Hounds

critic Reviews

, 93% Fresh Tomatometer Score
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    Donald ClarkeIrish Times
    An ingenious, if simple, high concept for a lean thriller that counts contemporary Casablanca as a lead character.
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    David JenkinsLittle White Lies
    But as a piece of compelling and coherent narrative filmmaking, Hounds is unfortunately a fun beginning, a silly ending and with a mid-section that’s missing in action.
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    Peter BradshawGuardian
    There are hints of Quentin Tarantino, Nicolas Winding Refn and Alejandro González Iñárritu in this punchy, scrappy film whose two lead characters are all too obviously less important to the criminal overlords than the actual dogs in their macho contests.
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    Guy LodgeVariety
    A trim, unsparing crime tale that pits social desperation against a nagging spiritual conscience.
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    Jordan MintzerThe Hollywood Reporter
    There are moments when the film uneasily skirts the line between genre conventions and documentary realism, but the portrait it paints of Casablanca’s underbelly remains credible and bleak.
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    Luis Martínez El Mundo (Spain)
    Kamal Lazraq creates an angry, feverish and very real exercise in unbridled cinema. [Full review in Spanish]
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    Carlos MarañónCinemanía (Spain)
    That is what this vibrant odyssey written in spit is about, making us calculate by weight what remains of the human soul among the living dead. [Full review in Spanish]
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    Tom BeasleyThe Popcorn Muncher (Substack)
    It doesn’t always work, but there’s enough dirt under its fingernails to make it a fascinating watch.
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    Amber WilkinsonEye for Film
    Some films take time to gather momentum, but there’s a sense of movement right from the off in Kamal Lazraq’s debut feature.
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    Nicolás MedinaFIPRESCI
    Lazraq takes a twist and proposes a funny and irreverent account of the situation that makes us empathize even more with his characters.
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