Night Raiders

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Night Raiders

2021

1h 37m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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The year is 2043. A military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in post-war North America. Children are property of the State. A desperate Cree woman joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a State children's academy and get her daughter back. Night Raiders is a female-driven dystopian drama about resilience, courage and love.

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Critics Consensus

Night Raiders strikes grim parallels between its dystopian setting and the present, offering a disturbing reminder that the horrors of the past are often very much still with us.

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David Stratton

The Australian

Night Raiders is visually uninteresting and dramatically underwhelming.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 30, 2022

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Phuong Le

Guardian

Solid performances from Tailfeathers and Letexier-Hart can't elevate a script that is neither effective as straight sci-fi nor a subversion of the genre.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 29, 2021

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Tim Grierson

Screen International

The dystopian sci-fi drama is approached from a fresh perspective in Night Raiders, a deeply-felt parable about the eradication of indigenous North Americans.

Nov 13, 2021

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Louis Skye (Ronita Roy Mohan)

Women Write About Comics

Extremely well-constructed and compelling narrative that uses simple but stylish methods to build a world and tell a story that is unique but easy to understand. This is the kind of commentary we can get when diverse stories are told by creators of color.

Aug 21, 2025

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Goulet imbues her film with a social realist bent to explore the lingering trauma of colonialism, and specifically Canada's residential school system, and the Cree peoples’ unwavering resilience.

Feb 13, 2024

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Carmen Paddock

TAKE ONE Magazine

NIGHT RAIDERS never lets up its atmosphere of dread, in large part due to the meticulousness of its worldbuilding.

Nov 30, 2023

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Ian H

Gritty, thought provoking film. Looks at colonisation of land and culture

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/28/25

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Jair K

Starts out intriguing - a bit slow - but turns miserable and nasty and the 'heroine' ends up being an awful enough person to make me sick. They wait until the end of the movie to 'kill the cat', as writers say. There is nothing uplifting unless you are tunnel-vision on the mother-daughter story and it is a very simplistic story without much depth.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/24/25

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AA A

I see the main character. Didn't realize what movie I picked to stream. Then I heard cree language. 💖 In my lifetime. A Native American sci-fi movie 🤯💕 Disney can't do justice to put more Native American faces on the big screen. I finally am able to see myself in those characters 💖 until this year, I am finally seeing the vast cultures of Native Americans! I love it! Many will not understand it. I understand. I still talk to the birds too. Life evolves but connected is always there! ✌🏽

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/11/25

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Paulo S

Despite its plot holes and at times underwhelming story, Night Raiders is still interesting to watch, and its message about preserving traditions and heritage is very interesting.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/06/25

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Adrian D

I am surprised by the large number of lukewarm reviews here on Rotten Tomatoes. This film is a absolute gem, and I can understand why Waititi was willing to Exec produce it. Yes, it is slow-paced at times, but this is a forgivable matter. The film's poignant messages about past, future, and present redeem it. For anyone who has spent any time interacting with indigenous US and Canadian folks, from this non-indigienous person who has done so, it seems to mesh well with my understanding of indigenous culture.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/14/24

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Jody L

Incredible movie and amazing actors.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/18/24

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Synopsis

The year is 2043. A military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in post-war North America. Children are property of the State. A desperate Cree woman joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a State children's academy and get her daughter back. Night Raiders is a female-driven dystopian drama about resilience, courage and love.

Director: Danis Goulet
Producer: Georgina Allison Conder, Paul Barkin, Ainsley Gardiner, Chelsea Winstanley, Tara Woodbury
Screenwriter: Danis Goulet
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co: Uno Bravo, Eagle Vision, Miss Conception Films, Alcina Pictures
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 12, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 12, 2021
Runtime: 1h 37m

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