LouAbbott Some audience reviewers gave "The Survivalist" one star; some gave the film 10 stars. I understand the point of both ratings. The film does move like a turtle with four broken legs. At the same time, one can't stop watching. As of 5/14/18, there are 69 reviews of this film on IMDb, so the important points about the film are all ready made. This is the type of film that makes one want to turn it off after the first half-hour, or the film sucks you in.

Darkdaxter This movie had an interesting premise, and I appreciated the atmosphere it built. I also appreciated how faithful they were in showing survival techniques, and the minimalist approach they took to the film. But I can't help but feel very bored by this movie. We know exactly how things will end when the other two characters (finally) make it on screen, and they drag this out perpetually. Despite everything he does for them, the mother insists on stealing and trying to force her daughter to kill him, so they can take the farm for themselves (even after he saves Milja from being raped). I wanted them to just make a decision and kill someone, but they refuse to until almost the end. Thankfully they make the right choice, but even this comes much too late.When we finally see some action and the farm is raided a second time, they only manage to kill three people. I have to wonder how he survived so long without at least trapping the perimeter. The ending is unsatisfactory and begs the question why they didn't consider larger communities before, if the mother was indeed so concerned for her daughter's health and well-being.There are way too many artistic shots that serve no real purpose other than to make another character naked. The subsistence farming/foraging is all shown in the first 45 minutes, so seeing it again and again throughout the movie serves no purpose other than to drag out the film. The severe lack of dialogue or even any real story to pass the time ends up making the entire movie choke itself in its own claustrophobic melancholy, but even this isn't very compelling so much as it is autoerotic asphyxiation. This movie and its fans are a little too full of themselves. I appreciate what it was trying to accomplish, but it could've been done far better. Or at least been given a shorter run- time.

Platypuschow The survivalist leaves a lot to the imagination, telling the story of our lead a man who lives out in the wilderness paranoid and alone when his world is disrupted by the appearance of two women.Does he risk his perfect though limited little world by allowing them access to his home or should he turn them away? The Survivalist is a dark gritty tale that pulls no punches, I found myself oddly empathising and relating to the lead and yet at the same time was frustrated by that distinct lack of entertainment value I found.This multi award winning effort simply didn't connect with me and though I certainly appreciate what they were going for unfortunately didn't see the appeal.Credit to the cast, credit to the film makers but for me this made for uncomfortable viewing and a really lackluster finale.The Good: All round well made Strong performances Great concept The Bad: Uncomfortable stuff Certainly niche viewing Weak endingThings I Learnt From This Movie: The survivalist lifestyle isn't as glamorous as others may have you believe Don't let women in your life, they'll ruin everything

Galactic Drone !SPOILERS!I imagine this is happening in some sort of post-war world, where people have to survive on their own without energy. If it isn't so, we are not told anything anyway.So an old woman and a young girl continuously try to kill a lonely young man in his small wooden house in the middle of the forest. The one that treated them fairly well, fed them, and could possibly protect them and be very useful. Yes, the younger one offered sex for all of this, and it was a mutual agreement, yet they continued to try killing him again. What was their plan - to live together in his house happily ever after? It wasn't about robbery, he clearly didn't have much of value, and the women had enough time to see that.Then, out of nowhere comes a bunch of ill-motivated men wearing masks (as if it still mattered in their world whether their faces would be seen or not) trying to kill everyone in the house, apparently, while destroying his crops. The three of them did not compete for anything in that forest, so what was the point of attacking them, with an intention to kill? Why would you destroy crops in a world where food is hard to come by? Maybe the attackers had something else in mind, they probably wouldn't kill a young female, and maybe they would try to convince the guy to join them as well, but the two parties were not given a chance to talk, in fact, they didn't even see each other before the final shoot- out. I had an impression the women have escaped from their previous camp, and the dudes were searching for them, but again - nothing is explained.It's hard to see anyone's intention here, since characters barely speak (the main man is mumbling in Irish (I suppose) at times, to add that "extra flavor"), and their actions make no sense. Everyone is simply homicidal for no apparent reason, and no coherent story is shown.The director clearly didn't use his thinker too much with this one, he was too busy showing us cock, ass and tits close-ups (hello, Mia Goth fans), and trying to attract unwise survival-minded viewers. It seems the movie has no other point than to show how unreasonable people (and movie directors) can be.