Johnny Mad Dog
Drama, History, War
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2008
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A cast of unknown performers are used in this drama about child soldiers fighting a war in an unnamed African country.
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Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
97 min
Release date:
20 May 2008
Country:
LR, FR, BE
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
5 wins & 5 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A fearsome plunge into the world of child soldiers in present-day West Africa.
– Justin Chang,
Variety,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
The film sees war as a deadener of moral and physical inhibition, a paradoxical state where there are no winners or losers, just the living and the dead. Stunning.
– David Jenkins,
Time Out,
23 Oct 2009
rotten:
Basically, talented French director Jean-Stephane Sauvaire has too much style on his hands. His film isn't as amorally grandiose as City of God. Nor does it achieve the hulking tragedy of Gomorrah.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
4 Nov 2010
rotten:
Sauvaire, hesitating between a protest picture and a glam-squalid imagist orgy, only succeeds in scattering human rubble across the screen.
– Nick Pinkerton,
Village Voice,
18 Jan 2011
fresh:
The movie is harrowing and hard to forget. But just when you think there's no hope, Sauvaire throws in a tearful moment of redemption.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
21 Jan 2011