Samaritan

2021

102 mins

Directed by Julius Avery
Recommended
38%
71%
Action
Fantasy

Sylvester Stallone leads a different kind of superhero story about a young boy who sets out to discover whether a... More

Sylvester Stallone leads a different kind of superhero story about a young boy who sets out to discover whether a mythic saviour from 20 years ago is still alive. From the director of Overlord and the writer of Escape Room.

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Samaritan | Ratings & Reviews

Down-in-the-mouth old Joe (Stallone), just a humble garbo from the Bronx, will not have his portrait hung in a hallway of great superheroes any time soon. But this man who wears hoodies and walks around in the rain dares to suggest there’s merit in being modest and humble; in finding virtue not by exercising his powers but resisting them.

38_%119 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
71_%2,080 reviews
Audience score rating

"Stallone provides just the right amount of world-weary gravitas and deadpan humour to put over the hokey material."

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Hollywood Reporter

"A watchable but chintzy slice of graphic-novel hellfire."

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Variety

"A solidly entertaining riff on classic comic-book themes, with a blockbuster polish and an indie-film spirit."

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Los Angeles Times

"A surprisingly agreeable blend of ultraviolent ’80s action flick and grim, dark 21st-century superhero fantasy."

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The Age

"While Stallone occasionally seems to be enjoying himself, the fun suffers from a lingering sense that a massive lesson or “twist” is about to come down at any minute."

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IndieWire

"This might be a one-and-done effort, but I wouldn’t mind seeing an expansion of the Greater Samaritan County."

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Chicago Sun-Times

"Samaritan eventually runs out of redeeming qualities."

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Stuff

"Not even Stallone’s still considerable screen power can do anything about an identity crisis."

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News.com.au

"A mechanical retread of better movies and ideas."

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IGN

"Stallone is good as this conflicted blend of Rocky and Batman, with a bit of Thor thrown in."

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The Australian

"Even a failed attempt at making a superhero movie out of whole cloth rather than pre-existing IP is welcome, particularly one that challenges the genre’s mores."

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