Mojave

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Mojave

R

Released Jan 22, 2016

1h 33m

Mystery & Thriller

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A down-and-out artist (Garrett Hedlund) has a dangerous and shocking encounter with an evil drifter (Oscar Isaac) in the desert, leading to terrifying consequences when the deadly stranger follows his unsuspecting victim home.

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Critics Consensus

Mojave has no shortage of talent on either side of the camera; unfortunately, it amounts to little more than a frustrating missed opportunity.

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Angie Han

Slashfilm

As failures go, Mojave is a pretty interesting one. But it's a failure nonetheless.

Jun 14, 2017

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

Isaac is charming and bonhomous as ever, Hedlund is suitably brooding yet dim looking, and Mark Wahlberg is a hoot as a chippy producer perpetually playing host to bored prostitutes.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 24, 2016

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

Mojave is deeply annoying.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 24, 2016

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…hard-boiled and deliberately alienating, Mojave is also as tough and uncompromising as the desert from which it takes its name…

Rated: 3/5

May 31, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Monahan's basic setup has possibility, but his film falls short by failing to generate any empathy whatsoever in his potentially stirring cat-and-mouse thriller.

Rated: 1.5/4

Apr 22, 2022

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Therese Lacson

Nerdophiles

[The acting is] not enough to redeem this story that crawls off without much impact, making it completely unthrilling and basically forgettable.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 9, 2021

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Kurt K

Yes the word brother was overused but not sure why this has such a low score. Aside from how Oscar's character got some of the addresses, I liked this. Good reasoning and ending. Good acting and tone. Nice touch that Mark Wahlberg is in it too. Kept me interested the in all but about the first 15 min. Give it a bit to get started. I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/28/25

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Eric S

Why are half the reviews about something called "Everlasting", this movie is Mojave.... Should've named it "Listen here, Brother" and I would've liked it alot more, literally every piece of dialogue in this movie ends with "Brother". I should also mention that outside of hearing the word Brother 1000 times you won't enjoy the movie because it sucks.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/17/24

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J- bird

I was thinking Mojave was a better than average movie. A bit short but quite entertaining and kept me on my toes. Now in this day and age is it safe to go to the desert by yourself no. I'm not worried about aliens or paranormal things. You got some sick individuals that know how to survive out in the desert and other terrain that will keep you from going home. The conversations were good going back and forth at one another to see who's ego is going to be there amigo, quite frankly alot of what the drifter was saying about the Bible is true. Oscar Isaac's character was two obsessed at getting back at Tom aka Garrett. It's the little things that get you caught and outsmarted got to keep you wits up. Motiveless malignity that's a good one 100% my ex-wife. Get your rocks off at hurting people and feeling good about it just a pure evil person. So I had to use necessary evil to get a lot of goodness done. I'll have to take a look and see what other people thought about the movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/17/23

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Jerod S

It was too existential - a man is facing his own demons in the desert. He stumbles upon someone dealing with life and death as well. But it's really just misses the marker.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/13/23

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joe w

For me, I liked the darkness of the story. This movie has no real protraganist Maybe a lot of people don't like that

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Michael C

I loved this so much! Reminded me of Cormac McCarthy for some reason. Absolutely cannot believe why the reviews are so yuck.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/09/22

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Synopsis

A down-and-out artist (Garrett Hedlund) has a dangerous and shocking encounter with an evil drifter (Oscar Isaac) in the desert, leading to terrifying consequences when the deadly stranger follows his unsuspecting victim home.

Director: William Monahan
Producer: William Green, William Monahan, Justine Suzanne Jones, Aaron L. Ginsburg
Screenwriter: William Monahan
Distributor: A24
Production Co: MICA Entertainment, Atlas Independent, Relativity International, Henceforth Pictures
Rating: R (Some Violence|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 22, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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