Brimstone

"Retribution is coming."

2016 2h 28m EN

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7.1

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★7.1TMDB · 1,318🥫45%Rotten Tomatoes●45Metacritic★7IMDB · 47,901

ThrillerWesternDramaHorror

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In the menacing inferno of the old North-American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.

“Retribution is coming.”

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Cast

Guy Pearce
The Reverend
Dakota Fanning
Liz
Carice van Houten
Anna
Kit Harington
Samuel
Vera Vitali
Sally
Emilia Jones
Joanna
Paul Anderson
Frank
William Houston
Eli

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Martin Koolhoven
Writers: Martin Koolhoven, Raimond van Soest, Franco Ferrini
Languages: English, Dutch, Mandarin
Countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Dutch, Mandarin.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 6 countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom.

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4 / 8

CAST

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268+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Martin Koolhoven, shot by Rogier Stoffers. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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8 / 8

CAST

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Guy Pearce and Dakota Fanning and Carice van Houten carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Martin Koolhoven directs. Rogier Stoffers behind the camera. Tom Holkenborg scores. Job ter Burg cuts. Produced in Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English, Dutch, Mandarin.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 10 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Dutch, Mandarin.
3International production across 6 countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom.
4268+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Martin Koolhoven, shot by Rogier Stoffers. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Tom Holkenborg. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Job ter Burg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Guy Pearce and Dakota Fanning and Carice van Houten carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Retribution is coming.".
10IMDB entry: tt1895315 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 17 themes, including "suicide", "prostitute", "rape", "gun".

The technical file

Cinematography: Rogier Stoffers
Original score: Tom Holkenborg
Editing: Job ter Burg
Production design: Floris Vos
Costume design: Ellen Lens
Makeup / hair: Nina Düffort
VFX supervisor: Gustav Törnroth
Sound: Herman Pieëte
Runtime: 148 min · 2h 28m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $13,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Brimstone (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes: 45% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 45/100
IMDB rating: 7/10 · 47,901 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

11 wins & 12 nominations total

European Film Award for Best Hair and Makeup Artist
Golden Calf for Best Feature Film

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Gimly2017-08-02
★ 5/10
"If you thought Guy Pearce was a scumbag in part 1 just wait 'til you see part 2! If you thought Guy Pearce was a scumbag in part 2 just wait 'til you see part 3! If you thought Guy Pearce was a scumbag in part 3 just wait 'til you see part 4! If you thought--" Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.
Reno2017-10-22
★ 7/10
The trouble that had never let her alone. A story about America, Hollywood cast, but produced and directed by outsiders. A powerful film. Kind of mix of 'No Country for Old Man' and 'Les Miserables'. The narration divided into four parts. The first episode called Revelation. An introduction life around Liz, but full of suspense after every unexpected turn in the story. Then in the second episode called Exodus, a young girl, Joanna introduced and following the third knows as Genesis, goes ever further back into Joanna's life, before returning to Liz's in the fourth known as Retribution. Maybe Dakota's best performance being an adult actress. As well as the young actress Emilia Jones. They both had played the same character, but in a different timeline. Interestingly, in real life, they share the same birth day and month as mine. From one of the film poster, I thought it was Michael Sheen. Only realised while watching the film that it was Guy Pearce. From writing to the making, it was a very good film. But the story could make some people uneasy. Because everything that's happened between the people and their relationship, not for soft guys. Yet it is a must see thriller, a must see western. 7/10
my_skeleton_fell_off2021-09-25
★ 2/10
A congregation dressed in black, hymns being sung flatly, an evil preacher, an abortion scene in the first 15 minutes... I should have known from the title that it wasn't the good western that the cover image conveyed. I could not make it through 20 minutes before I had to shut it off. It's a movie which seems determined to slander the most beautiful message that exists - the message of Jesus Christ. It is also another point of evidence that rated "R" and "MA" movies simply means "movies not worth poisoning your brain with". The actors were great. They played the roles well. But the subject material, the script, and the very idea of it is not worth consuming. Psalm 10:4-6 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 5 His ways are always grievous; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: For I shall never be in adversity.