Serpent's Path
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A mysterious woman teams up with a man whose daughter was killed and who is now seeking revenge. Together they kidnap members of an organization and torture them to find out what really happened.
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Reviewers largely see the 2024 French remake of The Serpent's Path as a sharp, deadpan companion piece to Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 1998 original rather than a straight copy. Fans praise Ko Shibasaki's cold, menacing Sayoko and the film's shifts between dark comedy and dread, though a few feel it loses some of the original's oppressive atmosphere. Many point out that the remake is so closely built on the original's beats that it reads almost like a second chapter in a trilogy.
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- Oct 31, 2024
A fine variation on the 1998 original less blunt and taken by the more immediate genre pleasures, very much a revisit. The violence is more tormented and the overall design feels bigger. Kurosawa feels a little more at home in France than in his previous attempt even if the…
Filipe FurtadoOct 12, 2026A great thriller on it's own. And an interesting remake from the same director 26 years later. Does a nice job of mixing things up with prettier locations, a higher budget, and a more varied cast. "Nothing has happened yet." Ko Shibasaki could be an unbeatable poker…
Rich SwansonNov 19, 2024At 69, Kurosawa managed to produce three films in a single year, while I'm here contemplating whether I can even finish all the work I still have left on my desk. This remake of Kurosawa's 1998 film sticks to the same basic storyline: a father seeking revenge after his…
Jomari Bashin - Nov 17, 2025
three films in one year at 69 is extremely impressive when all of them are bangers
meyiJul 9, 2024The second Kiyoshi work this year, and for my money this is an even more haunting film than Chime. Clearly, something within Serpent’s Path kept the director coming back to it: whether it’s the preordained doom of human cruelty or the rapidly growing global tensions, the…
Dimitri KrausDec 5, 2024the three films Kurosawa premiered this year are all so strong. so refreshing to watch genre work that is more than scraps
Sam B. - Dec 19, 2024
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Adam NaymanNov 2, 2024the original serpent's path is one of my favorite movies and imo a key kurosawa work. it's the sly toeing of the line between dark humor and psychological horror, where the crime caper setup of two men seeking revenge and constantly seeming to get misdirected to the "wrong"…
y2kDec 17, 2024Much to admire from those first shots conveying who’s in control of this story. But I really tapped in realizing this is far less a remake, much closer to forming a trilogy with its “original” and Eyes of the Spider (or somebody trying to remember the first film’s plot and…
Nick Newman
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- Enguerran is "meh" onSerpent's Path
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Mar 31, 2026
This update brings nothing particularly new to the table of the writer-director’s work.
Deborah Young
The Film Verdict
Mar 31, 2026
One thing that can be said for revenge thriller Serpent’s Path, by Japanese genre maestro Kiyoshi Kurosawa, is that its French remodelling stands coherently enough on its own terms, although the result is a murky, over-extended affair.
Jonathan Romney
Screen Daily
Sep 25, 2024
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, not unlike Hitchcock, is the kind of tireless genre craftsman who seems to approach every feature as a test of his own proficiency: Serpent’s Path, a brisk, harsh and, yes, clinically professional update of his own 1998 thriller of the same title, passes said test without a moment’s strain.
Guy Lodge
Variety
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How long is Serpent's Path (2026)?
The movie is 1hr 52min long.
What's Serpent's Path (2026) about?
A mysterious woman teams up with a man whose daughter was killed and who is now seeking revenge. Together they kidnap members of an organization and torture them to find out what really happened.
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