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Really disappointed in this film.

Started off with potential and then they get to te Care Home and it just gets stupid and lazy.

Some really irritating cliche characters.

It tried its best to have a message but because it was Troma level bad it was lost amongst the dross.

It had moments of GET OUT in there but without any of the suspense or good writing, acting or direction.

Extra points added purely for attractive female leads.

And the one scene where a patient twists and consorts which was kinda cool.....but want explained at all and just added as an after thought.

The villains were almost scooby doo level cringe.

Who was the target audience here?

It seemed to fail in every area. The CGI was very cheap and fake looking.

Once they got to the Care facility it was fail after plot hole after fail. Like they just didn't know where to go with it.

It had no fun element and no comedy.

The 'Dog' character was so overracted it became irritating.

A huge blot on Ortega's resume.

Avoid.

The film can be described in one word - trash. I don't know who wrote this script and who agreed to shoot it.

This is the moral here - all white pagans, egoists, cannibals. While emigrants are cool heroes.

I have nothing against other peoples, but this is clearly overkill. And stupid jokes just finish the project.

Incredibly boring movie... terrible acting, terrible writing... I volunteered to go help my daughter with something just so I could get away from it for 5 minutes. Whoever was in charge of the sound mix should never work another day in their life... the score at times is so loud is drowns out 99% of the dialogue. Not that that matters cuz everything said in this movie is garbage... watching it on mute is probably the best way to view this film.... If you really want to view it correctly mute the film and then gouge your eyes out... and you're set.

I think American Carnage deserves a higher rating than it actually gets on here. The story was entertaining to watch. It surprised me positively. Sure, republican Trump lovers won't love it, but do we really care? Personally I wouldn't have played the comedy card with this one. I think just horror and mystery would have made it much better. As for the acting there are for sure actors that could do better but overall it was watchable. The horror scenes were kinda creepy, it could have used more of those. The cinematography wasn't bad, and would probably have been better with a higher budget. American Carnage will please fans of surprising horror stories.

This movie actually has somewhat of a budget, actual actors and decent direction. All of this is completely undone by the stupidest premise I've seen in decades.

I'm tempted to reveal the incredibly juvenile and craptastic point of this drivel but I won't. Please don't waste your precious time on this.

When Jordan Peele had a global success with Get Out I expected us to get even more politically charged, darkly satirical horror flicks than we eventually got.

However, American Carnage which borrows a quote from a Donald Trump speech manages to be a decent albeit trashy Get Out clone about a huge anti-immigration crackdown and immigrant kids getting a shot at life they had in the US before through a community service programme which is actually something more sinister.

Jorge and Jenna lead an attractive cast of appealing youngsters in a handsomely shot programmer that aims for the political crossover but lands safely as a fine homevid title that will show legs over time.

This movie was absolute garbage. Based off of a progressive socialists wet dream of victimhood.

The entire premise in a nutshell: ICE went and abducted anyone with a Hispanic heritage with no backstory, all white people are evil racists, and minorities are a victim group.

The people who wrote this movie are a prime example of the writers that should lose their jobs and be replaced, even if it's by AI.

Do yourself a favor, don't waste your time with this movie, you want to get a gist of what it's all about? Go listen to AOC speak for 2 minutes and it's basically the same thing.

Garbage plot, garbage acting, garbage writing.

American Carnage was a good watch, especially if you like movies using political satire, like Hunt, etc. For those among us who believe equality should be everyone's right, and don't agree with the backwards direction the christofascist minority is trying to take the U. S. today, this film is a bitter pill in that respect. As a whole the film was well acted, the practical effects were excellent, and the story, it wasn't unique, but worked well. I enjoyed American Carnage.

The concept of the movie is a wild one. I definitely didn't expect the big reveal. It's a new angle on a twist in a horror movie thats built around immigrants. Lol, you can also tell they aimed a few parts at Trump lol.

I feel like this movie was not meant to win any awards, it was a playful low budgeted film thats supposed to entertain you. Which it did. The Chemistry between the cast was spot on too. Jenna is always fantastic and My boy, Jorge is dope too.

I gave it a 7. I think I rated it correctly. It wasn't too out there, it wasn't a gore fest. It was good story telling and fun at the same time.

A rare occasion where I hate a movie it is quite messy plenty of racists and poor dialogue that really makes the movie uncomfortable. American Carnage is deserving of the 4.9 rating not much good in it even the horror is like Unborn 2008. I was hoping to enjoy more the poster is great and I love Jenna Ortega so much! Eric Dane is solid he's a lot better in Euphoria. I don't understand why comedy is part of the several genres there's not really much except the character Big Mac is a delight. There's a bit of charm the pool scene is sweet Micah is so sexy, not much carnage should've been titled something else!

It doesn't revolutionize the genre of horror but it's still an interesting watch. It lacks a few more scenes for the plot to be a bit more fluid, though.

As it has already been said, the sound mixing is far from the best. More than once, the characters speaking is incomprehensible because of the ambiance sounds or sometimes, even without.

Big Mac is hilarious and he's the best part of the movie.

But ultimately, it could go without the 'all the white are evil incarnate and racist'. That would be passable if it brought something to the plot but no, you can take out any anti-white scene or conflicts and the movie would still be coherent.

I get it that it's a social critique, a satirical movie but it still s*ck. It reminds me to Britannia Hospital, however there is a big difference between the two movie. The Britannia is a perfectly written/directed/executed masterpiece while this one is a pile of garbage.

The concept itself is quite good but the way it's presented is painfully simple. Even my cat would understand the message without any hesitation. So it's like it was written by a 13 years old kid. Not to mention the visuals, it's like it is from the 90's. The acting is terrible too. Basically everything is wrong with this movie.

Honestly I would not recommend it to anyone.

It's a movie violently made in Trump's image. What if Trump were way more evil and disgusting? The answer is simple : a very interesting story will be born. Although the ending is rather predictable, I can still enjoy this movie a lot. Give it a go, you won't regret watching this one.

It's hard to make sense of this movie.

It's starts as at a fast food restaurant and this apparently plays a larger part in the movie but it doesn't make any attempts to tie this into the later pieces.

The scene with the stoner friend should have been left on the cutting room floor. It serves literally no purpose.

There is banter between him and his sister and the the sister brother relationship does not play into the rest of the movie. There are a few key scenes here but the college, the vegan friend, it goes now where. Cutting room floor.

Then we get into the ridiculous aspect. Every illegal immigrant is arrest as well as their children for being accessories? What? Minors too?

It's not really addressed.

We spend too much time watching our lead in a detention cell. Nothing happens here, none of it matters, keep or moving. Cutting room floor.

Then to get out there is a program the children ca. Go into? This makes no sense, pothead idea? It really doesn't work, but don't worry, they quickly move past it.

Now we're in the meat of the movie, something interesting is definitely going to go here. Not really. I want to say it goes off the rails but it was never on rails to begin with.

The pacing never comes together. It's just a mishmash of common played out scenarios until the merciful end.

Movie reminds me of the story of a modern folklore Hansel and Gretel where the old witch tried to fatten the kids up so she can eat them and that was the ultimate lore of the tempting sweetness of the home. I would rate it higher if there was more jokes to it, but there was none but a classic enough where you can see yourself watch the movie again. Movie basically a modern folklore so kids thinks twice of certain temptations a predator might make a situation appealing. Some biases and stereotypes to the movie which why it is pretty much dark humor. Overall, the movie is not bad and enjoyable to watch.

Well, if you are like me who watched almost thousand movies and all the good ones and you ran out of movies to watch, this one will not disappoint you. The political discourse is well established and relevant, the characters are likable and fun, the plot evolves mathematically perfect way. The scenes are well-shot. I mean it is good for fun, just grab some driks and sit on your favourite couch. It feels like the director, actors and the crew didnot want to scam the audience, instead they just delivered a decent job, instead they did a good job, the best the is possible for to be called as a watchable fun flick.

Just watched American Carnage, no not that one, the Diego Hallivis one. I don't know if I wasn't in the right mindset or if the movie just felt rushed to make a point that got lost somewhere in the process. I didn't expect the twist, but everything else was kind of by the numbers. Not scary for a scary movie, the dark humor was too far and few between, and as much as I felt the story was targeted to my demographic, it fell a little flat, and it might have been a budget issue. Especially the ending with sudden cuts and how it just rushes to the credits. Characters are seemingly forgot throughout, things just happen and are under rug swept, and the lighting and cinematography was okay, but nothing grounding this movie in any genre. I'm happy I watched it. I love the main cast, but felt like there could have been more. I think that summarizes my thoughts on this. It had potential but got in it's own way.

When I stumbled upon this 2022 movie titled "American Carnage" here in 2024, I had never heard about it. But I was immediately drawn to the movie's synopsis, and the fact that it was a horror comedy definitely helped to win me over. And of course, with it being a movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I would sit down and watch what director Diego Hallivis had to offer.

The storyline in "American Carnage" was definitely interesting. It was a rather unique and entertaining storyline, one that proved to be rather off-beat, and that made it all the more enjoyable. So in my opinion, then writers Diego Hallivis and Julio Hallivis put together a one of a kind thing here.

"American Carnage" has a good cast ensemble, with some familiar faces on the roster. The movie has such talents as Jenna Ortega, Brett Cullen and Jorge Diaz that I was familiar with. It should be noted, however, that the cast put together good performances and brought the characters and storyline to life on the screen in a nice way. So that definitely counted in favor of the overall impression of the movie.

While "American Carnage" is indeed a watchable and entertaining movie, I must say that this is hardly a movie that warrants more than just a single viewing. Why? Well, because there just isn't enough layers to the storyline to support more than just the one viewing. The storyline, while nice and interesting, just doesn't have the contents for more than one viewing. But don't get discouraged, because "American Carnage" is without a doubt a movie that is well-worth sitting down and watching.

My rating of "American Carnage" lands on a six out of ten stars.

Sure, it's not the greatest movie in the world, but it's pretty entertaining. There are several twists that are actually good and made me surprised (I rarely get surprised anymore when it comes to the movies).

This movie is a little slow, and shows some action only at the end, but I personally didn't mind that. It explains everything and it's keeping your interest from start to finish (at least it did to me, and I'm very picky about movies I watch - if it doesn't get my attention in first 20 minutes, I stop watching).

I wouldn't say it's a "must watch" movie, but hey, if you wanna kill some spare time - you can watch this one. You're not gonna waste that spare time.

8/10 from me. Peace out.