Fresh
Mickle's observation of a devastated working-class America is so sharp that the horror elements, though effectively handled, come to feel like an afterthought.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Stake Land
The Most Dangerous Thing Is To Be Alive.
2010 · 1h 38m · R
Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Jim Mickle
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Stake Land
Overview
Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation's abandoned towns and cities, and it's up to Mister, a death dealing, rogue vampire hunter, to get Martin safely north to Canada, the continent's New Eden.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Other undead movies needlessly foreground the action. "Stake Land'' has its fight scenes, but here they're secondary.
Ethan Gilsdorf, Boston Globe
Fresh
Jeff Grace's melancholy music underscores the atmosphere of bleak dystopian despair, leavened by flashes of humour and hope.
Nigel Floyd, Time Out
Fresh
Shows that a savvy mixture of characterization, atmosphere and gore-eographed suspense can make even the most familiar fright tropes feel vaguely organic again.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
"Stake Land" bursts with action, ideas and interesting characters.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
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