Samaritan

"25 years ago the world's greatest hero vanished."

2022 1h 42m EN

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6.6

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37%

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METACRITIC

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5.7

IMDB

★6.6TMDB · 2,281🥫37%Rotten Tomatoes●45Metacritic★5.7IMDB · 60,991

Science FictionCrimeAction

Synopsis

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Thirteen year old Sam Cleary suspects that his mysteriously reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith is actually the legendary vigilante Samaritan, who was reported dead 25 years ago. With crime on the rise and the city on the brink of chaos, Sam makes it his mission to coax his neighbor out of hiding to save the city from ruin.

“25 years ago the world's greatest hero vanished.”

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Cast

Javon Walton
Sam Cleary
Sylvester Stallone
Joe Smith
Dascha Polanco
Tiffany Cleary
Moisés Arias
Reza
Pilou Asbæk
Cyrus
Sophia Tatum
Sil
Martin Starr
Albert Casler
Henry G. Sanders
Arthur Holloway

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Julius Avery
Writers: Bragi F. Schut
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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$100M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 75% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Samaritan Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Julius Avery, shot by David Ungaro. 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 Jed Kurzel. 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 Matt Evans 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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Javon Walton and Sylvester Stallone and Dascha Polanco carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Julius Avery directs. David Ungaro behind the camera. Jed Kurzel scores. Matt Evans cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1$100M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Earned back only 75% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 4 years ago.
4Part of the "Samaritan Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Julius Avery, shot by David Ungaro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Jed Kurzel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Matt Evans shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Javon Walton and Sylvester Stallone and Dascha Polanco carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "25 years ago the world's greatest hero vanished.".
10IMDB entry: tt5500218 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 22 themes, including "post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)", "chaos", "superhero", "street riots".
12Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: David Ungaro
Original score: Jed Kurzel
Editing: Matt Evans
Production design: Greg Berry
Costume design: Kelli Jones
VFX supervisor: Paul Linden
Stunt coordinator: J.J. Perry
Runtime: 102 min · 1h 42m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $100,000,000
Box office: $75,000,000
Return: 75% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Samaritan (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes: 37% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 45/100
IMDB rating: 5.7/10 · 60,991 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

2 nominations total

Part of

Samaritan Collection

A teenage boy suspects his neighbor is a superhero believed to have died many years earlier.

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Manuel São Bento2022-08-25
★ 4/10
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/samaritan-spoiler-free-review "Samaritan holds quite an interesting premise, but sadly, it's yet another addition to the list of films with wasted potential. What could have been a truly dark, fascinating story about two superpowered brothers with distinct views on life is, instead, a bland, predictable, formulaic narrative with less Sylvester Stallone than expected. The cast offers good performances, but choosing to focus on Javon Walton's generic character when the prologue leaves room for such an engrossing exploration of the past proves to be a terrible decision. Action-wise, it lacks the energy and creativity necessary to entertain most viewers, despite the dedicated stunt work. A tad frustrating in retrospect." Rating: C-
MovieGuys2022-08-28
★ 6/10
Samaritan is a by the numbers action flick but that's not necessarily a bad thing. One of the key problems with a lot of modern movie making, is the constant need to experiment and at times, inject social messages into what it supposed to be entertainment. Samaritan follows a well known and well worn, by the numbers, action film formula. It tries to throw in a twist I saw coming pretty early on but that's alright. In essence, this film is inherently watchable. Stallone still has excellent screen presence and the chemistry, between him and the young boy, works well. My advice, ignore the carping from the soy latte class of movie goers who bemoan a lack of sophistication. Its often the simple things in life that are most enjoyable and this is one of them. In summary, Samaritan wont win any accolades for high brow cinema but what it does, it does competently enough to be reasonably enjoyable and entertaining. For many of us, tired of shallow cinema sophistry and intellectual pretension, that's what really matters.
CinemaSerf2022-08-29
★ 6/10
"Sam" (Javon Walton) lives with his mum in a run down housing project in Granite City (no, not Aberdeen) where he is frequently bullied. After the timely intervention of his neighbour "Mr. Smith" (Sylvester Stallone) the youngster starts to believe that his rescuer may be none other than the eponymous super-hero who went missing some twenty years earlier. Could he be back to save the city from terminal decline at the hands of his "Nemesis"? Well despite the reticence of "Smith", the young man is determined that he can cajole his newfound friend into saving society. As the pair start to bond, we realise that this young man is decent and has potential and that his elderly chum has quite a few skeletons in his closet - though perhaps not quite the ones anyone is expecting. Sadly, though the young Walton is quite effective, the underused Stallone is just going through the motions and the story is an amalgam of loads of other DC/Marvel style affairs with some fairly pedestrian writing underpinning a disappointingly under-developed story. The ending has a twist but it's not really enough to redeem the rest of this rather predictable effort that, though it looks fine, is all pretty forgettable fayre from all concerned.