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Play trailer 1:24 Poster for Tailgate Released Jul 30, 2021 1h 25m Mystery & Thriller Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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Hans is a self-confident man, driving across the country with his wife and two daughters by his side. His ego gets the better of him when he gets into an argument with another driver. The van driver turns out to be the wrong man to cross on the road, and sets out to teach Hans a deadly lesson. Skillfully pushing the buttons of Hans's arrogance, a simple family road trip turns into a deadly obstacle course in this nerve-wracking, blackly comic morality tale thriller.
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Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com While the overall movie is a technical marvel, shot and edited to perfection by Bert Pot and Bert Jacobs, the kinetic majesty of what Crijns and his team manufacture would mean nothing without de Wolf's calmly unhinged magnificence. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 17, 2021 Full Review Lena Wilson New York Times This well-choreographed hunt is chilling, sure - particularly because of de Wolf's terrifying performance and unconventional choice of weapon - but it's also a little bit fun. Jul 29, 2021 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies “Tailgate” is a movie that latches onto some pretty familiar material but does nothing new with it. It’s made worse by chaining us to an asinine lead character who is as witless as he is insufferable. Rated: 1.5/5 Aug 17, 2022 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Unquestionably well-directed... Jul 30, 2021 Full Review Matt Lynch In Review Online In life, we all suffer minor irritations at the hands of peoples' general lack of situational awareness and humility, but imagine trying to make a horror movie out of it. Jul 30, 2021 Full Review Mark Dujsik Mark Reviews Movies There isn't much to the story of Tailgate ... With writer/director Lodewijk Crijns' unceasing momentum and twisted sense of humor, though, [it] turns out to be enough. Rated: 3/4 Jul 30, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Acid Lab A Very bad! If they acted like a person in real life there would be no movie! It is the worst thing I have ever seen in my life, a total waste of time, they act as if they were all stupid in an unnatural, irrational way and without any survival instinct. All the time there are people to ask for help and yet no one does... the male protagonist is a superb coward, the antagonist's "weapon" is a manual fumigation pump... in addition to being an old man who He sees leagues that he is buzzed. The stretches of time by car in relation to escape/encounter are totally fanciful. "acid" sometimes works and sometimes it doesn't... having several cell phones, no one calls 911 until it's too late. In short, a nonsense movie... it's not even good to put it in the background... "terror" for soft people without a survival instinct It is clear that those who have reviewed this s**t well have been paid for it. Because of ratings from "professional critics" like this sometimes you can't trust this website.... Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/21/24 Full Review Jerod S An interesting premise: a bug control guy that enacts a weird form of justice on those that can't apologize or follow road rules. Hurry, he'll spray you with bug spray. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/12/24 Full Review neeraj k The family got enough time to defeat the old man. A young man can easily defeat an old man. And that old man was not even carrying a gun or a knife. There were many chances where the family could either easily defeat the old man or go far away from him. This film doesn't even seem like payback because the old man didn't have a strong enough reason to take his life. It seems that the old man deliberately wants someone to mess with him and he tries to make mistakes by people. This film should be psychological thriller film because the old man is totally a psycho man. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/21/24 Full Review Bobby S Familiar premise but in the unflinching light of day and a brilliant deadpan exterminator killer (Willem De Wolf) the action doesn't take its foot off the gas & brilliantly builds tension till the final act where it is squandered, stalls and terminally ends. Such a wasted opportunity what were they thinking! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/24 Full Review Gareth J Decent enough road trip horror that is at times as frustrating a watch at it is tense. Forgettable fun but just about worth the ride. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/15/23 Full Review Lagrange P Tailgate puts its foot on the gas and doesn't let up until the credits roll. An extremely well directed film with some amazing cinematography, it manages to take on a well worn genre plot device and make it truly tense and chilling. Although performances are generally solid, deWolf absolutely steals the show as the calmly unhinged antagonist. His slow and methodical manner of going about an extremely nasty business that he seems to feel is his duty is chilling and he pushes his foot right on top of the director's on the gas pedal. There are the typically ludicrous "why did/didn't you do THAT," decisions that annoy, in particular near the end when the protagonist, himself a terrible person, puts everyone at risk pointlessly. It's impossible to root for him, but we're not supposed to. He's the archetype of the arrogant and self-important road rager you see every day. Fearless surrounded by 2 tons of steel, but impotent and terrified without them. There are no deep messages here apart from the obvious, but that's OK from a film that barely offers the audience a breath during its runtime. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Hans is a self-confident man, driving across the country with his wife and two daughters by his side. His ego gets the better of him when he gets into an argument with another driver. The van driver turns out to be the wrong man to cross on the road, and sets out to teach Hans a deadly lesson. Skillfully pushing the buttons of Hans's arrogance, a simple family road trip turns into a deadly obstacle course in this nerve-wracking, blackly comic morality tale thriller.
Director
Lodewijk Crijns
Producer
Laurette Schillings, Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld
Screenwriter
Lodewijk Crijns, Lodewijk Crijns
Distributor
Film Movement
Production Co
Topkapi Films
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
Dutch
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 30, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 29, 2021
Runtime
1h 25m
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