Bushwick

"The new civil war has begun."

2017 1h 34m EN

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5.2

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★5.2TMDB · 544

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Synopsis

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When an unknown military force invades Bushwick, a Brooklyn neighborhood, young student Lucy and war veteran Stupe must rely on each other to escape and survive.

“The new civil war has begun.”

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Cast

Dave Bautista
Stupe
Brittany Snow
Lucy
Angelic Zambrana
Belinda
Jeremie Harris
JP
Myra Lucretia Taylor
Ma
Alex Breaux
Lt. Brewer
Arturo Castro
Jose
Quincy Chad
Heathcliff

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jonathan Milott
Writers: Graham Reznick, Cary Murnion, Nick Damici
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jonathan Milott, shot by Lyle Vincent. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 7

CAST

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Dave Bautista and Brittany Snow and Angelic Zambrana carry the top of the cast.

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Marketing tagline: "The new civil war has begun.".

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IMDB entry: tt4720702 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Jonathan Milott directs. Lyle Vincent behind the camera. Aesop Rock scores. Joe Hobeck cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 9 years ago.
2Directed by Jonathan Milott, shot by Lyle Vincent. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Aesop Rock. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Joe Hobeck shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Dave Bautista and Brittany Snow and Angelic Zambrana carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The new civil war has begun.".
7IMDB entry: tt4720702 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Lyle Vincent
Original score: Aesop Rock
Editing: Joe Hobeck
Production design: Sara K. White
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Bushwick (2017)

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Gimly2017-12-29
★ 5/10
Bushwick's reach exceeds its grasp, but considering that over-ambition is just one of the myriad of things working against it, it's amazing that Bushwick is even as good as it is. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.
Kamurai2020-10-09
★ 9/10
Fantastic watch, will watch again, and do recommend. This one really flew under the radar, and I almost skipped it until I saw Brittany Snow, and had I know Dave Batista was also involved, I would have sought this out. Let me get this out of the way: the premise is a succession of the southern united states from the Union with an initial strike against a civil target. This is what "The South will rise again" means, this is what everyone flying the Confederate Battle Flag is signifying when they display the symbol of a terrorist organization. That said, this is an amazingly shot depiction of a horrible attack on civilians. The follow camera style gives you all the feeling of "found footage" (unfortunately there is a little shaking cam in action), without all the overhead and mislead about where the camera is, someone has to hold it, and "who edited this together". It is really immersive, and the audience learns about the situation (quickly, I might add) right alongside the characters. The story hardly wastes any time throwing us into chaos and survival. The best part is that Brittany Snow is just a college girl, smart and capable, but not combat ready and not that great of a survivalist. We get Dave Batista playing the stereotypical "Rock Role" of being former military, but instead of being a witty, smoldering pretty boy, they layered on substance to his character, and let him be gun ready. There are good twists, not a lot of complex multi-threading (at least for a city at war), all good action, and a ton of immersive realism. The biggest problems with this movie are the most realistic ones: in the times of a domestic war, there are going to be 4 sides: invaders, defenders, abstainers, and criminals: people that are just going to take the opportunity to do whatever and hurt whomever they want before someone kills them. Honestly, the more I think about it, the better this movie seems. I'd probably expand the ending though, in the very least there should have been an epilogue. At it stands, the movie just sort of ends, but it is possibly by design.
signsoflife2025-12-30
★ 5/10
What was the point of this? Between the very breathy performances of Dave Bautista (of which I understood a third of) and the worth-for-nothing ending, I want to understand who this story was for, what the end goal was. It felt like I was watching the action fantasy of a middle schooler into FPS games, or two grown men into D&D whose decision making is bound to the roll of a die. Considering the time of a release, the whole violent southern libertarian insurgence indiscriminately killing working class people of various backgrounds is quite a choice, isn't it? A social imaginary that, much like its villains, lacks creativity and only works to appease the thirst for revolutionary fantasies of disenfranchised and unorganized folks who only find or comprehend the importance of a resistant unity in tragedy already passed. Only highlights of Bushwick were Brittany Snow and the choices in cinematography, even if the movement was awkward in certain angles and lost its novelty by the third close up shot going up a staircase.