American Hell (2014) User Reviews

Plotless

[Hal_Opinot-Pepper · 2/10 · 8 July 2023]

Two stars because Hannah Fierman chews the scenery, she's always great. Also, one guy wears a cool mask.

Other than that, there is nothing in this short except violence. No plot, just violence.

Ok, I have 400 more characters to fill about how plotless this movie is. So let me say: there is no story, just violence. This brief cinematic experience contains virtually zero percent narrative, only violence. This is just several minutes of a brutal crime spree and nothing else. That is to say, there is no sequence of events in this film besides the following: criminals show up and commit violence.

Brutal. And true.

[AntonioAntonio91 · 10/10 · 17 November 2019]

The sad and scary thing about this story is that things like this really happen. The neighbors will hear you are in trouble and will do nothing, just nothing, better to be silent and calm than get into trouble, even if it costs your neighbor his life. A perfectly portrayed modern society with less and less empathy.

Another great film with Joshua Mikel!

[tracybagg · 10/10 · 25 November 2020]

Where have all these films with Josh Mikel been! A shirtless Jared from The Walking Dead killing a bunch of people?! My god!!!!

violence

[Kirpianuscus · 31 August 2019]

Pure violence. And portrait of deep isolation. Under the media eye. Disturbing, precise, a parable, in essence, a warning in fact. Not comfortable and easy to define as verdict about American society. But it is a crazy reflection of reality. An essay about freedom and poverty and loneliness and young men power. In fact, maybe, a bitter political reflection.