ThiefHott Too much of everything

Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Hottoceame The Age of Commercialism

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

zadeecool Well worth seeing movies in the Netflix. Specially if you are in to post apocalyptic movies, survival stories. It's a rated R film. Would not recommend watching it with a family.

beastboy-03509 Wow. What a great film. This is a post- apocalyptic movie that I grade a "medium fantasy" universe. "The Road" and the Mad Max films are "Low Fantasy". There is no functioning government. Supplies of all kind are fought over viciously. It's awful. "The Postman", "Hardware" "Blade Runner 2049" and "Jericho" are "High Fantasy". This has the trappings of an apocalyptic event but humanity managed to survive it. There is access to food, electricity, sanitation, &c. Stable governments still exist. There are some films that are hybrids of the different classifications. The Mad Max films are technically a low setting. But they are also a high setting due to a warlord ruling through power, fear and pig poop. "The Survivalist" lacks both elements needed for survival... but the environment and ecosystem still exist. There are still is a way to survive. It's a "Medium fantasy" post apocalyptic setting. Man, this movie is bleak. There is no musical score. I keep thinking there was because my brain is conditioned to hear music during movies. I loved the fact there was almost no music though. I hate those commercials that use music to sway fickle human sentiment. The awful situation should produce a humane response on it's own merit. Life doesn't have a soundtrack. Or maybe I am not listening for it.This lack of music makes the entire movie very grim. It's pretty dark in places. There's lots of nudity too. But it is story telling nudity and not gratuitous. I suspect the director intentionally avoided showing the young gal full frontal on purpose. There's plenty of Richard swinging around and old lady nudity (Rembrandt fans rejoice). If you are offended by nudity I would suggest passing this film by.This film almost got a 8 or 9 because of how brutal the abortion scene was. The entire emotional center of the film was revealed when the girl read the awful human atrocity book: "The inhumanity of man against man" and a bunch of horrible death pictures. Oh, and the abortion scene is the only time you get to see female genitalia. I may be reading into the author's intention (for some reason "Eye- So-Gee-Sis" is a forbidden word on IMDb) by saying this. I think the way females were handled in this film strengthens the inhumanity of man theme. How callous must a man be to mistreat the progenitor of life (broads) *joke*If you are a post apocalyptic movie fan this is a great watch. If you want a film to enjoy with the pg-13 girlfriend... watch "Trolls" instead (which is a great film in it's own right).

stratus_phere This is the kind of movie you can watch in fast-forward, with only a pauses here and there to sniff around. In fact, I recommend it.But even if you watch the whole thing you will be left with lots of questions. What caused population to fall after oil production fell? Once population fell, why was food scarce? Why didn't more people grow food? There was nothing but land and wilderness as far as the eye could see, but only one guy growing a tiny little patch of vegetables? Why did the guy grow such a small patch? Why didn't they expand the garden when the women showed up? Why not use that open field to grow even more food? So again...why on earth was food scarce? Was there some rule that only this one guy was allowed to grow food? And at the end when she finally found a settlement, why were the people walking around in the grass pretending it was a farm? There were no fields of vegetables, only grass? Was that a movie mistake, or did they plan to eat that saw grass? And lastly, what the heck is wrong with people who can't make a decent, believable movie?

avik-basu1889 This might be the most stripped down, raw, grounded and realistic portrayal of a post-apocalyptic world I have ever seen in a film. Instead of the glamorised version that is offered in films like the Mad Max series and others, 'The Survivalist' pulls no punches and gives us a very detailed and methodical look into what it requires to survive in a world like this. Unlike the decrepit and broken down representations of post-apocalyptic worlds that are found in other films, the world in 'The Survivalist' looks really beautiful and bountiful. The director Stephen Fingleton categorically juxtaposes the prosperity of nature with the desperation for survival of the characters in the film. It underlines nature's indifference to human suffering reminiscent of Satyajit Ray's 'Distant Thunder'.What I really liked about 'The Survivalist' is the very very economical use of dialogue. Dialogue is used very very infrequently and so much of the storytelling takes place through visuals. The heavy reliance on visuals, ambient noises and sound effects to convey the protagonist's methodical approach to surviving in this tough, merciless world, really reminded me of J.C. Chandor's 'All Is Lost' starring Robert Redford. But then once the women arrive at his doorstep, the tone changes. After that, we get into an immensely interesting exploration of power dynamics, compromise and collaboration. Fingleton brilliantly confronts us with the central dilemma of the film that plagues the protagonist - whether to rigidly stick to his code for survival or compromise and give in to his needs for physical intimacy after 7 years of living in isolation. I believed and enjoyed the dynamics between the three characters and the cat & mouse game they play between each other to gain supremacy in the power struggle.Just like a few other post-apocalyptic films like 'The Road' or 'Children of Men', 'The Survivalist' ends on a optimistic note which somewhat comes out of nowhere and can seem like a bit of a cop out. But I can completely understand why Fingleton opted to end the film like that and I also appreciate how that ending ends up glorifying a certain sacrifice that a character makes just before it, but I probably would've loved a brutally realistic ending, more in keeping with the rest of the movie.The performances from all the three actors playing the central characters, namely Martin McCann, Mia Goth and Olwen Fouéré are all great.Highly Recommended.