Braven

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Braven

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Released Feb 2, 2018

1h 34m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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A logger and his father head to their hunting cabin, hoping for a quiet weekend. Instead, they find themselves in a kill-or-be-killed stand for survival when they encounter a gang of ruthless drug traffickers.

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Lisa Cam

Time Out

If you've had a hard day and want to watch something to restore your sense of justice in this world, then Braven has all the boxes well and truly ticked.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 13, 2018

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

... there's plenty about this tiny action effort to stand up and cheer.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 2, 2018

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

An automatic type of action movie, often only challenging its predictability by getting goofier and goofier.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 2, 2018

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Brent McKnight

The Last Thing I See

"Braven" scratches a very particular itch for those longing for the types of beefy-father-protects-his-brood pictures Schwarzenegger and Stallone turned out in the '80s. And Jason Momoa chucking axes at baddies is always a welcome sight.

Rated: B

Jul 1, 2020

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Matt Donato

Flickering Myth

Braven is the kind of 90s punch-in-the-mouth genre fans fight tooth-and-nail to find nowadays.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 22, 2019

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Dominic Griffin

Spectrum Culture

A straightforward vehicle for Jason Momoa's undeniable masculinity.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 17, 2019

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Jack S

Momoa gets a chance to demonstrate his exceptional hatchet throwing abilities in this otherwise unremarkable action movie. But it’s unfortunate that he isn’t able to do likewise with his acting skills! For example, he tries too hard to show his sensitive, emotional side in a few sentimental scenes with his family but, he simply doesn’t have the chops to winningly pull it off. What his fans really want to see is him busting bad guy’s heads in action scenes but, a few inept (apart from the hatchet-throwing thing) performances in a couple lackluster fight sequences are included to show, I suppose, that he’s human. The protracted ending, including a ridiculous scene involving a rope and a bear trap, is simply laughable.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/17/25

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Sam F

Braven" was a major disappointment. The night scenes are so poorly lit that, even with perfect 20/20 vision, I couldn’t make out what was happening. Despite Jason Momoa and Stephen Lang being talented actors, this feels like a B-grade movie. The plot is tired and overused, beaten into irrelevance at this point. I couldn’t sit through more than the first 10 minutes. Honestly, it’s not even worth the time to watch the trailer

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/26/24

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Greg H

There is still about 40 seconds left on the runtime of this movie and all I could think about was how many people had given positive reviews for it. So, I decided to get here ASAP to make sure one more voice was heard going against that. What an absolute pile this movie was.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/17/24

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Jeremy A

This was a really fun movie. Fun action scenes and the ending was fun. 4*

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/22/24

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Thomas R

Started out ok. Then about halfway it just went downhill. The plot became more and more stupid. And by plot I mean killing of bad guys. 🤣

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/05/24

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Liam D

An surprisingly great survival thriller with strong direction by Lin Oeding (The Blacklist, Lifted) and a badass lead performance by Jason Momoa (Wolves, Road to Paloma)

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/09/24

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A logger and his father head to their hunting cabin, hoping for a quiet weekend. Instead, they find themselves in a kill-or-be-killed stand for survival when they encounter a gang of ruthless drug traffickers.

Director: Lin Oeding
Producer: Brian Andrew Mendoza, Molly Hassell, Jason Momoa, Michael Nilon
Screenwriter: Michael Nilon, Thomas Pa'a Sibbett
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Pride of Gypsies
Rating: R (Some Sexual References|Language Throughout|Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 2, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 2, 2018
Runtime: 1h 34m

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