Sacrifice

Name: Sacrifice
Genre: Thriller
Released: April 29, 2016
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 23

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IFC Midnight | Release Date: April 29, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: Shortly after surgeon Tora Hamilton (Radha Mitchell) moves with her husband (Rupert Graves) to the Shetland Islands – 100 miles off the coast of Scotland – she makes an unnerving discovery: the body of a young woman with strange symbols carved into her flesh and her heart ripped out. When what at first appears to be the remains of a victimShortly after surgeon Tora Hamilton (Radha Mitchell) moves with her husband (Rupert Graves) to the Shetland Islands – 100 miles off the coast of Scotland – she makes an unnerving discovery: the body of a young woman with strange symbols carved into her flesh and her heart ripped out. When what at first appears to be the remains of a victim of an ancient ritual turns out to be a fresh corpse, Tora is plunged into a dangerous mystery that may be connected to the dark myths of the island’s folklore. [IFC Midnight]… Expand

Director: Peter A. Dowling

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 91 min

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Rob Staeger

Apr 27, 2016

This watered-down throwback to The Wicker Man never really heats up. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Apr 28, 2016

Dowling’s direction, while competent, also trots out every cliché that a 90-minute movie can contain. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

May 5, 2016

That the film looks good matters little when director Peter A. Dowling’s script, based on the novel by Sharon Bolton, is filled with so many thinly drawn characters, blunt warning signs and telegraphed plot points. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Apr 25, 2016

The film's very design turns out to be a whimpered bark followed by a toothless bite. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Apr 29, 2016

A unique kind of very bad movie. The spectacle of this misbegotten thriller is not amusing enough to recommend to fans of casual movie cheesiness, but it’s the filmmaking choices that made me laugh out loud. Read full review

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LeZee

Nov 23, 2016

Risking life, exposing a long hidden secret!

Based on the book of the name name tells the story of Tora, an American surgeon who moved to a remote island in Scotland with his husband for a new beginning after the miscarriage. Following the life in the new place, she discovers some secretsRisking life, exposing a long hidden secret!

Based on the book of the name name tells the story of Tora, an American surgeon who moved to a remote island in Scotland with his husband for a new beginning after the miscarriage. Following the life in the new place, she discovers some secrets that are hidden for very long. Her attempt to expose it was foiled, and put her life in a threat. From there where it goes is what leads to a twist and the conclusion.

This is the same old formula for most of the thrillers. The story, its characters and the locations were fresh, but you would know how it all develops and ends. Still a very decent film with a fine pace of the narration. I think some of the coastal scenes were from the same place where 'Sing Street' were shot. But that was an Ireland film and this is Scotland, so I'm confused whether it was Scot or Ire.

Radha Mitchell was okay, and the rest of the cast did not get enough scope for their roles. The direction and the production was not bad either. Except for the familiar theme, it can be watched for once. But not suggest to go for it after watching a good thriller.

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JLuis_001

Feb 6, 2018

Sacrifice is a really bad film, a thriller that even fans of the genre will find boring. The film tries to build tension and suspense but its technique is disastrous.

The film focuses on Dr. Hamilton (Radha Mitchell) who moved to an island of Scotland to adopt a baby with her husband DuncanSacrifice is a really bad film, a thriller that even fans of the genre will find boring. The film tries to build tension and suspense but its technique is disastrous.

The film focuses on Dr. Hamilton (Radha Mitchell) who moved to an island of Scotland to adopt a baby with her husband Duncan (Rupert Graves) This after suffering four miscarriages. One day she discovers a corpse marked with symbols and realizes that the woman died shortly after giving birth. The matter is being investigated, while the people of the island are trying to convince her that she's being paranoid about the issue. Later on a conspiracy involving missing women and a secret society appears trying to dwell into more sinister territories. Describing it sounds quite interesting, but it's not, the whole thing feels pressured and very unconvincing and any sort of tension is nonexistent.

The film has a very conventional style and looks really conventional too, nothing feels tense or even sinister and you'll begin to wonder if something truly exciting will ever happen. Even the score is humdrum and forces you to try to feel what apparently you must feel in the different sequences, but that is insufficient for us as spectators when we no longer are interested in what is happening on screen.

Radha Mitchell is barely convincing, but you should give her some credit because the script is too simplistic and devoid of true vision. The director's style is lacking of true quality and the way in which he develops the film makes it feel abrupt especially at the end and almost all the scenes are lifeless.

I do not recommend this whatsoever.… Expand

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