80
Time Out
If you’ve had a hard day and want to watch something to restore your sense of justice in this world, then Braven has all the boxes well and truly ticked.
Braven
Critic Rating
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- Canada
- 2018
- · 94m
Director
Lin Oeding
Cast
Jason Momoa,
Stephen Lang,
Garret Dillahunt,
Zahn McClarnon,
Jill Wagner
Genre
Action,
Drama,
Thriller
Joe Braven, a humble logger living along the U.S./Canada border, is confronted by a group of deadly drug runners who have stashed heroin in his secluded cabin in the mountains. In a kill-or-be-killed stand for survival, he must do everything in his power to protect his family.
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80
Time Out by Lisa Cam
If you’ve had a hard day and want to watch something to restore your sense of justice in this world, then Braven has all the boxes well and truly ticked.
70
Variety by Joe Leydon
To put it simply and gratefully: Braven is the sort of unpretentious yet thoroughly professional popcorn entertainment that brings out the best in everybody involved.
70
Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
It's Momoa's show and he brings strength, warmth and gravitas to a part that, thanks to an emotionally-grounded script by Thomas Pa'a Sibbett, based on Mike Nilon's story), proves more than just "Conan, the Lumberjack."
70
Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl
Any cheapjack action movie can get a crowd to cheer at its shock kills. It’s the best ones that persuade us that there’s a clear chain-of-events physical logic at play — that find suspense in one action leading inevitably to another.
63
RogerEbert.com by Nick Allen
A movie as dumb and bloody as a slab of meat, but with Momoa playing an emotionally vulnerable logger who you also believe would throw an ax at someone's face.
63
New York Post by Sara Stewart
For anyone looking for a shot of vengeance adrenaline while waiting for “John Wick 3” to come down the pike, Braven will probably fit the bill.
63
Slant Magazine by Derek Smith
Lin Oeding’s action thriller thrives on both the beauty of its natural, snowbound surroundings and the brutal instincts of man.
60
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
First-time director Oeding, a veteran stuntman, clearly knows how to effectively shoot an action sequence.
50
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
Aside from being a showcase for up-and-coming action star Jason Momoa, it offers little else of note.
38
Movie Nation by Roger Moore
Too many character actions seem inorganic, pre-ordained by the needs of the script. The set-up is strained, the quick move to violence perfunctory.
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