The Lair

Released Oct 28, 2022

1 hr. 37 min.

Action

Horror

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When Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair is shot down over Afghanistan, she finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made biological weapons -- half human, half alien -- are awakened.

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alex

It’s a very slow movie the action parts are meh characters are meh

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/29/22

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Alec B

Neil Marshall's directing skills almost overcome the bad performances and clunky dialogue . . . Almost.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/24

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Michael Antony A

Mikey's Film Review: The Lair (2022) Director and fellow Geordie, Neil Marshall returns to his pulpy horror roots with a mash up of his greatest hits, namely ‘Dog Soldiers' (2002) and ‘The Descent' (2006). Sadly, The Lair doesn't come anywhere close to the quirky, inventive, bloody B-movie delights of those 2 films. Charlotte Kirk (Marshall's real life wife) plays Kate Sinclair, an Royal Air Force pilot shot down in Afghanistan by insurgents. After stumbling into an abandoned Russian military bunker she accidently unleases a hoard of alien/human hybrids with only one thing on their mind - blood! What starts off as a clichéd but fun premise soon descends into an overlong slog of misfit soldiers churning out clunky dialogue with some ropey acting - especially Miss Kirk! It's sadly not even bad in a fun way, it's just so ‘average'. It moves at a brisk enough pace and there are a couple of well choreographed action set pieces scattered throughout, but this is another disappointing effort (after Hellboy, Doomsday and The Reckoning) from a director who showed such early promise... Mikey's Film Rating: 2/5*

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/27/23

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Tony F

How could a talented film maker like Neil Marshall (Dog soldiers) produce such a disappointing, uninspired movie?

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/09/23

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Jeff H

I don't really get (or agree) with the bad reviews. Pretty good flick, good special effects and most performances good. Implausible backstory but good action throughout.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/17/23

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Troy R

The ONLY way this movie could have been good is if it was a satire. Overly fake redneck or British accents, very cliché's catchphrases, terrible acting and a brutal story. One of the worst movies I've ever watched.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/15/23

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

“The Lair” doesn’t finish as spectacularly as it starts; but that just means it’s a good genre picture and not a great one.

Oct 29, 2022

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

The Lair checks off some genre fans’ qualitative boxes, thanks in part to co-writer/director Neil Marshall’s knack for top-this violence, post-spaghetti-western war movie repartee, and general eye for action filmmaking.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 28, 2022

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Aside from Hadi Khanjanpour, as a coolheaded Afghan prisoner, the acting is pretty awful, though the script is so clunky and the characters so clichéd it’s tough to blame the performers.

Oct 27, 2022

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Much more fun than, by any reasonable standard, it ought to be.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 17, 2023

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Keri O'Shea

Warped Perspective

Treat genre film like a cheapo catch-all, super-simple star vehicle, and its fans will revolt; insincerity and pastiche are tough to overlook.

Jul 13, 2023

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Daniel Gorman

In Review Online

The Lair is a dress rehearsal to work out the kinks, not a final product released to an unsuspecting public.

Jan 28, 2023

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Synopsis

When Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair is shot down over Afghanistan, she finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made biological weapons -- half human, half alien -- are awakened.

Director: Neil Marshall
Executive Producer: Samantha Allwinton, Reinhard Besser, Arianne Fraser, Charlotte Kirk
Screenwriter: Neil Marshall
Distributor: RLJE Films
Production Co: Ingenious Media, Rather Good Films, Ashland Hill Media Finance, Scarlett Productions Ltd, Just Bridge Entertainment
Genre: Action, Horror
Original Language: English (United Kingdom)
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 28, 2022, Limited

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