SummaryFormer Buffalo Soldier Mo Washington (Letitia Wright) travels West to lay claim on a gold mine. After her stagecoach is ambushed, Mo is tasked with holding a dangerous outlaw captive and must survive the day when the bandit's gang tries to free him.
Directed By:Anthony Mandler
Written By:Justin Thomas, Andrew Pagana
Surrounded
Metascore
Mixed or Average
57
User score
Generally Favorable
6.3
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
57
50% Positive
4 Reviews
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38% Mixed
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13% Negative
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1 Review
Jun 22, 2023
80
An exceptionally well-crafted Western that spins a gripping, racially charged tale of suspicion, deception and survival in post-Civil War New Mexico.
Feb 8, 2024
75
Although some discount this thriller for its simplicity and middle act shortcomings, genre fans will relish its grit, grim dilemmas and period-perfect detail, all in service of an entertaining and believable yarn that honors both the history and the erased history of the American West.
Jun 22, 2023
75
With Surrounded, Mandler solidifies his standing as a talented and versatile filmmaker, with Letitia Wright and Jamie Bell burning up the screen as two wounded and fiercely independent adversaries who both realize they’re in this thing together, and the outcome is most likely going to be a bloody mess.
Jun 23, 2023
60
Like most westerns, Surrounded is about people trying to reinvent themselves on the frontier. But this is also one of those westerns with a cynical streak, where the hostility the characters are trying to escape hounds them mercilessly.
Jun 22, 2023
42
It’s not a bad movie by any means, but in its attempts to plant a seed audiences may remember in years to come, it’s a misfire.
Jun 22, 2023
40
Wright’s lean, long face is sometimes all hard angles, and she enacts the largely stoic mien of her character with weight. If Surrounded had carried through its overdetermined premise more assuredly, she’d have made a compelling hero/heroine here.
Jun 22, 2023
38
The hazy horizons and warmth of the Wild West lend to stunning cinematography, but the bones of the visuals are not enough to support the film. Mandler’s direction is effective for the genre, but there’s a fatiguing number of posed cowboy-against-the-horizon shots that begin to feel kitschy on account of their frequency.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.3
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Nov 1, 2023
6
Anthony Mandler cria um filme basicamente sensorial, de perseguição em um ambiente aberto e bem iluminado, o que vai exigir muitos subterfúgios, de uma trilha capaz de segurar a tensão à fotografia e edição, que infelizmente derrapam em momentos cruciais (como em cortes rápidos, quase confusos).
A protagonista, escrava recém liberta, tenta atravessar para o Oeste norte-americano a fim de exercer de forma mais plana sua recém conquistada cidadania, mas irá se deparar com saqueadores e ficará presa, durante a projeção, num jogo de cão e gato.
Letitia Wrigt, mais conhecida no seu papel de irmã do "Pantera negra", até que tenta segurar as pontas, embora, claro, dependa de uma mão amiga muito pesada da conveniência do roteiro. Mas é Jamie Bell e a composição de um bandido sulista preconceituoso que rouba a cena, com seu olhar intimidador.
É até intrigante ver até onde o roteiro se sustenta, mas tendo muito boa vontade, até dá para se divertir com as inúmeras concessões e arbitrariedades feitas para facilitar a sobrevivência da protagonista.
Ainda assim é um filme com uma locação interessante, que consegue manter um clima claustrofóbico num cenário amplo. Vale a conferida, ainda que tudo muito previsível.
Production Company:
- 3.16 Productions
- BRON Studios
- BlackHand
- Creative Wealth Media Finance
- Mandalay Pictures
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Release Date:Jun 20, 2023
Duration:1 h 40 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Never surrender.
Awards
C&I Movie and TV Awards
• 5 Nominations
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Nomination





























