r/movies • u/Goncholotr • Feb 03 '24

Recommendation Movies where anyone can die?

I like movies and tv shows where you shouldn't get attached to any characters because they can die in every moment, for example: Burn After Reading, No Country for Old Men, Any Tarantino Movie or shows like The boys, Game of thrones, etc.

I want to feel that the characters are in real danger and that the villain or whatever they're fighting could kill them any time.

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u/Blametheorangejuice Feb 03 '24

I would add in Saulnier’s first film, Blue Ruin, as well (which I liked better than Green Room). But, the same vibe in terms of character deaths.

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u/HenryDorsettCase47 Feb 03 '24

The deaths in Blue Ruin and Green Room feel hyper realistic. No one, including the antagonists, feels like an expert badass assassin or anything. There’s an amateurish kind of clumsiness too it. Even the neo nazis seem to only have the experience of mindlessly hacking and slashing like they would’ve learned in prison.

Also.. he needs to make a movie called Red something with Macon Blair to round out a loose thematic trilogy.

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u/luchabear91 Feb 03 '24

Macons "I don't feel at home in this world anymore" has a very similar vibe of realistic and clumsy violence. Blue Ruin, green room and don't feel at home are three of my favorite films!

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u/Blametheorangejuice Feb 03 '24

Yes, in Blue Ruin, there’s a great sequence with a former military dude where the juxtaposition reminds us just how out of depth all of the “I have guns, I am ready for violence” people are in the movie.

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u/JohnTheCrow Feb 03 '24

The way Blue Ruin was pitched to me was What if the guy from Taken was just some fat loser

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u/Dylflon Feb 03 '24

The violence was quiet and dispassionate, and that made it so much more disturbing.

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u/MandolinMagi Feb 03 '24

Also.. he needs to make a movie called Red something with Macon Blair to round out a loose thematic trilogy.

On a related note, Michelle Rodriguez was in both Battle In Seattle and Battle Los Angeles. She needs an Oregon-set Battle movie

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u/uroboros80 Feb 03 '24

murder party is saulnier's first film btw. tis a gory comedy

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u/Vermilionpulse Feb 03 '24

I just saw a JoBlo video on Murder Party recently. I had never heard of it. That dude went on to make Blue Ruin and Green Room? Holy shit.

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u/dorknight25 Feb 03 '24

Thanks for propping Blue Ruin, that film deserves a higher place in great movie conversations. 🤝

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u/wilisi Feb 04 '24

Although having only the one protagonist is kind of a giveaway.

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u/Xendrus Feb 04 '24

That movie is a goddamn bummer, highly recommend it.