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- 2022
- IFC Midnight
- 1 h 35 m
- 2022
- IFC Midnight
- 1 h 35 m
Summary In the last days of WWII, a band of Allied soldiers trafficking Hitler’s remains out of Germany are ambushed by Nazi Wehrwolf fighters.
Directed By: Ben Parker
Written By: Ben Parker
- 2022
- IFC Midnight
- 1 h 35 m
- 2022
- IFC Midnight
- 1 h 35 m
Burial
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5.4
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Summary In the last days of WWII, a band of Allied soldiers trafficking Hitler’s remains out of Germany are ambushed by Nazi Wehrwolf fighters.
Directed By: Ben Parker
Written By: Ben Parker
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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36% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
58
36% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
64% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Negative
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Betts’ adaptation never loses its sense of humor, and the multiplex flair it brings to such a sensitive subject — its wry, politically inclusive approach to illustrating how burying America’s heartache without a headstone only guarantees that the pain will continue — allows for a verdict that feels damning and hopeful in equal measure.
Not-quite-horror despite its macabre theme and mood, this sophomore directorial feature for Ben Parker is a handsomely produced period thriller that delivers in terms of action and atmospherics, even if his somewhat convoluted story doesn’t maximally pay off.
It’s brutal and exceedingly bloody, as one would expect from this kind of lean genre picture. But “Burial” also is packed with meaty philosophical questions about gods, monsters, and men at war, and it’s exceedingly well-executed.
A moderately fun B-flick masquerading as an “elevated” genre piece, it doesn’t quite bury itself but never quite finds its footing either.
Despite Parker’s apt depictions of the atrocities of war, including but not limited to misogyny, harassment, abuse of power, and crimes committed without accountability, it is a story weakened by allowing the audience to know more than the characters. Careless reveals render a potentially suitable thriller into a merely passable one.
As B-movies about Hitler’s corpse and who might have a use for it — then, and now — go, Burial manages to be watchable, even when it’s making your eyes roll.
The story is invented, and not particularly exciting as such.
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Production Company
Stigma Films,
Allfilm,
Fields Park Media Partners,
Head Gear Films,
Kreo Films FZ,
MBK Productions,
Metrol Technology
Release Date Sep 2, 2022
Duration 1 h 35 m
Tagline Some secrets should stay buried
