Onslaught

"They unleashed their deadliest weapon on us."

2026 1h 32m EN

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★5.8TMDB · 65

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When a rogue squad of genetically engineered super soldiers break loose in the desert, a badass Army sniper must unleash hell to protect her young daughter.

“They unleashed their deadliest weapon on us.”

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Where to watch · US

Cast

Adria Arjona
Celeste
Dan Stevens
Hans Kammler
Eric Wareheim
Kovacks
Reginald VelJohnson
Josiah
Michael Biehn
Baylor
Blake Kennedy
Daisy
Alex Pereira
The Butcher
Drew Starkey
Cyrus

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Adam Wingard
Writers: Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 23% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Adam Wingard, shot by Oren Soffer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Matthew Pusti. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Adam Avery shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Adria Arjona and Dan Stevens and Eric Wareheim carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "They unleashed their deadliest weapon on us.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt32268691 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Adam Wingard directs. Oren Soffer behind the camera. Matthew Pusti scores. Adam Avery cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 23% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
3Directed by Adam Wingard, shot by Oren Soffer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Matthew Pusti. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Adam Avery shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Adria Arjona and Dan Stevens and Eric Wareheim carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "They unleashed their deadliest weapon on us.".
8IMDB entry: tt32268691 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 65 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 15 themes, including "gore", "serial killer", "super soldier", "mercilessness".

The technical file

Cinematography: Oren Soffer
Original score: Matthew Pusti
Editing: Adam Avery
Production design: Tom Hammock
Costume design: Alexis Forte
Makeup / hair: Jennifer M. Quinteros
VFX supervisor: Nathan McGuinness
Sound: Nicholas Interlandi
Stunt coordinator: Travis Wong
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $15,000,000
Box office: $3,426,239
Return: 23% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Onslaught (2026)

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The Fixate & Binge Podcast, w/ Joe Curdy2026-09-11
★ 2/10
Watched 08 Sep 2026 With ONSLAUGHT, Adam Wingard's follow-up to his slick 2014 actioner THE GUEST, the magic — as is so often the case with sequels — fails on nearly every level to connect. Even the addition of Dan Stevens in a supporting role as septuagenarian Hans Kimmler — a character who appears to be an amalgamation of Josef Mengele and Dr. Strangelove — fails to land. In fact, given the character's parodic underpinnings, he might have worked better in a comedy. The set-up seems oddly familiar: genetically engineered super soldiers escape a nearby military bunker and go on a pointless killing spree, murdering everything that moves in their path. It's 1992's sci-fi actioner UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, except without the charm of Van Damme or the psychotic menace of Dolph Lundgren. Co-written with Simon Barrett, Wingard's film appears to have fallen prey to an overzealous final cut that strips away some necessary exposition. (Why exactly does Rebecca Hall's character inexplicably have literal blood on her hands during one interstitial telephone scene that comes with zero set-up?) MMA fans who recognized Alex "Poatan" Pereira in the opening credits are likely to be equally underwhelmed, with his zero dialogue and brooding stares amounting to little more than physical presence as one of three super soldiers who bring an orgy of death to a small New Mexico desert town. Seemingly caught in their path of destruction is a rundown trailer park managed by single mom and military vet Celeste, played by Adria Arjona. As the super soldiers turn the mobile home park into Swiss cheese for the crime of simply being in their way, Celeste — with the help of Reginald VelJohnson's Josiah — fights back. Wingard and Barrett seem more committed to developing Arjona's character at the expense of more interesting characters such as Stevens' Kimmler and his wife, Hanna Kimmler (Hall) — which is a shame, as the film ends with an end-titles sequence suggesting a follow-up could be in the works. Heaven help us. A flimsy plot, a paint-by-numbers action set-up, and — dare I say it — the wasting of Arjona's considerable talent make ONSLAUGHT a muddled, lifeless mess that proves all the blood, bullets and body count in the world can't resurrect a movie with no pulse.
Sejian2026-10-07
★ 4/10
"WATCHING!": 7/10 This movie is a trip. I'm quite enjoying it. I absolutely love Dan Steven's ridiculous villain character. I'm midway through. I'll update this when I'm done. -- "WATCHED!": 4/10 Yeah, no. It goes from being an entertaining trip, to just being stupid. I enjoyed the final showdown, but still, everything in-between and after, is just stupid. See now, what should have happened, is the complete destruction of human life in America. The corrupt government would have kept churning out coverups as they butchered their way across the American heartland, until literally everyone in America was dead, including all members of the government. That's the canon second half of this movie: Total annihilation! Fatalities, everywhere! Why give me this spectacle, and then ruin it like this? Fuck you, movie. Commit to the bit. I think the new Resident Evil spoiled me. <SNORTS>