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Savage Dog

2017 · 95 min

A grim, bone-crunching revenge ride through a lawless prison camp, light on story but heavy on brutal fights.

Tagline
Indochina, 1959. The French left. The Americans have yet to arrive. But one man has declered war.
Overview
A story set in Indochina in 1959, a lawless land controlled by the criminal class: Vietnamese warlords and European war-criminals. Den-Dhin-Chan Labor Camp is run by four such dangerous men. The worst prison in the land, it is here that an Irish, former-champion boxer Martin Tillman has made a name for himself fighting tournaments, on which wealthy criminals gamble in high stakes events. When Tillman is due for release, he just wants to return home, but the corrupt forces running the jail will do everything in their power to keep him locked down. When all that Tillman holds dear is taken away in a vicious act of violence, he is forced to confront the men responsible and take his revenge. The birth of a legend.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • violence
  • survival
  • justice
  • corruption
Places
  • prison
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror4
Humour1
Realism5
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
action, drama
Directed by
Jesse V. Johnson
Written by
Jesse V. Johnson
Starring
Scott Adkins, Marko Zaror, JuJu Chan, Cung Le, Vladimir Kulich, Keith David, Matthew Marsden, Luke Massy
Music
Sean Murray
Cinematography
Gabriel Gely
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America, Vietnam
Languages
English

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