Cut off

2018

2 hr. 12 min.

Action

Crime

Drama

Horror

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100%

7 Reviews

Tomatometer

66%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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On a small isolated island, Linda has to play a life-or-death game: she has to perform an autopsy to find the secret clues hidden in the corpse. If she doesn't help forensic surgeon Paul Herzfeld, she will never find her missing daughter.

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Wolfgang G

Abgeschnitten ist ein deutscher Thriller von Christian Alvart. Der Film basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Roman, den Sebastian Fitzek mit dem Rechtsmediziner Michael Tsokos verfasste. Ein dichgedränkte Geschichte, um einen Serientäter, die undurchdringlich erscheinen mag. Aber nach der Art von Sebastian Fitzek lösen sich die Knoten im letzten Drittel wie von selbst. Die Handlung läuft wie eine "Schnitzeljagd" ab, in der das Publikum immer einige Schritte voraus ist. Ein hervorragender Film mit dem Hauptmotiv "Rache" und wie wir damit umgehen.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/13/22

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Draegone

Una sorpresa! No me esperaba un thriller tan completo, con una investigación criminal, suspense, intriga y algún susto. Te atrapa y no puedes dejar de verla.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/27/22

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ATTENTION: ONLY WATCH THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THIS FILM IF IT HAS THE ORIGINAL GERMAN AUDIO. DO NOT – I REPEAT DO NOT – SEEK OUT OR WAIT FOR AN "ENGLISH DUBBED" VERSION IS AVAILABLE JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO READ ENGLISH SUBTITLES. NO MOVIE IN CINEMATIC HISTORY HAS EVER BEEN "IMPROVED" BY RELEASING A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE'S AUDIO OVER-DUBBED ON TOP OF THE ORIGINAL ACTOR'S PERFORMANCE. IF YOU CANNOT READ SUBTITLES AND WATCH A MOVIE AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CLEARLY AREN'T MENTALLY FIT ENOUGH TO WATCH ANY MOVIE AT ALL – MUCH LESS ONE THAT IS IN A LANGUAGE YOU DO NOT SPEAK BUT CONTAINS SUBTITLES IN THE LANGUAGE YOU DO SPEAK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. (OBVIOUSLY I'M MOSTLY ADDRESSING MY FELLOW AMERICANS OR PERHAPS JUST PEOPLE WHO ONLY SPEAK ENGLISH AND NO OTHER LANGUAGE. WHILE I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, I STRONGLY IMPLORE THAT YOU START SEEKING OUT AS MANY FOREIGN FILMS AS YOU CAN WITHIN THE FILM GENRES YOU ENJOY MOST; THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF INCREDIBLE FILMS YOU'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF, THAT ARE JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO DISCOVER THEM. THE ONLY THING PREVENTING YOU FROM DOING SO IS YOUR EMBARRASSING FEAR OVER THE PROSPECT OF HAVING TO READ ENGLISH SUBTITLES – AS IF IT IS SOMEHOW "TOO DIFFICULT" FOR YOU OR ANYONE ELSE TO POSSIBLE ACCOMPLISH AT THE SAME TIME AS FOLLOWING THE ACTION OR EVENTS TAKING PLACE ON THE VERY SAME SCREEN JUST INCHES ABOVE THOSE ENGLISH SUBTITLES.) [end rant.] BEGIN REVIEW: One of the best [International] Horror-Crime-Thriller films of the 2010's, "Cut Off" stays true to its source material, (based on a best-selling novel of the same name), and remains just as gripping, exciting, and terrifying during second & third viewings as was the first. Of course the only thing lost upon re-watching films like these are what most people enjoy so much about this kind of film to begin with: the Mystery. The meticulously curated "reveals" & plot developments that not only fill in various gaps in the wide cast of characters the film is always intercutting to and from. What sets, "Cut Off," apart from the rest of the boilerplate vaguely-Nordic-murder-and-or-kidnapping-mystery films doesn't require a degree in Film Studies to recognize right away: the script is airtight. It has that, "Gone Girl," top-shelf flavour and quality to it – one that comes from a true appreciation of True Crime itself as a genre and the attention to believable details to which authors like Gillian Flynn & Nic Pizzolatto, for example, are able to weave into their own fiction in a way that would be difficult for anyone to tell if they were reading one of their screenplays or the summary of an actual police report. "Cut Off" has been very much available in the United States on a number of streaming platforms for about 3 years, yet to this day it remains as under-the-radar as ever – much to this reviewer's chagrin.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Offensively misogynistic, practically a snuff film. Also a stupid movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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It started off well enough. Good production values. Nice cinematography. Good pace and editing. But there is a fatal flaw in the story that totally ruins it. Spoiler Alert! The film opens by introducing us to a female character that is hiding from a stalker who has found her number. The stalker badgers her through SMS messaging. She was so scared that when two guys followed her after leaving the restaurant/pub she fell down a cliff trying to evade them thinking that one of them could be him. She stumbles upon a dead body on the bottom of the cliff. She manages to escape. Later on as she goes back to the bottom of the cliff to collect her things, a phone rings on the dead body and SHE ANSWERS IT! If she was hiding from a stalker who was badgering her through text messages and phone calls, why in the world would she answer an unknown phone from a dead body? It doesn't make any sense. You would think she would avoid all uknowns to secure her safety. Them it gets even more absurd from there.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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I had to check into rehab💉 after I've watched it 💕

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Christian Alvart

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Moritz Bleibtreu

Paul Herzfeld

Jasna Fritzi Bauer

Linda

Lars Eidinger

Jan Erik Sadler

Fahri Ögün Yardim

Ender Müller

Enno Hesse

Ingolf von Appen

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

"Cut Off" is the equivalent of an absorbing if preposterous cinematic pag-turner; you simply can't stop watching.

May 26, 2019

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Alix Turner

Filmotomy

Brutal serial killer thriller from a horror director, thriller novelist and forensic consultant. Couple of minor issues with the writing, but tension and performances all excellent.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 15, 2021

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Muscular filmmaking, harsh winter weather and medical-grade grisliness give this German thriller an edge even before the script starts digging into the characters' messy emotional states.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 10, 2020

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Kat Hughes

THN

Cut Off is a slickly made thriller. Expect twists, turns, revelations, and red herrings as director Christian Alvart expertly guides you towards the finale. It might hit all the tropes, but Alvart does it with such finesse that all is forgiven.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 28, 2019

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Charlie Allbright

Starburst

Cut Off mixes some improbable elements with a great cast and a keen eye for the cinematic. It's a cracking crime caper that will leave you considering some unsettling questions in quiet moments afterwards.

Rated: 8/10

Aug 26, 2019

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Cut-Off is a beautifully crafted, highly polished film with a great deal going for it.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 26, 2019

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Synopsis

On a small isolated island, Linda has to play a life-or-death game: she has to perform an autopsy to find the secret clues hidden in the corpse. If she doesn't help forensic surgeon Paul Herzfeld, she will never find her missing daughter.

Director: Christian Alvart
Production Co: Warner Bros., Syrreal Entertainment, Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion [de]
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror
Original Language: German
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 3, 2020

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