Triggered

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Triggered

Released Nov 6, 2020

1h 30m

Mystery & Thriller

Adventure

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Horror

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Terror strikes when nine campers wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks.

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Critics Consensus

Triggered's combustible premise largely fizzles out thanks to thinly written characters and a story that's heavier on fast-paced violence than actual ideas.

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

There's a lot of running and shouting and double-crossing and triple-crossing, punctuated by crazy-funny B-movie dialogue...

Rated: 3/4

Nov 7, 2020

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

A few weak performances in the ensemble and some generic direction are off-set by the sheer momentum of the piece -- it's imperfect but it's never boring.

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 6, 2020

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

The nine young characters are a mostly bland, ill-defined lot whose strong resemblances to each other often make it difficult to tell them apart, especially with the whipsaw handheld camera work and dark lighting.

Nov 6, 2020

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John Serba

Decider

The dark sarcasm increases as the body count rises.

Mar 8, 2021

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Andrew Parker

The Gate

It's the sort of "race against the clock" story that's begging to be told in real time, but strains credibility and patience as it wheezes towards and past the 90 minute mark

Rated: 3/10

Dec 3, 2020

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Never made me care about how it was resolved.

Rated: C

Nov 20, 2020

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Omar M

The worst film I have ever seen

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/14/24

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John C

'Triggered' is quite a nice idea for a film, or at least it would be if the 'Saw' franchise had never existed. A group of friends wake up in the woods with timed explosives strapped to their chests, each device linked to the wearer’s remaining life span. The man responsible tells them that only one can survive, before he promptly removes himself from the 'game.' If you’re in the mood for a lesser version of one of the 'Saw' films—complete with twisted rules and the fight-for-survival tension—you might find that 'Triggered' scratches that itch. Unfortunately, while 'Triggered' has a nice title which makes me smile whenever I think of how it relates to the story, overall the way it plays out is not really that spectacular. There's not a lot of creativity when it comes to 'eliminating' each character and therefore also to keep the audience guessing. The deaths themselves are surprisingly uninspired, and once the basic setup is clear, the plot offers little more than watching each character run through their doomed fate. As a result, it can feel one-note, leaving the title itself as possibly the cleverest element of the whole movie. In the end, 'Triggered' doesn’t quite reach the heights of even the weakest 'Saw' entry, nor does it offer enough fresh twists to stand out in the survival horror genre. For fans in need of a quick, albeit shallow, fix of deadly thrills, it might be a passable watch.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/12/24

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Brad P

Director Alastair Orr accomplished his objective of putting shallow characters into a high-concept killing game. Unfortunately, this means that viewers will be watching weakly drawn characters exchange stodgy dialogue for an hour and a half, but at least they get colorfully offed at a goodly pace, and the film has nice polish to it.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/28/23

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Audience Member

ahhh this was just okay... i wouldn't recommend & i don't care to ever watch it again. i'd suggest watching Hunger Games instead.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

There is not one redeeming quality for this film. Laughably bad acting and dialogue.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/07/21

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Audience Member

What an obnoxious lot. I couldn't make it past the first 15 minutes because of all the yelling. Way over the top. Every character was yelling to the top of their lungs at each other. Nails on a chalk board.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Synopsis

Terror strikes when nine campers wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks.

Director: Alastair Orr
Producer: Chwayita Dlulane, Ariye Mahdeb
Screenwriter: David D. Jones
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co: Polanomode Media, The First Order
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 6, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 6, 2020
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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