Blood Quantum
Elevation Pictures | Release Date (Streaming): April 28, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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91
ConsequenceScout TafoyaApr 28, 2020
A lot of people are going to judge the film based on its success as a horror movie, and others will judge it as a political statement. Not that I think there’s a deficiency in any part of its personality, but I also think the panache with which it is both of those things and more — without looking to the history of genre or the future of civil rights for permission to say some pretty bold stuff — is why the film is a success. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMatthew MonagleMay 12, 2020
Blood Quantum operates from a place of tribal identity and that no white audience members will truly be able to understand. In this way, Barnaby’s film rejects the default white gaze of so many horror films, choosing to tell a story through an unapologetically Indigenous lens. Read full review
75
Original-CinThom ErnstApr 28, 2020
Blood Quantum is not short on social, and cultural observations, but neither does it scrimp on zombies gorging on lengthy intestines. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzApr 28, 2020
It is as much a gusty dissection of colonialism as it is a gut-spilling splatter-thon. Read full review
70
SlashfilmMeredith BordersApr 28, 2020
Blood Quantum makes some important points, gives us stuff to care about and then drenches it all in audacious gore. And isn’t that exactly what we want from our zombie movies? Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoApr 28, 2020
I found myself admiring Barnaby’s editing and production skills—“Blood Quantum” looks great—but he’s not quite yet there in directing performances or writing dialogue. Everything here feels a bit too first draft or first take when the characters aren’t fighting off growling zombies. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeApr 29, 2020
Barnaby’s colonialist take on the formula is far from subtle, and at times a little too bluntly on the nose, but he’s a film-maker with both something to say and the skillset to say it in a distinctive way, offering up an initially engaging alternative to mere guts and shock tactics. Read full review
60
The New York TimesElisabeth VincentelliApr 28, 2020
Unfortunately, the film emulates many of its genre brethren’s inability to convert a promising start into a solid second act. . . . though a haunting finale almost redeems the flabby midsection. Read full review
58
IndieWireDavid EhrlichApr 28, 2020
It may not be a great zombie movie, but it’s a uniquely powerful reminder of why zombie movies are great. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis HarveyApr 28, 2020
Despite sufficient gore, there’s more style than bite to this undead opus, which does not excel at scares or action set-pieces. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 28, 2020
The effects, the gory makeup and what-not, are first rate, and the means of dispatching zombies creative, here and there. Read full review
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