SummaryOn June 4th, 2004, a sixty-three-ton bulldozer, fortified with steel and concrete, systematically destroyed numerous businesses and homes in the small mountain town of Granby, Colorado. The rampage lasted over two hours and resulted in more than eight million dollars in damage. State and local police were incapable of even slowing the machine. Th... Read More
Directed By:Paul Solet
Written By:Paul Solet
Tread
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66
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Mar 18, 2019
80
Paul Solet’s Tread takes a little while to grab the audience; however, once the stakes are fully understood, it becomes quite intense. Plus, the way it plays with audience sympathy is genius, making for an involving watch.
Feb 26, 2020
78
Solet may not have explicitly made a horror movie, but it’s truly terrifying nonetheless because it stares point-blank at the lunacy that allows a seemingly normal farmer to blame every outsider for his ills. If you've ever wondered where a Cliven Bundy comes from, or an Andrew Joseph Stack III (the maniac that flew his plane into an Austin office building in 2010 because he was mad about his tax bill), this is a trip down every twisted nerve and malevolent neuron.
Feb 24, 2020
75
Businesses destroyed, lives shaken to their core, the cars of bystanders crushed, cops helpless to stop it — it’s awful and tragic, sure. But it’s something to see, man.
Feb 27, 2020
70
A tale of long-simmering grudges and shocking violence in a small town, Paul Solet's Tread is a smartly structured doc with a finale so extravagant you could build an exploitation film around it.
Apr 2, 2019
70
Tread abounds in memorable images and interviews that range from darkly comical to deeply disquieting.
Feb 24, 2020
50
Less would have been considerably more in the case of Tread, a needlessly overstuffed documentary chronicling the path that led to a disgruntled muffler repair shop owner going on a remarkable 2004 rampage in a heavily armored bulldozer through the streets of Granby, Colo.
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Aug 14, 2025
9
Great movies, took a point off because of the town bias in some of the interviews. I grew up during when Heemeyer was doing the whole zoning process in Granby. I grew up on Eaton, CO. A lot of people that move to CO don't understand how corrupt the small town governments in the west are, it makes our federal government in some areas look like rookies. Great movie none the less, "sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things, I am a slave to no man......I am a slave to God" Last American Folk hero.
Jun 16, 2021
4
Buffy the vampire slayer Filipino version. Nothing special except Filipino folklore. Animation and acting ****.
Production Company:
- Zipper Bros Films
- Sutter Road Picture Company
Release Date:Feb 28, 2020
Duration:1 h 29 m
Awards
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
