Jeffrey Wright

Alexander Skarsgård

James Badge Dale

Riley Keough

Julian Black Antelope

Tantoo Cardinal

Macon Blair

Jonathan Whitesell

Peter McRobbie

Beckam Crawford

Michael Tayles

Issac Bird

Joseph Whitebird

Zandus Snow

Conor Boru

Anabel Kutay

Emmanuel Imani

Clarence Hoof

Savannah Bird

Karen Powderface

Eric Keenleyside

Ryan Irving

Brian Martell

Sean Hoy

Savonna Spracklin

Makambe Simamba

Gabriel Cross

Lonni Olson

Barb Mitchell

Vanessa Holmes

Maureen Thomas

Amanda Burke

Bobbi Jaye

Nicholas Asbury

Mark Beswick

Lorette Clow

Charlotta Fossman

Hilary Jacobs

Petros Danabassis

Ann Steel

Mike Marino

Tony Volante

Bob Lowery

Adam Druxman

Chris Connolly

John Werner

Matt Rigby

Alex Lingnau

Sabrina Paradis

Sharon Toohey

Bryant Marshall

Madison Farwell

Amanda Nicholson

Linda Nelson

Chris Healer

Jason Coxworthy

Steven McMichael

Heather Gross

Eva McKenzie

Reid A. Dunlop

Cathy Cowan

Hanne Whitfield

Jo-Dee Thomson

Ruben Rodas

Edwardo Mendez

Blaine Cone

Jamie McIntyre

Joel Tobman

Katherine Soares

Luc Etienne

Riva Marker

Jeremy Saulnier

Chris Liang

William Giraldi

Sally Bishop

Antoinette Messam

Julia Bloch

Magnus Nordenhof Jønck

Ryan Warren Smith

Brooke Blair

Will Blair

John Schoenfelder

Russell Ackerman

Ben Browning

Eva Maria Daniels

Neil Kopp

Avy Kaufman

Anish Savjani

Paul Healy

Mariusz Glabinski

Garrell Clark

Uwe Feuersenger

Vincent Savino

Kelley Cribben

Missy Cohen

Driss Tahri

Alan McCullagh

Abdellah Baadil

Jon Goracy

Thriller

Mystery

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Hold the Dark

Addictive Pictures

filmscience

VisionChaos Productions

Switzerland

United States of America

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based on novel or book

police

hunter

murder

alaska

shootout

writer

soldier

dark secret

motel room

hot spring

wolves

animal mask

Gimly

I have... **No** idea what I just watched... But that bit in the middle was like something straight out of a _Payday 2_ heist, so I'm cool.

_Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._

***Unpredictable bleak Alaskan adventure, mystery, thriller***

An author and wolf expert (Jeffrey Wright) arrives at a remote village in Alaska to help rid the town of a wolf problem that has resulted in a few dead children. Riley Keough plays the troubled mother and Alexander Skarsgård her taciturn husband coming home from Iraq. James Badge Dale appears as the local sheriff while Julian Black Antelope is on hand as a curious AmerIndian named Cheeon.

"Hold the Dark" (2018) is a combination mystery/drama/adventure/thriller/horror. It’s original, unpredictable and dead serious with elements of movies like “The Grey” (2011), “Runaway Train” (1985), “Wendigo” (2001), “The Frozen Ground” (2013), “The North Star” (1996), “Joyride” (1977) and “The Edge” (1997), not to mention a “Apocalypse Now” (or Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness) and even a little from the “Friday the 13th” franchise, albeit without the goofiness. Imagine if the band Agalloch made a movie and that’s pretty much “Hold the Dark” (there’s even a snippet from an Agalloch-like band in the movie).

It’s based on the book by William Giraldi and some viewers have complained that key revelations weren’t obvious enough in the film. Well, I never read the book and wasn’t able to figure out these revelations, but this didn’t prevent me from appreciating this artistic nigh masterpiece. Afterward, I looked-up the revelations and they put the pieces of the puzzle together; yet the clues are all there (in the movie) if you watch closely. My wife watched the film separately and WAS able to glean these revelations. But, again, not being able to figure out every detail did NOT prevent me from valuing this great movie.

The film runs 2 hours, 5 minutes and was shot in Alberta, Canada (Lethbridge & Calgary), and Morocco.

GRADE: A-/A

HOLD THE DARK Director Intro | TIFF 2018

HOLD THE DARK Cast and Crew Q&A | TIFF 2018

Hold The Dark | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix

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