Burial

Name: Burial
Genre: Thriller
Released: September 2, 2022
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Barry Ward, Bashka Forrest, Bill Milner, Charlotte Vega, Dan Renton Skinner

2022

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IFC Midnight | Release Date: September 2, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Barry Ward, Bashka Forrest, Bill Milner, Charlotte Vega, Dan Renton Skinner, David Alexander, Harriet Walter, Kristjan Üksküla, Niall Murphy, Tom Felton

Summary: In the last days of WWII, a band of Allied soldiers trafficking Hitler’s remains out of Germany are ambushed by Nazi Wehrwolf fighters.

Director: Ben Parker

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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IndieWire David Ehrlich

Sep 13, 2023

Betts’ adaptation never loses its sense of humor, and the multiplex flair it brings to such a sensitive subject — its wry, politically inclusive approach to illustrating how burying America’s heartache without a headstone only guarantees that the pain will continue — allows for a verdict that feels damning and hopeful in equal measure. Read full review

The Playlist Warren Cantrell

Sep 2, 2022

Clean narrative lines, top-notch production design, great acting, and Hollywood-grade cinematography and lighting elevate Burial above what might have been a forgettable schlock-fest. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Sep 7, 2022

Not-quite-horror despite its macabre theme and mood, this sophomore directorial feature for Ben Parker is a handsomely produced period thriller that delivers in terms of action and atmospherics, even if his somewhat convoluted story doesn’t maximally pay off. Read full review

Alex Saveliev

Sep 2, 2022

A moderately fun B-flick masquerading as an “elevated” genre piece, it doesn’t quite bury itself but never quite finds its footing either. Read full review

Collider Chase Hutchinson

Sep 2, 2022

It is a thriller that frequently flirts with becoming an out-and-out horror film only to never quite arrive there. The result is a middling work that is occasionally interesting, as we see how it attempts to strike a balance between these two distinct ideas. Regrettably, it ultimately can’t hold itself together when it counts. Read full review

Thom Ernst

Sep 1, 2022

Despite Parker’s apt depictions of the atrocities of war, including but not limited to misogyny, harassment, abuse of power, and crimes committed without accountability, it is a story weakened by allowing the audience to know more than the characters. Careless reveals render a potentially suitable thriller into a merely passable one. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Sep 1, 2022

The story is invented, and not particularly exciting as such. Read full review

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Slider1321

Apr 11, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really enjoyed this movie. The acting is what did it for me. Everyone was believable. It would have been nice to understand how the German officer knew about them taking the body, but their motivation made sense to try and continue the devastating legacy left by Hitler. The dialogue between languages was a bit muddled unless you have captions on from which it will tell you what language was being spoken. I get not everyone can do an accent, but it’s nice when they do so you have an understanding of who is who. That leads me to one of the biggest realizations. “Being surrounded by wolves…” was such a gut-wrenching idea. Whether it was the Germans coming in and taking over or the Russians after, coming in and blaming innocent people of “helping”, you see the fog of war and the danger of people taking a moral high ground simply because their side held the gun and had the power. Tor had it right. Victory is not clear cut in a war like we have today. All these other critics like to point out faults in the movie, but for what it was and the budget, I really enjoyed it. It once again proves you don’t need a a-list cast or an over-the-top budget to make a good movie. I hope this encourages the lowest of us to pick up an iPhone and create.… Expand

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