Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

Tommy Guns

Play trailer 1:48 Poster for Tommy Guns Released Apr 12, 2023 1h 59m War Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
50% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 77% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
In 1974, after years of civil war, the Portuguese and their descendants fled the colony of Angola where independentist groups gradually claimed their territory back. TOMMY GUNS gives a dual perspective on this struggle: a tribal girl who discovers love and death when her path crosses that of a young Portuguese soldier; and a group of Portuguese soldiers who are barracked inside an infinite wall from which they will have to escape once the past comes out of the grave to claim its long awaited justice.
Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

Where to Watch

Tommy Guns

Critics Reviews

View All (12) Critics Reviews
Jessica Kiang Sight & Sound Tommy Guns builds, strangely, sneakily, to a parable of despair at the (predominantly masculine) mass delusion that is war itself Apr 19, 2023 Full Review Noah Berlatsky Chicago Reader Conceição has created a smart, strange film that is disjointed because colonialism is a thing of disjointed desires, histories, and deaths. Apr 15, 2023 Full Review Natalia Winkelman New York Times Conceição eventually chips through the horror genre enamel to expose a message about the futility of war, but the tale’s miscellany of moods dulls its ultimate power. Apr 12, 2023 Full Review Sarah Vincent Cambridge Day Described as an anti-colonial horror film, Conceição’s second feature marks a swing and a miss because it centers on the plight of the Portuguese men forced to kill in the name of their country, not their victims. Rated: 1.5/2 Aug 16, 2023 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills In its rich visual vocabulary and control of complex tonal gambits, Tommy Guns is a daring, distinctive work of art. Jun 12, 2023 Full Review Vikram Murthi Reverse Shot The director’s stylistic convolutions never seem incoherent per se, but while they aesthetically impress, they also give off a sense of clumsy desperation and can’t quite carry the weight of the film’s thematic ambitions... Apr 18, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View All (4) audience reviews
Roger M By far, one of the best films of 2022. A delightfully anti-unanimous war allegory for the ages. Absolutely a must-see. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/23/23 Full Review Rodrigo B Absolutely astonishing work. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/01/24 Full Review MovieZorg M A highly ambitious work in its concrete depiction of political hatred, fear, and the metaphysics of tyranny. A film with a haunting, fable-like quality, which holds a mirror to our face. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/14/23 Full Review StephenPaul C The greatest 01 hour: and 59 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews
Tommy Guns

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

Da 5 Bloods 92% 53% Da 5 Bloods Watchlist TRAILER for Da 5 Bloods Railway Children 58% 92% Railway Children Watchlist TRAILER for Railway Children Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Movie Info

Synopsis In 1974, after years of civil war, the Portuguese and their descendants fled the colony of Angola where independentist groups gradually claimed their territory back. TOMMY GUNS gives a dual perspective on this struggle: a tribal girl who discovers love and death when her path crosses that of a young Portuguese soldier; and a group of Portuguese soldiers who are barracked inside an infinite wall from which they will have to escape once the past comes out of the grave to claim its long awaited justice.
Director
Carlos Conceição
Producer
Leonor Noivo, João Matos, Luísa Homem, Pedro Pinho, Susana Nobre, Tiago Hespanha
Screenwriter
Carlos Conceição
Distributor
Kino Lorber
Production Co
Mirabilis, Virginie Films , Terratreme Filmes
Genre
War, Drama
Original Language
Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 12, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 30, 2023
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.7K
Runtime
1h 59m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
Most Popular at Home Now