Metallica: Through the Never

R

Released Oct 4, 2013

1 hr. 32 min.

Adventure

Music

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81%

68 Reviews

Tomatometer

73%

10,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

As the rock band Metallica performs a roaring set for fans in a sold-out arena, a young roadie named Trip (Dane DeHaan) is sent on a mission to meet a disabled truck and retrieve a particular item. However, the routine task turns into a surreal odyssey when Trip's van is hit by another vehicle and he finds himself up against a death-dealing horseman. As Trip flees through desolate streets, he has only his wits to help him avoid the deadly equestrian and deliver Metallica's cargo.

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Critics Consensus

Imaginatively shot and edited, Metallica Through the Never is an electrifying, immersive concert film, though its fictional sequences are slightly less assured.

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Chhaya Y

it's just a concert movie.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

I'm not one for musicals but love concert films! This movie is fantastic especially with my little army of metal head kids that cant go to a live show yet.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

It's hard to tell if Metallica [and the makers of the film] were actually trying to write a [real] story or not. i just didn't know how to feel about it. It felt like the movie had a case of ADD/ADHD in a sense. 1.3 D-

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

Through the never has outstanding performances from all the members James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett & Robert Trujillo, amazing film of excitement and tons of creepy scenes with an invincible horsemen, many scenes reference songs and I was disappointed that they did not play Master Of Puppets when the people are hanging from the street lights, Battery was a perfect timing and so was Enter Sandman. This movie is perfect but not as good as Some Kind Of Monster.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Should've won an Oscar for making it seem like Lars could keep time.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Liam D

A pleasant surprise if you like moonwalker or pink Floyd the wall then you will like this concert Thriller.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/28/20

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Nimród Antal

Director

Dane DeHaan

Trip

James Hetfield

Self

Lars Ulrich

Self

Kirk Hammett

Self

Robert Trujillo

Self

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Nick Schager

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If Through the Never's attempts at creating a story-and-performance hybrid are only partially successful...its concert footage remains its prime selling point and strength.

Oct 14, 2013

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Paul MacInnes

Guardian

Awesome.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 3, 2013

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Sophie Monks Kaufman

Little White Lies

A bold attempt to pimp a Metallica concert film falls short of initial promise.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 3, 2013

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Kip Mooney

College Movie Review

A terrific concert film that's often hampered by interludes with Dane DeHaan.

Rated: B-

Sep 17, 2021

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

The sound is stellar and Antal's cinematography gives the audience the ultimate you-are-there experience but in the end the narrative gets in the way of the stage presentation.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 31, 2021

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Brent McKnight

The Last Thing I See

Works best as a Metallica concert film, less so as a dystopian nightmare where Metallica fans battle cops and horse demons in the streets.

Rated: C+

Jul 8, 2020

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Synopsis

As the rock band Metallica performs a roaring set for fans in a sold-out arena, a young roadie named Trip (Dane DeHaan) is sent on a mission to meet a disabled truck and retrieve a particular item. However, the routine task turns into a surreal odyssey when Trip's van is hit by another vehicle and he finds himself up against a death-dealing horseman. As Trip flees through desolate streets, he has only his wits to help him avoid the deadly equestrian and deliver Metallica's cargo.

Director: Nimród Antal
Executive Producer: James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo, Cliff Burnstein, Peter Mensch, Tony DiCioccio, Marc Reiter, Douglas C. Merrifield
Screenwriter: Nimród Antal, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo
Distributor: Picturehouse
Production Co: Blackened
Rating: R (Some Violent Content|Language)
Genre: Adventure, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 4, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 2, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.6M

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