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Arcadian

R

Released Apr 12

1h 32m

Horror

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Mystery & Thriller

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In a near future, life on Earth has been decimated. Paul (Nicolas Cage) and his twin teenage sons, Thomas (Jaeden Martell) and Joseph (Maxwell Jenkins), have been living a half-life -- tranquility by day and torment by night. When the sun sets, ferocious creatures of the night awaken and consume all living souls in their path. One day, when Thomas doesn't return home before sundown, Paul chooses to leave the safety of their fortified farm to find him before the creatures arrive. Just as he finds his boy, a nightmarish battle ensues and Paul is gravely wounded. Now the twins must devise a desperate plan for surviving the coming night and use everything their father has taught them to keep him alive.

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Critics Consensus

Led by a trio of strong performances, Arcadian blends family drama and post-apocalyptic horror to visceral, emotionally stirring effect.

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Linda Marric

HeyUGuys

Elevated by some impressive action set pieces, this engaging film benefits greatly from some impressive performances from its young cast.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 3, 2024

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

[Director Benjamin Brewer] gets to show you his monster-making chops, and it's pretty effective I think.

Apr 17, 2024

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Tasha Robinson

Polygon

Once the film settles into a fairly standard chase-and-fight movie, its lack of character depth or nuance limits what the filmmakers can do to make this story stand out from all the past projects it echoes.

Rated: 45

Apr 12, 2024

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Nestor Bentancor

Nestor Cine Desde Hollywood

Not enough Cage and an excesses of adolescent angst, but sci-fi horror fans will savor this variation of a familiar recipe. [Full Review in Spanish]

Jun 9, 2024

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

After the film knocks out Nicolas Cage for the bulk of its running time we’re left with little more than A Quiet Place knockoff where the admittedly well-designed creatures are just bad at being creatures for the six minutes they are on screen.

Rated: 1.5/4

May 22, 2024

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Christian Toto

HollywoodInToto.com

Nicolas Cage's first-rate thriller shows power of male role models.

Rated: 3/4

May 12, 2024

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Edgar

Love it second time watching it!!!!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/29/24

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Kelvin G

Solid acting with some good scares and maintained the tension. Almost no story to explain how they got to the point where things really start. The monster design was interesting though they kind of reminded me of Tremors.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/24/24

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Owen

Just fell incomplete, I realized there will probably be a sequel but for the first part just seemed incomplete. Other than that, the movie was great

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/19/24

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Mr. Hollywood

Nothing new here but the creatures are decent enough. Nicolas Cage is wasted here and the story has been done better before but overall not a bad way to waste some time

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/18/24

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Michelle C

I enjoyed this movie. Lots of tense moments and a couple of good jump scares. I would recommend seeing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/16/24

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See A Lot

The movie was interesting but sometimes confusing. Too much of the filming was nighttime scenes which were hard to make out.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/15/24

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Synopsis

In a near future, life on Earth has been decimated. Paul (Nicolas Cage) and his twin teenage sons, Thomas (Jaeden Martell) and Joseph (Maxwell Jenkins), have been living a half-life -- tranquility by day and torment by night. When the sun sets, ferocious creatures of the night awaken and consume all living souls in their path. One day, when Thomas doesn't return home before sundown, Paul chooses to leave the safety of their fortified farm to find him before the creatures arrive. Just as he finds his boy, a nightmarish battle ensues and Paul is gravely wounded. Now the twins must devise a desperate plan for surviving the coming night and use everything their father has taught them to keep him alive.

Director: Benjamin Brewer
Producer: David M. Wulf, Braxton Pope, Nicolas Cage, Mike Nilon, Arianne Fraser, Delphine Perrier
Screenwriter: Mike Nilon
Distributor: RLJE Films
Production Co: Redline Entertainment (II), Saturn Films, Highland Film Group (HFG), Aperture Media Partners
Rating: R (Bloody Images)
Genre: Horror, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 12, 2024, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 30, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $793.3K
Runtime: 1h 32m

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