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Onslaught



IMDb Info

Release Year: 2026
Runtime: 1h 32m
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre Tags: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Plot Summary: When a rogue squad of genetically engineered super soldiers break loose in the desert, a badass Army sniper must unleash hell to protect her young daughter.

Poster - Title Card


phancy.com rating:

phancy.com notes: A throwback to 1980s action/survival horror, down to the John Carpenter font. Well executed with some fun practical effects (I've missed gunshot squibs), but ultimately there's just not much to this. It somehow has not enough story, and also spends too much time explaining the villains. There's an introduction and a grand finale, but there's a missing middle act to join the two in a satisfactory manner. And why did she need a kid and ex-husband? You could watch worse than this, but you could also watch better. Maybe watch it nostaligically while playing on your phone.


Outside Reviews:

Simon Abrams
2 out of 4 stars - rogerebert.com

Your mileage may vary, but you might also prefer a few extra minutes of doomscrolling as you watch a talented ensemble cast, as well as a proficient stunt crew, trudge through the motions of a thriller that can't even nail a character-defining flashback (amateur boxing matches have never seemed so uneventful). It's not thoughtful or inspired enough to make you care about its paint-by-numbers story beats, and it's certainly not angry enough to be disarming. But hey, if you've seen this type of movie before, the makers of "Onslaught" are betting that you'll want to see their ersatz rehash, too.


Jesse Hassenger
Grade: B - Onslaught delivers the super-soldier slasher goods, but not much payoff

It's helpful to think of Onslaught as horror, even as Wingard sends intentionally mixed signals. The movie opens with Celeste (Adria Arjona), an Army veteran, performing some big-gun target practice on a series of jack-o'-lantern on the grounds of the trailer park she manages. It's the last time the movie shows any hint of Halloween (The Guest was also set around that holiday despite not being traditionally haunted-house spooky), but wrecked pumpkins juxtaposed with an Albertus (or Albertus-like) credits font like the one favored by John Carpenter can't help but bring to mind the famous Carpenter-originated slasher series. Recasting the slasher figure as a trio of muscled-up super-soldiers, the personified military industry run amok, recalls the horror undertones of a certain 1984 James Cameron classic about another form of relentless pursuit. Call this Terminator III: Season Of The Witch.