Samara Weaving stars in the unique post-apocalyptic actioner Azrael from director EL Katz.
Armed with a wickedly dark script by writer/producer Simon Barrett, Azrael is the kind of existential post-apocalyptic film that feels uncompromised from beginning to end. The kind of darkly biblical-style End of Days primal story that we rarely see.
Set after an apocalypse that left a community to abandon speech as it was the ultimate “sin” a woman (Samara Weaving) being perused and punished for undisclosed crimes. As she is able to escape from the dark horrifying terrors that lie outside the community, those she once called family continue to peruse her. With few options left to her, the woman gathers the strength to face off against her community wants her dead.
There are few genre films as challenging and rewarding released this year as Azael. The work here by Katz, Barret, and Weaving with the lack of dialog is truly a collaboration that bears some of the best visual storytelling in recent memory. The film takes only what is necessary to tell this story of a woman’s fight for survival. Weaving’s work as the woman is what truly defines what is Star material. There isn’t a moment when Weaving is on screen that you are lost at where she is emotionally on her journey. Even in the final moments where certain notions that were purposely obscured come into clarity, it’s the actor’s work that makes this possible.
Some will find the pitch-black ending of Azrael to not be to their tastes. Those, like this reviewer, whom it does connect with will find it bold even from within the confines of the horror genre. Azrael is a truly unique experience, one that no film fan (horror or not) should miss.
Samara Weaving stars in the unique post-apocalyptic actioner Azrael from director EL Katz.
Armed with a wickedly dark script by writer/producer Simon Barrett, Azrael is the kind of existential post-apocalyptic film that feels uncompromised from beginning to end. The kind of darkly biblical-style End of Days primal story that we rarely see.
Set after an apocalypse that left a community to abandon speech as it was the ultimate “sin” a woman (Samara Weaving) being perused and punished for undisclosed crimes. As she is able to escape from the dark horrifying terrors that lie outside the community, those she once called family continue to peruse her. With few options left to her, the woman gathers the strength to face off against her community wants her dead.
There are few genre films as challenging and rewarding released this year as Azael. The work here by Katz, Barret, and Weaving with the lack of dialog is truly a collaboration that bears some of the best visual storytelling in recent memory. The film takes only what is necessary to tell this story of a woman’s fight for survival. Weaving’s work as the woman is what truly defines what is Star material. There isn’t a moment when Weaving is on screen that you are lost at where she is emotionally on her journey. Even in the final moments where certain notions that were purposely obscured come into clarity, it’s the actor’s work that makes this possible.
Some will find the pitch-black ending of Azrael to not be to their tastes. Those, like this reviewer, whom it does connect with will find it bold even from within the confines of the horror genre. Azrael is a truly unique experience, one that no film fan (horror or not) should miss.
Azrael is in theaters on September 27th
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