The Silencing
2020 · Movie · R · 93 min · ★ 6.4 · 29% critics
A reformed hunter and a local sheriff pursue a vicious killer after evidence suggests a long-ago disappearance may be connected. As they close in, their hunt turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse through remote wilderness and small-town fear.
Also known as Cazador de silencio
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-07-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Critic score
- 29/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (796 votes)
- Box office
- $170,653
About
You’ll likely enjoy The Silencing if you want a suspenseful wilderness crime mystery with tense cat-and-mouse energy; Not for you if you dislike predictable thrillers or need every action to feel fully logical, like expectations similar to The Hunted or Taken.
Pros: suspenseful thriller; strong lead performances; solid atmosphere | Cons: plot holes; predictable elements; moments feel unrealistic
Themes
- small town
- sheriff
- hunter
- shotgun
- investigation
- woods
- disappearance
- serial killer
- alcoholic
- native american reservation
Cast & crew
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
as Rayburn Swanson
Annabelle Wallis
as Sheriff Alice Gustafson
Zahn McClarnon
as Blackhawk
Melanie Scrofano
as Debbie
Hero Fiennes Tiffin
as Brooks
Patrick Garrow
as Jim Needles
Danielle Ryan
as Dr. Patel
Shaun Smyth
as Dr. Boone
Charlotte Lindsay Marron
as Molly
Brielle Robillard
as Gwen
Directed by Robin Pront