Hyena Road

Name: Hyena Road
Genre: Drama, War
Released: March 11, 2016
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 44

2016

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: March 11, 2016 | R

Summary: Three different men, three different worlds, three different wars - all stand at the intersection of modern warfare - a murky world of fluid morality where all is not as it seems.

Director: Paul Gross

Genre(s): Drama, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 120 min

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Kate Taylor

Mar 8, 2016

Its war scenes are plenty thrilling, but the film’s real achievement is its quiet authenticity. Read full review

Justin Lowe

Mar 8, 2016

Geopolitical speculation aside, Gross makes a persuasive case for the bravery and sacrifice of Canadian troops serving during the Afghanistan conflict. Read full review

Geoff Berkshire

Mar 8, 2016

This is the kind of movie where a major development in a character’s personal life instantly telegraphs his ultimate fate in the trenches. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Mar 8, 2016

Hyena Road may be a bit underwhelming in its action set pieces and storytelling urgency, but its heart is certainly in the right place. Read full review

The Film Stage Tony Hinds

Mar 10, 2016

Lovers of war cinema might forgive the film’s flaws and be thrilled by Hussian’s visuals, but its characters are too paper-thin to compel our emotional engagement beyond casual interest. Read full review

Daniel M. Gold

Mar 11, 2016

Refreshingly free of jingoism, that detachment unfortunately winds up working against the movie, which doesn’t engage emotionally. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Mar 7, 2016

Paul Gross situates the film's events somewhere between violent, militaristic fantasy and gentler, anti-war lament. Read full review

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reallyadriel

Aug 5, 2016

Note: I have seen this movie for "Xbox's Free Movie Weekend" that took place on the weekend of the August 5th. So I did not pay for this movie nor I did not pay to see this movie.

The movie is "R" of course; there is gore, chopped off heads, body parts flying off, etc. It's your typicalNote: I have seen this movie for "Xbox's Free Movie Weekend" that took place on the weekend of the August 5th. So I did not pay for this movie nor I did not pay to see this movie.

The movie is "R" of course; there is gore, chopped off heads, body parts flying off, etc. It's your typical Army movie gore that makes you say, "Dammmmnnn." Hyena Road doesn't really have that many intense moments like with most Army related movies nowadays, you get a few, one or two major fights and that's about it. The acting is average, the plot was decent, the twist (can be expected) and the dialogue between characters could have been better. In some parts of the movie it was/it can be predictable, but I just wished it ended differently (but you can't change "inspired by true events" history).

On the Xbox app (where I watched it), there aren't any subtitles for when the people are talking. This more or less takes you out of the movie moment and confuses you at times when these characters talk. Maybe there are subtitles on different movie outlets, but I didn't see any on the Xbox app.

Hyena Road is nothing horrible, but it's an average war movie that you "don't need to see," but if you do see it don't expect too much.… Expand

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EpicLadySponge

Jul 1, 2016

Hyena Road feels like a road filled with nothing on it. I'm just not saying it because it looks generic and predictable (maybe in fact it is), it's also because Hyena Road doesn't really make a great story whatsoever and its pacing and writing feel passive than most movies being released today.

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TheQuietGamer

Jul 27, 2016

The problem with Hyena Road is that it fails to engage on any level. Not with it's characters, not with it's plot, and not even with it's action. Nothing. The only thing it has going for it is it's attempts at authenticity to military procedure as well as presenting a morally gray depictionThe problem with Hyena Road is that it fails to engage on any level. Not with it's characters, not with it's plot, and not even with it's action. Nothing. The only thing it has going for it is it's attempts at authenticity to military procedure as well as presenting a morally gray depiction of the Afghanistan conflict. Of course none of that matters when the movie just isn't interesting.

The drama falls flat thanks to it's inability to make you give a crap about what's going on. For the same reason, so does the message about the sacrifices troops make. Mix in the fact that the acting is flat and the action looks cheap (I get that they probably didn't have the biggest budget) and there's really no reason to check this out unless you're just a military buff that will get a kick out of people communicating over the radio in jumbled military code talk.

I appreciate what the movie tries to do. I just wish it did it all better. To be honest if you want a really affecting war movie that carries similar, if not identical themes, then I recommend Lone Survivor. That movie won't bore you to tears. You'll also be able to avoid this movie's bits of awful dialog.… Expand

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