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      Trigger Man

      2007 1h 20m Drama Horror Mystery & Thriller List
      82% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 44% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Three hunters are stalked in the forest. Read More Read Less

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      Dave C What a crock of shite! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/05/24 Full Review richard t You'll either love this or hate it. Three buds from the city head out for a day of deer hunting in the woods. You're immediately reminded of Deliverance and the long slow build at the beginning of the film owes some of its tension to the expectations established by that earlier classic. Let me just say that Trigger Man defies those expectations, to some extent, and goes in quite a different direction. Minimalist, like an astringent punk poem, this early film by Ti West is well worth your time. Just don't expect action. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A fairly good movie. Although its slow at times and the camera work is very shoddy. Considering its only the 2nd film for a 26 yr old Ti West, it gets 3*. The scares are minimal at best, but then again it gets points for being based on a true story. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member low budget can make a scary movie better than expensive budget movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I'll preface this by saying I'm a fan of Ti West (apart from the questionable Cabin Fever sequel) and I truly enjoy slowly building tension, claustrophobic atmosphere, haunting mood, and a sudden, shocking conclusion. I would argue his three "big films" all succeed in all these areas. However, Trigger Man fails in each. To be honest, I can hardly consider this a movie, per se. It feels like B roll footage that West taped together and called a film. I see what he was going for: true reality, grit, and 'everyman in a dangerous situation' scenario. But the characters are paper thin, especially the lead, who seems to have been lobotomized for all the fear and emotion he shows. And there is no dread, no slow burn; in fact, there's nothing to burn. Even Cinéma vérité requires some degree of drama, some human element, at least quality cinematography. Trigger Man feels like a failed college film. I'm glad West has moved on to much greater things. We all have to start somewhere. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Well judging by all the good reviews this has had I must be missing something because I thought it was some seriously boring shit. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Andrew O'Hehir Salon.com Explanation, exposition and character development are at or near zero, but an atmosphere of dread is built effectively and West's technique is strong. Oct 18, 2007 Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times Devised for minimum fuss and maximum tension, Trigger Man is the little thriller that could. Rated: 4/5 Oct 17, 2007 Full Review Robert Koehler Variety Pic [has a] marvelous sense of time and space, seemingly empty of purpose yet steadily building tension. Jun 30, 2007 Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Feels like a short that was stretched into a feature, and while there are glimmers of promise, it's missing too much narrative meat to warrant watching. Rated: 2/5 Sep 24, 2023 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It builds suspense as it unfolds in real time--which is the film's biggest asset. Rated: B Oct 28, 2010 Full Review Dustin Putman TheFilmFile.com As ruthless and nerve-jangling as any motion picture from this year or last. Rated: 3.5/4 Oct 24, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Three hunters are stalked in the forest.
      Director
      Ti West
      Screenwriter
      Ti West
      Genre
      Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 3, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 20m
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