Retaliation

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Retaliation

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2020

1h 31m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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Fueled by anger, a demolition worker seeks revenge against the man he holds responsible for a traumatic childhood incident.

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Led by a career-best performance from Orlando Bloom, Retaliation takes an appropriately grueling look at the lingering effects of childhood trauma.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Yet the film does allow Bloom to stretch his range and to deliver two showboating monologues that demonstrate, if nothing else, that the narrative of his career is worth changing.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 29, 2021

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

There's a kind of blunt brute force to [Bloom's] performance - and he looks almost unrecognisable, as if he's using certain muscles in his face for the first time.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 25, 2021

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

...in a brilliant, brooding, captivating performance here, Bloom has established himself as an intense, physical, screen-dominating presence...

Rated: 3/4

Jul 27, 2020

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Trent Neely

Battle Royale With Cheese

Retaliation is an honest, sometimes brutal study of how trauma, guilt, and shame can wear down a person

Mar 29, 2021

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Edward Porter

Sunday Times (UK)

Orlando Bloom does a good job with his several anguished, explicit monologues, but he can't give credibility to the tale that unfolds when his character ponders revenge.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 29, 2021

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Tom Beasley

Flickering Myth

An enthralling character study anchored by an A-list star delivering a performance of real nuance, control and sophistication.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 19, 2021

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Not perfect but incredibly powerful.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/28/24

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Dave V

This is a very well done movie. People may not like the honest brutality, but it gives a good picture of just how damaging child abuse is. A fantastic film. It should be dark, for it is dealing with a dark issue. Worth watching for sure.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/08/23

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Kyle J

This story needs to be read as a novel, as everything is in the hero's mind. As a movie, it's one long introduction while you wait for something to happen. Something does happen in the final minutes, but I did not buy it: Those guys don't repent because they don't think they're wrong.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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dan b

it was slow but kept up enough to keep me interested and it ended great

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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bryan b

A crazy guy going crazy has become the new role for actors to take on to try and win some award Hollywood likes to give themselves. Usually (this one included) turns into a bunch of monologs and not really caring much about the nut job.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

A complicated topic to grapple with - but Orlando shows all the facets of pain, confusion and longing after being a victim of abuse at the hand of a priest. The ending is firey.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Synopsis

Fueled by anger, a demolition worker seeks revenge against the man he holds responsible for a traumatic childhood incident.

Director: Ludwig Shammasian, Paul Shammasian
Producer: Jasper Graham, James Harris, Mark Lane, Sheetal Vinod Talwar
Screenwriter: Geoff Thompson
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Tea Shop & Film Company, Worldwide Entertainment Group, Dreamscape
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Disturbing Violent Content|Disturbing Sexual Content|Some Nudity)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 24, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 24, 2020
Runtime: 1h 31m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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