Cruel Hands

Pretty decent little slow-burn thriller that looks great for the most part and has two very solid leads and a really bad dad. Was def expecting more fire but that’s on me for not considering this is pretty low budget, considering that it’s pretty well done

Jared Gilman

There isn't much movie here, but what there is is pretty solid. Not great, not amazing... but an effective little thriller that doesn't overstay its welcome (it's about 76 minutes). It's about a woman who takes her son and flees an abusive husband. Hiding in the Australian…

Joel Hilke

Good short thriller about a woman and her son escaping from an abusive husband while also facing the threat of bush fires.This plays almost as an exercise in creating one tension filled moment after another but does slightly overplay things towards the end with some loose…

MKPaulLOTR

Tense!!

Brett Arnold

Watchable.

joshrowley

It's a hell of a thing to survive one another

thedayofthedot

This movie did a great job of building (and holding tension). I liked how the bush fire setting was used as an extension/manifestation of the husband’s threat closing in. I also thought that the two lead performances were really gripping!

Adrianningham

Well made, cast and acted hunter vs hunted thriller. The isolation, and the Black Summer fires as a driving force, felt real and were very effective. I would also risk my life for a Hawaiian pizza. Looking forward to Cruel Hands 2: Justice for the Stoner (a courtroom…

Kat

A mother and her reluctant son flee an abusive husband to a remote and abandoned house, but as the husband gets closer to finding them so does a raging brushfire. The lead up to the climax is a very steady and controlled burn, with tensions rising right up until the…

Tombstone Tony