Survive the Night

2020 1h 29m EN

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★4.8TMDB · 267

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A disgraced doctor and his family are held hostage at their home by criminals on the run, when a robbery-gone-awry requires them to seek immediate medical attention.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Chad Michael Murray
Rich
Bruce Willis
Frank
Lydia Hull
Jan
Tyler Jon Olson
Mathias
Shea Buckner
Jamie
Jessica Abrams
Rachel
Riley Wolfe Rach
Riley Clark
Charlie Alvarado
Nurse Carter

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Matt Eskandari
Writers: Doug Wolfe
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Matt Eskandari, shot by Bryan Koss. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 7

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 7

CAST

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Chad Michael Murray and Bruce Willis and Lydia Hull carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt10303324 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Matt Eskandari directs. Bryan Koss behind the camera. Nima Fakhrara scores. R.J. Cooper cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 6 years ago.
3Directed by Matt Eskandari, shot by Bryan Koss. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Nima Fakhrara. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor R.J. Cooper shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Chad Michael Murray and Bruce Willis and Lydia Hull carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt10303324 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Bryan Koss
Original score: Nima Fakhrara
Editing: R.J. Cooper
Production design: Susannah Lowber
Makeup / hair: Jessie Gambardella
Runtime: 89 min · 1h 29m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Survive the Night (2020)

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Fullmakt2020-06-13
★ 2/10
Oh how the mighty have fallen. It's not that Frank (Bruce Willis) does that bad a role, but some of his co-actors really should look for a day job. There are two scenes in particular that will just make you laugh, even though they are not meant to. The first is a scene where Jan (Lydia Hull) is running for her life across the garden, well, that's what it's supposed to look like anyway, but instead it's a pathetic tiptoe across the lawn into the woods. The second, and really the worst scene is where Frank (Bruce Willis) is helping Rich (Chad Michael Murray) into the barn. Rich has recently received a gunshot wound to the shoulder, but apparently that has caused him to get cerebral parese as well judging by the way he walks. The subsequent scenes in the barn lacks the flair and drama of being the next house over from the assailants, there is no display of fear of getting discovered pertreyed, and it pulls the excitement level down and you loose touch with the action. Without those two scenes I would give the movie a solid 5/10, but as it stands it pulls it down to a 2/10 for me.
JPV8522020-07-19
★ 4/10
Paint-by-numbers and utterly predictable home-invasion like thriller has some average performances including Bruce Willis who makes his (in my own collection at last) 12th one of these direct-to-video flicks from Grindstone Entertainment and gives it his least. Not terrible and I don't mind a simplistic thriller but this one had low energy and characters making dumb decisions. Beyond that, confusingly seems like the filmmakers want to provide some sympathy of the antogonists, one a complete psychopath who killed two women in cold blood... From what I read, apparently Bruce Willis gets something like $1M a day for these movies, with no publicity obligations. Must be nice. Not terrible and I've certainly seen worse, but like most Grindstone movies, they're competently shot, feature a somewhat experienced cast (this one has Chad Michael Murray who starred in the last few "Sniper" DTV films) but apparently they bought the script from some scrapheap. 2.25/5