American Carnage

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American Carnage

R

2022

1h 41m

Mystery & Thriller

Comedy

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After a governor issues an executive order to arrest the children of undocumented immigrants, the newly detained youth are offered an opportunity to have their charges dropped by volunteering to provide care to the elderly. Once inside the eldercare facility, the volunteers discover the governor and the facility's supervisor have cooked up a horrifyingly depraved conspiracy that endangers the young and the old in this twisted thriller-comedy.

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Critics Consensus

American Carnage is an unsubtle but intermittently sharp horror-comedy whose macabre, politically charged satire is promising yet too thinly spread to fully cohere.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

07/15/2022

A lively, impassioned and only slightly exaggerated take on how some people use anti-immigrant sentiment to distract from their own monstrous crimes.

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Leigh Monson

AV Club

07/14/2022

B

The film doesn’t reach the stylistic or narrative highs of its obvious predecessor, but if it’s not quite Get Out, the Hallivis Brothers translate issues facing Hispanic Americans to a horror scenario well worth getting into.

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Molly Henery

The Blogging Banshee

09/19/2022

7/10

American Carnage is a relevant political horror film wrapped in a satirical comedy.

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Kat Hughes

THN

09/16/2022

3/5

An interesting Latino spin on Jordan Peele’s Get Out, American Carnage blends horror, comedy, and political messages to create an entertaining story with an important moral core.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

08/07/2022

C+

Though the film targets the right bad guys, it poorly tells its story.

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Stephen Silver

Tilt Magazine

08/05/2022

2/5

For a while, it seems to be succeeding. But then the film resets itself once, and then again, and ultimately pivots far away from what it was doing well.

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Morty Steinberg

07/16/2022

Best movie Ive seen in a long time!

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Ian S

@RT48225084 Jan 31

After the first half hour it got less and less interesting. The acting was okay, but mixing comedy and drama just weakened the overall effect as the story was pretty thin and not unfamiliar to genre fans. The satire was pretty heavy handed. Watchable.

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andrea c

@Charst Nov 19

Film folle e totalmente irrazionale, con una premessa politicizzata ed estremizzata che fa sembrare il film come ad una denuncia sotto forma di documentario; salvo poi ben presto diventare una parodia assurda ed horror sulla gestione dell'immigrazione. Il film è talmente folle da risultare parzialmente interessante, la CGi sull'invecchiamento non è malvagia, mentre le sequenze di azione sono assolutamente inguardabili. Complessivamente il film diverte ma tutto sommato lascia veramente poco.

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VITALII H

@freakynickison Oct 28

Long story short. The government decided to send the illegal immigrants back to their home country. But also they were given a chance to stay in the US only if they would work at the senior center. That's where the horror stuff comes in. Acting was very mid You could see what the main characters were going through but you couldn't feel it. The first half of the movie seemed really promising. However the plot is a combination of the movies I saw before.

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Jasmin M

@RT36297203 Sep 21

I’m not gonna lie the concept has potential, but I feel like this should be more like a series instead of a movie. After watching it felt like there was a lot of things missing. I’ll be honest great concept needs better production and direction🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

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Dan W

@Dan1964 Jul 28

Welcome to 2025………..

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Synopsis

After a governor issues an executive order to arrest the children of undocumented immigrants, the newly detained youth are offered an opportunity to have their charges dropped by volunteering to provide care to the elderly. Once inside the eldercare facility, the volunteers discover the governor and the facility's supervisor have cooked up a horrifyingly depraved conspiracy that endangers the young and the old in this twisted thriller-comedy.

Director: Diego Hallivis
Screenwriter: Diego Hallivis, Julio Hallivis
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Saban Films
Rating: R (Gore|Drug Use|Some Sexual References|Language Throughout|Nudity|Some Disturbing Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 15, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 15, 2022
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)