The Survivalist

Impressively lean and rigidly controlled, “The Survivalist” achieves, at times, the primitive allure of a silent movie.

Fingleton also shows the grim reality of this life in occasionally graphic tones. A gruesome abortion using metal wiring and a man whose leg gets caught in a bear trap are two s...

After the fall of civilisation, a hermit (Martin McCann) lives in a shack in the woods and works a tiny vegetable patch. Two women - Kathryn (Olwen Fouere) and her daughter Milj...

The Survivalist is post-apocalyptic action at its most minimalist.

Stephen Fingleton’s tale of three survivors carrying on as society crumbles makes him a worthy Bafta nominee for outstanding British debut.

Directed with a muted tone but a scenic eye by Brit first-timer Stephen Fingleton, The Survivalist, like most postapocalyptic movies, is both dire and oddly poetic.

Lean and mean, The Survivalist a realistically miserable apocalypse - and all the more terrifying for it.