Hyena

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Hyena

Released May 1, 2015

1h 52m

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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A corrupt London cop (Peter Ferdinando) tries to shut down an Albanian crime ring before his own illegal activities are discovered.

Critics Consensus

Sinking in with as much baleful bite as its namesake, Hyena offers a dark, stylish, and impressively gritty addition to the British crime genre.

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Nick Schager

Village Voice

Hyena's convoluted tale is given a fresh coat of grime by Johnson's direction, which favors handheld cinematography -- often tracking its protagonists from behind -- that gives the action a pseudo-vrit ruggedness.

May 1, 2015

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Peter Sobczynski

RogerEbert.com

I suspect that anyone who actually makes it to the bitter end will be enraged by what it does and does not contain.

Rated: 1.5/4

May 1, 2015

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Martin Tsai

Los Angeles Times

"Hyena" feels like a throwback to the tough-as-nails British gangster flicks of the 1970s.

Apr 30, 2015

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Nick Levine

NME (New Musical Express)

This nasty horror sucks you into a grisly world of duplicitous cops and brutish criminals prepared to butcher anyone who gets in their way.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 29, 2021

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C.H. Newell

Father Son Holy Gore

Gritty, hypnotic, drenched in neon lights and shadow, Hyena is a tour-de-force, both as a whole and in terms of Peter Ferdinando's performance.

Rated: 5/5

May 4, 2019

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Ed Frankl

CineVue

Johnson is adept at carrying all the baggage that come with such a meaty thriller, and the concluding tragedy comes across with a novelistic sensibility.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 4, 2019

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H J

Gripping film with a couple of gory scenes. The film was totally let down though by the silly open ending.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/26/25

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Bruce K

It's British! What more can I say! Was expecting better from them. Similar to many of their cop shows. Not a bad movie. Recommended for a afternoon and early night film. Good date movie if your girlfriend ain't the rom-com type.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/28/22

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Audience Member

It's a dichotomy of slow and listless vs. fast-paced and thrilling. It feels very much like the behind-camera team lacked experience, and felt that corny, cliched character traits and plain, boring camerawork would be fine. That's the first hour sorted. THEN we change gear, and hit a whole other level of storytelling that sees it evolve into a gritty, fresh, indie thriller

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Brian R

what the kind of ending????? good movie, good plot, good acting, good everything except the ending. better off if a random person died, a politician lost an election and some got in a fender bender than this. they leave you hanging like a bugger during flu season

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/23/21

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Audience Member

Terrible ending spoils movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

Pretty standard police drama

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/13/20

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Synopsis

A corrupt London cop (Peter Ferdinando) tries to shut down an Albanian crime ring before his own illegal activities are discovered.

Director: Gerard Johnson
Producer: Stephen Woolley, Joanna Laurie, Elizabeth Karlsen
Screenwriter: Gerard Johnson
Distributor: Tribeca Film
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 1, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 28, 2015
Runtime: 1h 52m

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