The Survivalist

Dumb, dumber, and even more dumber. This film is pure trash. Overacted and badly acted. Dull action scenes. The whole film is ridiculously stupid. For Dooms Day movies, watch Omega Man, Last Man on Earth, I Am Legend and No Blade of Grass and flush this waste of a movie down the toilet bowl.

Some of the worst acting i have ever seen,Awful plot full of holes and all round terrible movie.

As "The Survivalist" (2021 release; 90 min.) opens, we hear a radio DJ talk about it being "Day 592 since the outbreak of COVID-19", and lamenting that the authorities put healthy people in camps, with dire results. We then are introduced to Sarah, a teenage girl who is immune to the virus, and hence needs special protection.. But Sarah and her friend are being chased by a crew of baddies, headed by Aaron. At this point we are less than 10 minutes into the film.

Couple of comments: this is the latest from prolific producer and at times also director (as in this film) of mostly horror fare, done on the cheap. Here he diverts slightly. For a few minutes, I thought this might actually be quite good, with the reference to COVID-19 and how messed up it got. But alas, when the story really gets going, it unravels pretty quickly. It all looks so.. amateurish! I almost fell off the couch when I realized that Aaron, the leader of the baddies, was played by... John Malkovich. Yes, THE John Malkovich. Say it ain't so, John! What the hell were you thinking? Have you really fallen this low? I guess so...Anyway, to say that this movie is beyond bad would be the understatement of the year.

"The Survivalist" was released straight on VOD last Fall. I saw it on Showtime Anytime the other night, taking a flyer on it. Wasn't worth it, and I cannot recommend this film in good conscience to anyone, not least to the Malkovich fans out there. But of course don't take my word for it, so check it out and draw your own conclusion.

Beware: this is a B-movie, cheaply made, with black and white (UNimpressive) photography.

I was drawn to this movie by the name of the magnificent actor John Malkovich. Why does he lower himself to these kind of movies? Perhaps he has hit lower ground financially, because such a terrific actor should not lower himself to these kind of cheaply made B-movies.

Everything about this movie looks and feels amateurish. Just watching the first 5 minutes gave me a sinking feeling in my stumach. John Malkovich only appears for a few minutes, so this seems to be that sort of movies some actors (desperately) agree to do out of financial dire straits.

Let's hope John Malkovich can still be given parts that give credit to his wonderfully gifted acting talents.

The story: forget about it. Forget about this movie alltogether...that would be best for everybody involved...

This is a terrible movie. Terrible plot, terrible script, terrible acting/directing, terrible in every way imaginable. The only way for this movie to have been saved was if they asked Tommy Wiseau to rewrite and direct it.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers was in another terrible movie I have watched in the last week, American Night. This movie is actually worse. It is also worse than The Many Saints of Newark, which was extremely disappointing.

What has happened to the entertainment industry? Are there no more creatives around who can make something worth watching? I am so tired of stupidity, virtue signaling, preaching, political correctness, bashing people you disagree with, etc.

At this rate many people will simply just watch fail videos and look at cat pictures online, that would be more satisfying than watching crap Hollywood puts out nowadays.