There's always a way out. You just have to find it.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tim Allen, Alice Braga, Emily Mortimer, Joe Mantegna, Ricky Jay, Max Martini, Jose Pablo Cantillo |
| Director |
David Mamet |
| Screenplay | David Mamet |
| Music | Stephen Endelman |
| Cinematography | Robert Elswit |
| Editing | Barbara Tulliver |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2008 |
| Produced by | Sony Pictures Classics |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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| Genre | Action, drama |
| Language | Strong, fairly frequent, includes some blasphemy |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Intense, strongly implied, bloody, quite frequent |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | None |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Kgomotso Moncho | 5 |  |
| Cape Times Carina Chocano | 10 |  |
| iAfrica.com Rebekah Kendal | 13 |  |
| The Citizen Annette Bayne | 12 | |
| 24.com Ivan Sadler | 5 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert  David Mamet's Redbelt assembles all the elements for a great Mamet film, but they're still spread out on the shop floor. It never really pulls itself together into the convincing, focused drama it promises, yet it kept me involved right up until the final scenes, which piled on developments almost recklessly. | 15 |  |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli Anyone attending with the expectation that this is going to satisfy a primal desire for wall-to-wall combat will be sadly disappointed. Redbelt is a movie of contradictions. It's neither uninteresting nor unentertaining, but the plot is as threadbare as an old carpet and Mamet's narrative contortions will leave many viewers scratching their heads. | 13 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Even allowing for a few slips in pacing and judgment, Mamet is on his game, and that is a sight to see. No con. | 15 | |
| ScreenItDecent for the first three-quarters and then a wash after that. | 12 | |
| Metacritic.com 32 critics | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 111 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Mamet's mixed marital arts morality play weaves between action and intellect but doesn't always hit its target. | 14 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 3265 Netizens Good attempt | 14 | |
Average .. 60% | 12 | |