Devil's Peak

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Devil's Peak

Released Feb 17, 2023

1h 37m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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Deep in the Appalachian Mountains, Charlie (Billy Bob Thornton) controls his family and his meth-dealing business with his fists. When his young son Jacob (Hopper Penn) meets the girl of his dreams, desperately wanting to escape the life he is expected to lead and freeing himself from the clutches of his cruel father and long-suffering mother (Robin Wright), he is forced to go head-to-head with the terrifying man who will stop at nothing to ensure loyalty from all of those around him.

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Rex Reed

Observer

With terrific Appalachian ambience and moments of carefully constructed action, Devil’s Peak is not a terrible movie, but in the bigger picture, it’s not a particularly memorable one, either.

Rated: 2/4

Feb 24, 2023

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

The elements of a good, “Winter’s Bone”-like depiction of the rural social order are here. But they only really coalesce — and combust — when Thornton’s on the screen.

Feb 24, 2023

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

Ben Young’s atrocious “Devil’s Peak” is a case study of excellent performers being given so little to work with from a script.

Rated: 1/4

Feb 18, 2023

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Jackie K. Cooper

jackiekcooper.com

When Nilly Bob Thornton is playing good, he is good. When he is playing bad he is better.

Rated: 6/10

Jul 7, 2024

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Cain Noble-Davies

FILMINK (Australia)

… between the unfortunately mismatched casting, the rote dialogue, and overall unimpressive storytelling, there’s not much to recommend here.

Rated: 8.28/20

Oct 24, 2023

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

The novelty of real-life mother-and-son duo Robin Wright and Hopper Penn portraying a mother and a son in Devil's Peak is not enough reason to watch this dreadful crime drama with a putrid plot and subpar acting. Almost nothing in this flop is believable.

Apr 15, 2023

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Jeffrey P

It’s simply okay. The cast makes it focused enough and interesting enough to want to see how it ends, which isn’t half bad.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/26/24

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Bryan M

It's pretty good. Definitely worth a watch. BBT great as usual.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/26/24

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Horror fan 4

This was a serviceable crime thriller although it did waste the talents of the actor's. Not much of a thriller but I've seen worse. Tim Treakle

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/09/24

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Jeremy A

Not bad. It went pretty fast in the background at work. The thrilling scenes are good. Always love Billy Bob.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/03/24

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John O

Spoilers: A showcase for Robin Wright, her son Hopper Penn, also Sean Penn's son, and Billy Bob Thornton and Jacky Earl Haley. And a redo of sorts of 1986's "At Close Range," when Sean was the son of Chris Walken, who, like here, was a low-life career crime boss, with Sean, like Hopper here, the son who wanted to break from his murdering criminal father, Billy Bob here. Hopper and Sean each was in love with a girl and wanted to run with her. This one has enough action to keep you in suspense and enough good acting to make the ride worthwhile. While Hopper was sympathetic with seemingly good instincts, puppy dog eyes only gets you so far. His take was workmanlike but, as you expect, he has a long way to go before he acts as well as Sean or Billy Bob. When you have Thornton, Wright and Haley, you have ingredients for something good. Not a waste of time but no crime activity even illustrated and other plot holes. Hey, every go isn't "Oppenheimer."

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/01/24

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dan m

Not the worst and the actors on parade hint at more but it doesn't come. Characters and plot are touched on but not developed. I wouldnt watch it again, not a rewatchable, but it barely made the " is this a waste of an hour and a half " smell test

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/27/24

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Deep in the Appalachian Mountains, Charlie (Billy Bob Thornton) controls his family and his meth-dealing business with his fists. When his young son Jacob (Hopper Penn) meets the girl of his dreams, desperately wanting to escape the life he is expected to lead and freeing himself from the clutches of his cruel father and long-suffering mother (Robin Wright), he is forced to go head-to-head with the terrifying man who will stop at nothing to ensure loyalty from all of those around him.

Director: Ben Young
Producer: Griff Furst, Josh Kesselman, Robin Wright, Robert Knott, Jamie Hilton, Sterling Griffin, Nathan Klingher, Ryan Donnell Smith, Ryan Winterstern
Screenwriter: Robert Knott
Distributor: Screen Media Films
Production Co: Studio 507, Kodiak Pictures, Curmudgeon Films, New Legend Entertainment, Universal Studios, Thruline Entertainment, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 37m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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