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Bushwick

Released Aug 25, 2017

1 hr. 34 min.

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Adventure

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48%

77 Reviews

Tomatometer

31%

500+ Ratings

Audience Score

When Lucy steps off the subway, she walks into an utter bloodbath on the streets of Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood. Texas is attempting to secede from the Union, and militia forces have descended upon New York City to claim it as an East Coast base of operations and negotiation tool. Lucy takes shelter in Stupe's basement, a burly war veteran who reluctantly agrees to help her traverse the treacherous five-block stretch to reach her destination.

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Critics Consensus

Bushwick's sociopolitical subtext gives it more heft than the average action thriller, but those ideas are given short shrift in what amounts to a disappointing shoot-'em-up.

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GM M

Something different and the acting is great.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/08/23

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rtherapy60

The plot was confusing, the acting was horrendous, then the movie ended. The only thing I could make out of this mess was that Bushwick is supposed to be a tough neighborhood. 👎👎

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/14/23

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Uche P

Bushwick should have been a really amazing, but that was ruined by bad script writing and acting. The Lucy character is so annoying, it seems as though everything bad about the movie centers around her.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/15/23

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Klara S

Great story and simply amazing movie. 10/10!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/01/23

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Jason T

This is a hidden gem for people who love movie making and Movies that make you feel like you are in the movie (like 1917). If your love is for high budget Netflix superficial action, this movie isn't for you. What is done here with a low budget is amazing. Real life is all about the unknown, the fog of war (actually a big part of the Sopranos too). You don't know the bigger picture of what's going on, you simply try and survive. A la Cloverfield but with even less awareness. That's what real life is like and real war. And it really makes you think what it must be like during real coups. I wish there were more movies like this

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/26/23

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Moris T

I love this movie nice movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/27/23

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Cary Murnion

Director

Jonathan Milott

Director

Dave Bautista

Stupe

Brittany Snow

Lucy

Angelic Zambrana

Belinda

Jeremie Harris

JP

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Anthony Lane

New Yorker

The effects are scarcely special, and Bushwick locals will have many bones to pick, but somehow the movie gets to you, with its doomy political soothsaying.

Sep 4, 2017

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Simon Crook

Empire Magazine

Delivering knockout action and political punch, this blazing siren of a B movie imagines America at civil war with vicious force. Sequel, please.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 31, 2017

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Simran Hans

Observer (UK)

The film works as a hollow tale of "resistance", with less of a stake in the politics of collective action than in the visceral business of individual survival.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 27, 2017

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Kip Mooney

Fresh Fiction

Provides relentless thrills on a scale beyond its small budget. That's impressive, even if the finished product isn't.

Rated: C+

Aug 10, 2021

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Howard Gorman

NME (New Musical Express)

Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion use an immersive fly on the wall direction style to really heighten the audience's sensation of the anxiety, tension and ferocity of the home front war zone they created.

Jun 11, 2021

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Alex Flood

NME (New Musical Express)

Bautista is excellent and Lyle Vincent's clever camerawork means the battle scenes feel ultra-immersive.

May 18, 2021

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Synopsis

When Lucy steps off the subway, she walks into an utter bloodbath on the streets of Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood. Texas is attempting to secede from the Union, and militia forces have descended upon New York City to claim it as an East Coast base of operations and negotiation tool. Lucy takes shelter in Stupe's basement, a burly war veteran who reluctantly agrees to help her traverse the treacherous five-block stretch to reach her destination.

Director: Cary Murnion, Jonathan Milott
Executive Producer: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Meisner, Todd Brown, Cary Murnion, Jonathan Milott, Nick Spicer
Screenwriter: Nick Damici, Graham Reznick
Distributor: RLJ Entertainment
Production Co: Bullet Pictures, XYZ Films
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 25, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 25, 2017

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