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

Bryant Marshall

Adam Druxman

Steven McMichael

Blaine Cone

Madison Farwell

Ruben Rodas

Mike Marino

Edwardo Mendez

Bob Lowery

Jamie McIntyre

Ann Steel

Heather Gross

Jason Coxworthy

Chris Connolly

Tony Volante

John Werner

Amanda Nicholson

Alex Lingnau

Sabrina Paradis

Hanne Whitfield

Eva McKenzie

Charlotta Fossman

Hilary Jacobs

Matt Rigby

Joel Tobman

Jo-Dee Thomson

Chris Healer

Reid A. Dunlop

Cathy Cowan

Linda Nelson

Petros Danabassis

Katherine Soares

Sharon Toohey

Luc Etienne

Riva Marker

Jeremy Saulnier

Chris Liang

William Giraldi

Sally Bishop

Antoinette Messam

Magnus Nordenhof Jønck

Ryan Warren Smith

Julia Bloch

Brooke Blair

Will Blair

Eva Maria Daniels

Neil Kopp

Russell Ackerman

Ben Browning

John Schoenfelder

Uwe Feuersenger

Anish Savjani

Garrell Clark

Paul Healy

Vincent Savino

Driss Tahri

Missy Cohen

Avy Kaufman

Mariusz Glabinski

Abdellah Baadil

Alan McCullagh

Kelley Cribben

Jon Goracy

Thriller

Mystery

Crime

Hold the Dark

Addictive Pictures

filmscience

VisionChaos Productions

Switzerland

United States of America

English

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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