Retired naturalist and wolf expert Russell Core journeys to the edge of civilization in northern Alaska at the pleading of Medora Slone, a young mother whose son was killed by a pack of wolves. As Core attempts to help Medora track down the wolves who took her son, a strange and dangerous relationship develops between the two lonely souls. But when Medora's husband Vernon returns home from the Iraq War, the news of his child's death ignites a violent chain of events. As local... (Full plot summary below)
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Retired naturalist and wolf expert Russell Core journeys to the edge of civilization in northern Alaska at the pleading of Medora Slone, a young mother whose son was killed by a pack of wolves. As Core attempts to help Medora track down the wolves who took her son, a strange and dangerous relationship develops between the two lonely souls. But when Medora's husband Vernon returns home from the Iraq War, the news of his child's death ignites a violent chain of events. As local cop Donald Marium races to stop Vernon's vengeful rampage, Core is forced on a perilous odyssey into the heart of darkness.
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| Film Freak CentralWalter Chaw'Holding the dark' is the perfect analogy for defining what's essentially indefinable. |
| The Film StageEthan VestbyGetting the chance to be an exceedingly dull stab at Elevated Horror, Elevated Thriller, and Elevated Action all in one fell swoop, Jeremy Saulnier’s Hold the Dark is nothing but a staggering failure in both the realm of art and entertainment. |
| The Daily BeastNick SchagerWright's disturbed visage conveys his character's torn-between-two-worlds distress, with the actor using darting looks and burdened body language to beautifully articulate the war raging within. |
| UproxxVince ManciniIt’s not the kind of film you watch waiting for “the answer.” Saulnier isn’t going to solve the equation for you in Hold The Dark. But he is going to kick your ass. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfIt's not as tight, defined, and powerful as possible, but "Hold the Dark" stays on target for a good portion of the time. |
| Film Journal InternationalChris BarsantiThis dark, pitiless story about a psychotic veteran's bloody tear through remote Alaska wields haunting grandeur along with reductive plotting. |
| Toronto StarBruce DeMaraA bold, mesmerizing and journey into a land of shadows and mystery that will leave a deep and unnerving impression. |
| Screen InternationalTim GriersonIt may take a while to acclimate to the film’s off-kilter rhythms and strange happenings — not unlike the film’s protagonist, an outsider entering the forbidding Alaskan wilderness — but Saulnier has crafted his most mature effort to date, mixing his love for pulp fiction with a sombre examination of the inexplicable evil all around us. |
| VarietyAndrew BarkerBoasting the sort of shocking brutality and unnerving menace that has become Saulnier’s signature, Hold the Dark is also a strangely seductive film, and one that understands the difference between simple plot resolution and catharsis, leading us on a journey into Alaska’s frigid heart of darkness that poses more questions than it answers. |
| The GateAndrew ParkerMileage will vary in the eyes of many viewers, and some might write it off as a curiosity or a misfire, but in an age where creativity and thoughtfulness are in short supply in genre fare, Hold the Dark is something worth celebrating. |
