The School Duel

Name: The School Duel
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Released: April 24, 2026
Duration: 90 min

2026

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Altered Innocence | Release Date: April 24, 2026 | Not Rated

Summary: In a near-future Florida where gun control has been abolished, the state’s ambitious governor (Oscar Nuñez) introduces a chilling solution to school shootings: a state-wide, televised fight-to-the-death competition known as "The School Duel." Sammy, a troubled 13-year-old, secretly enlists against his mother’s wishes - seduced by promisesIn a near-future Florida where gun control has been abolished, the state’s ambitious governor (Oscar Nuñez) introduces a chilling solution to school shootings: a state-wide, televised fight-to-the-death competition known as "The School Duel." Sammy, a troubled 13-year-old, secretly enlists against his mother’s wishes - seduced by promises of purpose, patriotism, and notoriety. But as the deadly spectacle unfolds, that dream begins to crumble. … Expand

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Next Best Picture Sara Clements

May 7, 2026

The School Duel is, at its core, a savage satire about a society so obsessed with its right to bear arms that it sacrifices its own children on the altar of nationalism. It dares to ask if patriotism has a limit and what happens when you blow past it. In doing so, Wiseman Jr. doesn’t just twist the narrative. He detonates it. Read full review

IndieWire Ryan Lattanzio

May 7, 2026

A bluntly effective instrument of cinematic torture, the Tampa Bay-shot The School Duel is here to embed you in the bullets, shrapnel, and consequences of random violence. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

May 7, 2026

There are moments in the bleak social commentary of The School Duel that make it clear that satire is dead. Or rather, that the extremity of what is happening in American culture is so grotesque that it’s almost impossible to push into the realm of absurdist commentary. Read full review

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