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Gunfighter Paradise

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A hunter returns home to North Carolina with a mysterious green case. Following the death of his mother, he moves back into the family home where his mind begins to disintegrate. Stalked by divine voices and unholy visions, guided by disquiet, his mother's hand written riddles and strange visitors further complicate an already splintering mind. A cable man, a mummified cat, zealous neighbors, and a killer swirl through this darkly comic southern gumbo.

Critics Reviews

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Sergio Burstein Los Angeles Times 6d
Anchored in the realm of surrealism... Waters delves into areas of ambiguous meaning that require an active intervention from the viewer.[Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Nicolás Delgadillo Knotfest 6d
A strange, singular cinematic gem that feels as combustible as the ammunition lining its frames. Go to Full Review
Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru Feb 25
A surreal, experimental, poetic and provocative psychological journey with shades of Lynch and Buñuel. Go to Full Review
Victor Pineyro Seventh Art Studio 05/31/2024
7/10
Pulling from Paul Schrader's characters in "Taxi Driver" and "First Reformed", "Gunfighter Paradise" allows itself in its best moments to include some dark comedy to its exploration of solitude. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Morgan Rojas Cinemacy 05/17/2024
Filmmaker Jethro Waters nearly does it all in Gunfighter Paradise, an equally beautiful and disturbing portrait of spiritual insanity. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 05/17/2024
3.5/4.0
If Beasts of the Southern Wild had a cinematic child with Alex Garland's Civil War, I'd like to think that child would look something like the unique and extraordinary Gunfighter Paradise. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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h L @RT01457791 5d Thought provoking, funny and visually striking. A treat to watch, brought to life by the multi-talented Jetro Waters. See more Maureen T @Maureen711 Mar 8 An incredible movie and one not to miss! Truly remarkable talent in Director, Jethro Waters. See more Mulugeta S @semework Mar 2 Gunfighter Paradise (2024) feels like an AI agent orchestrating thriller, Southern drama, and political and cultural dilemmas—though AI cannot do this (I work on it). Set in rural South Carolina, it follows a man grieving his mother whose isolation exposes what we are capable of and how circumstance shapes us. This is my first attempt at writing about a movie, and I’m likely not impartial. As a neuroscientist, I felt how it makes you form opinions, erase them, smile, grimace, think, forget to think—sadness and wonder out of order. I could box it into genres, but that would be unfair. The cinematography feels lived-in; the music alone carries the story. It says so much without speaking aloud, bringing contemporary knots to the surface without blaming or binarizing. It shows humans as they are and leaves you to decide. If you think AI will take over, or that our problems are caused by people unlike us, watch this film. I wish I could write and produce so well. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A hunter returns home to North Carolina with a mysterious green case. Following the death of his mother, he moves back into the family home where his mind begins to disintegrate. Stalked by divine voices and unholy visions, guided by disquiet, his mother's hand written riddles and strange visitors further complicate an already splintering mind. A cable man, a mummified cat, zealous neighbors, and a killer swirl through this darkly comic southern gumbo.
Director
Jethro Waters
Producer
Sara Ayele, B. Kyle Lewis, Jethro Waters
Screenwriter
Jethro Waters, Jethro Waters
Distributor
Waters Film
Production Co
Waters Film
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 27, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 33m