
A triumphant epic of survival and a tale of powerful womanhood and resistance against the unforgiving cruelty of a hell on earth. Our heroine is Liz (Dakota Fanning), carved from the beautiful wilderness, full of heart and grit, hunted by a vengeful Preacher (Guy Pearce) - a diabolical zealot and her twisted nemesis. But Liz is a genuine survivor; she's no victim - a woman of fearsome strength who responds with astonishing bravery to claim the better life she and her daughter... (Full plot summary below)
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A triumphant epic of survival and a tale of powerful womanhood and resistance against the unforgiving cruelty of a hell on earth. Our heroine is Liz (Dakota Fanning), carved from the beautiful wilderness, full of heart and grit, hunted by a vengeful Preacher (Guy Pearce) - a diabolical zealot and her twisted nemesis. But Liz is a genuine survivor; she's no victim - a woman of fearsome strength who responds with astonishing bravery to claim the better life she and her daughter deserve. Fear not. Retribution is coming.
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| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfIt's a brutal film, in aggression and pacing, and I can only hope some of Koolhoven's helming fee went to some badly needed therapy sessions. |
| Audiences EverywhereNathanael HoodIf you can handle the films of the aforementioned von Trier, you can probably make it through Brimstone and find it a rewarding sit. |
| NPRScott TobiasAfter a while ... Koolhoven's inability to modulate the action with wit or even minor shifts in tone makes Brimstone an oppressive grind. |
| Vanity FairRichard LawsonEven when the film is horrible to look at, it's beautiful, a strange and grim portrait of an annihilating American frontier. |
| Village VoiceMichael NordineThe filmmaker isn't as nimble as he is ambitious, though, and you'll feel all 148 minutes of Brimstone's runtime — just maybe not in the way Koolhoven wants you to. |
| The New Paper (Singapore)Charmaine SohThe plot won't blow anyone away, but the intense, sadistic scenes and dark twists will get to you. |
| The Film StageTommaso TocciDirector Martin Koolhoven shows the heaviest of hands in approaching the story. |
| indieWireDavid EhrlichIf, for all of its godawful men, “Brimstone” has a hard time sewing its feminist fervor into anything more than a thin shawl over its bleak spectacle, this disturbingly watchable religious Western makes a solid case that hell is a place on Earth. |
| The Straits Times (Singapore)John Lui[Director Koolhoven] blends the grand idea of divine retribution from Clint Eastwood's Pale Rider with the noir grimness of HBO's Deadwood, to make something all his own. |
| Independent (UK)Geoffrey MacnabWhat Koolhoven does have in spades is the ability to find lyricism amid squalor. In its own sulphurous way, Brimstone is raw and very powerful filmmaking, a movie that can't help but get under your skin. |