God Is a Bullet

Maika Monroe hält als Einzige dieses nicht besonders gut funktionierende Drama über die Suche der entführten Tochter / einen Thriller über den Kampf von Sterblichen gegen eine Bande Verrückter / eine unerwartete Romanze zwischen zwei seelischen Wracks halbwegs zusammen. Emotional und spannungstechnisch gesehen funktioniert der Film nicht besonders gut, er enthält eine komisch fehlplatzierte Brutalität und einen erfolglosen Versuch, mit exzentrischen Schuften zu schockieren. Von ihnen spielt nur Karl Glusman gut und effektvoll. Jamie Foxx überrascht in einer Nebenrolle. Ansonsten gibt es hier nichts Besonderes, die Dialoge bleiben an der Oberfläche, die Regie ist unkoordiniert und die Hauptfigur von Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ist fade. (17.09.2023)

Well, where do I even begin... if this was supposed to be a comedy, it wasn't funny; if a drama, it bored me, and if a romance, it was completely emotionless. If I understood it correctly (which I've been struggling with in movies lately), it was supposed to be a gloomy thriller about a terrifying cult, but instead, it turned into an ultra-awkward and bizarre something with extremely "tough" tattooed guys. It didn't work out, and it's only saved by a few good fight scenes with detached limbs. There's no deeper message to look for in this, it's just a waste of time. (30.07.2023)

That's how I imagine “something terribly harsh and uncompromising” can be conceived by someone who has otherwise spent a lifetime making weepy and weepy dramas. Yeah, , really, if it hadn't run a monstrous 155 minutes, I'd recommend it as an unintentional comedy. Poor Maika Monroe, how did she get that way? (22.09.2023)

A hefty revenge flick with high Intensity of gore and violence!! God is a Bullet is a fucking raw, unpleasant, brutal, depressing crime drama with a touch of 80's thrillers that gets under your skin and engages despite its B -grade story. The director has two decent actors at his disposal. Nikolaj Coster Waldau, here plays a cop whose wife is killed by a satanic cult, who kidnap his daughter (the opening home invasion scene is really intense), who with the help of Maika Monroe (a former cult member) will try to save his daughter, which won’t be possible without a bunch of dead bodies. The film may have a longer running time of 150 minutes, but it is riddled with violence through and through that kept me constantly on my toes and I liked that. There's a decent soundtrack, and the bad guys are really sleazy, unpleasant and creepy. Tattooed individuals that really give you fear and dread, and are very uncompromising, even towards their own. The atmosphere is bleak, dirty and dark from the very beginning to the end, and I was surprised by the chemistry between Monroe and Waldau, which manages to evoke emotions at the end as well. The best part of course is the finale, where Waldau plays Rambo and unleashing carnage, with a very high body count. There's a lot of gore and the practical effects are a delight (a jaw begin ripped off, a face blown-up, a shotgun blasting off limbs – that was downright beautiful). A lover of violence and dark dirty thrillers featuring a twisted Satanic cult should find this to their liking. I really miss genre films like this. 8/10. (16.08.2023)

Wow... As a gritty, action-packed B-movie, it would easily earn four stars. It didn't hold back on the intense action sequences, delivered plenty of bloodshed, and stuck to a predictably simple plot. However... The screenwriter was obviously a fan of movies like Taken and the Mad Max series, resulting in a somewhat disjointed fusion of these influences. Despite my best efforts, I couldn't take this attempt seriously. Being a fan of the Far Cry video game series, I couldn't help but draw comparisons; the crazy cult reminded me of Far Cry 5, and the fascination with tattoos echoed Far Cry 3. However, Cyrus lacked the charisma of Vaas or Joseph, and his gang of henchmen felt inane. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau was particularly disappointing – I've seen him in a better shape. The overly loud soundtrack didn't help matters, and despite all the mayhem, I found myself bored at times, which was quite unexpected. / Lesson learned: Your typical American family movie. (08.11.2023)