Drifter

Apocalyptic type setting, 2 brothers looking out for themselves. Felt like a video game/comic movie - think "sin city" but 1/1000th the quality and plot.

Movie was trying to capture shock attention from viewer with gruesome violence and sadistic characters but it wasn't scary nor suspenseful. Idk maybe the movie was supposed to be a horror-comedy? Boooooo!!!!!!!!

A post-apocalyptic movie about two brothers travelling through the country on the car, which makes them very noticeable since working cars are very rare and everyone wants it.

Weak story, but captivating visuals and memorable direction. Every character is dumb and an asshole, aside from the doctor, who is just dumb but at least not a complete garbage like all others. Her motivation to live in such a city with such neighbors is really, really questionable. Overall, it's pretty much almost an arthouse movie, the events don't make much sense but the way they're presented makes them interesting to watch and memorable, with the fitting atmospheric score making them more effective. The cast is really great, especially the town villains - really psychotic and dangerous.

I don't know what's in the heads of those who said it tries to be like Tarantino, it's just a complete lie. I watched all Tarantino movies, Drifter is nothing like them at all. It much more closer to the movies like Hobo With a Shotgun - grimdark post-apocalypse with specific coloring and mood.

The good: It really sounds and looks the part. This director knows how to evoke emotions with images and sound only. That is really kinda special, because not many directors are capable of painting a mood without any dialogue.

More good: this is a really bleak and depressing story. And at the start I was really into this world of doom.

The bad: what is lacking though are (more) credible characters who actually interact with each other, like real humans would do. Even a bleak "end of the world" movie needs credible characters. Just showing a world of doom and murder aint enough to keep me hooked...

EVERY character is a stereotype and some of these characters dont come across as believable at all, which destroys the movie magic and the suspense for me personally.

Especially the "bad guy" is rather laughable in his acting manners, which is such a shame. There is NO real suspense or thrill to speak of, when I think the "bad guy" looks and acts silly...

This movie only has got one gear, which unfortunately got stuck in gimmickry of doom and gloom.

The music and sound ruin this film. Both are horrible and cringe-worthy. I have nothing else to say because I couldn't focus on anything positive with amateur-hour going on overlaying every scene / camera shift. I'm not sure anyone previewed the final product before deciding it was good to go.

We all know this post apocalyptic medium has been well explored, and some suspension of disbelief is always required. What I will say about this film is that it manages something fresh and groundbreaking in this genre, in that it manages to eschew character development, acting AND plot to deliver something so truly pointless that you almost imagine you've suffered some kind of cataclysmic brain bleed and missed something.

I'm sure the actors employed are not so completely risible (it's genuinely not possible)

I really hope the writers get the help they so richly deserve.

The inclusion of the requisite gore and what (if you're 8 years old) amounts to twists/upsets probably earned the director some points, but I'm still searching for some abstract message or meaning. I'll not give any plot points away (can't call it spoilers, as there really isn't anything to spoil; apart from perhaps the careers of some really good looking actors.

I have contacted Sky in the hope that there was 20 minutes of cohesion lost in broadcast, I'm not expecting a particularly helpful response from the Murdoch clan.

Anyhow, usual caveats of 'this is just my opinion, some mong who likes Mrs Brown's Boys will probably jizz their pants over it' etc, but if you're a horror/film fan/human give this one a miss. it's not even good enough to be trite wankery.