or will their secrets eventually catch up with them?
- Released: 2021-09-23
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- Genre: Horror, Thrillers
- Stars: Iwan Rheon, Tom Cullen, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Will Kemp, Steve Saunders, Inès Spiridonov, Connor Swindells, Tommy McDonnell, Will Kemp, Kevin Ryan
- Director: Charles Dorfman
Comments
- SamGleesh - 8 January 2023
What you see is what you get
Honestly, it's exactly what you should expect. My favorite thing about it is that they actually do a decent job of boring you so much that you don't expect anything to happen and then very quickly something happens in a major way, it's pretty thrilling in the moment. The problem is that the thrill last for maybe 15 minutes and after that it's just as much of a mess as the beginning was. The super long boring build up was cool when I thought it was going to lead into the epic 2nd half of the movie, but it did not do that at all. Instead, I feel like I was forced to sit there and watch 2 couples have a meal and joke with each other for 40 minutes for absolutely no reason. Like I said you get about 15 minutes of on the edge of your seat exciting stuff and almost as soon as it begins you learn that nobody in this movie is to be taken seriously and at the snap of a finger it becomes very dull again. I wanted to give it a 5 because like I said it was pretty much what I expected, and it did hold my attention long enough for me to finish it. However, I downgraded to a 4 simply because it actually could have been really good if they either didn't waste so much time in the beginning or executed the 2nd half of the movie better. They needed to hold the tensity longer and give the viewer more time to ponder and digest the situation. So, the fact that I think it was so close to being a lot better actually makes me like it even less, but hey, I wouldn't call it a waste of time I just could never see myself recommending that someone watch this, it feels like such a letdown by the time you finish. - ctbpxxst - 3 August 2022
Waste of time!!
This movie is an hour and a half of build up with 3 min of weak pathetic action. I've never made a movie review but I was so mad after wasting my time on this pos I felt the need to save someone from doing the same.
