Mayhem!

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Mayhem!

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2024

1h 49m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Sam (Nassim Lyes) is a professional boxer about to be released from prison in France, but while on parole, his past catches up with him and he is forced to flee the country. Five years later, he has rebuilt a simple life on an exotic island in Thailand with his wife Mia and her daughter Dara, working multiple jobs to support his family and buy a piece of land to build a restaurant. As his life begins to improve, a job gone wrong puts Sam in the crosshairs of local crime lord Narong (Olivier Gourmet), who retaliates with brutal violence. Crushed but still alive, Sam is left with only one purpose: to seek merciless and bone-breaking vengeance.

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Sergio Burstein

Los Angeles Times

Jan 30, 2024

In place of saturating the whole film with action sequences, the script by Magali Rossitto takes the necessary time to develop its characters and situate us in each context. [Full review in Spanish]

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

Jan 5, 2024

2/4

Gens doesn’t fulfill on the punctuation in his premise, especially in the interminable first half of the film, which starts with a bang that portends “The Raid”-esque non-stop action and then spins its wheels in set-up that feels like it takes forever.

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Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

Jan 5, 2024

It takes its time—quite frankly, too long—to deliver the gruesome goods.

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Maxance Vincent

Movies We Texted About

Jan 6, 2026

4/5

[Xavier] Gens has never been more confident behind the camera.

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Derek Sante

KSNV (Las Vegas)

May 23, 2024

B-

If you're looking for a no-nonsense action film, this will deliver, so I gave it a B-.

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Kat Hughes

THN

Mar 30, 2024

5/5

An emotionally charged, adrenaline-soaked revenge story that features some of the best fight sequences in modern cinema. Mayhem is a never-ending juggernaut that will leave you breathless.

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Raymond W

@Sleeper1971 Sep 10, 2024

Grate movie things a man would do for his child I would do the same

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Enrique G

@RT34343836 Aug 17, 2024

La actuación de Nassim Lyes me parece acartonada, el cine de acción ha encontrado un balance muy interesante entre los actores que aligeran sus películas con algo de humor y secuencias dramáticas. Sam vive angustiado, melancólico y aunque enamorado de su esposa e hija no deja de transmitirnos una sensación de angustia por los inminentes acontecimientos. La película, como muchas de acción, tiene secuencias de pelea bien montadas y sangrientas. Hay personajes que son resistentes más allá de la lógica. En fin, no me parece una película recomendable

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Irwin F

@RT04426756 Mar 31, 2024

Very unique. Final fight scenes were excellent.

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Timothy E

@Tnice17 Mar 12, 2024

Great movie 🍿. Make a Mayhem two.

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Harley V

@Harley09 Jan 22, 2024

I did enjoy parts of this movie but I have to agree with others that it is very slow at times. I think I actually could have napped in a few places. The fight scenes were very poorly choreographed. They compared this movie to John Wick which is just crazy.

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Nick A

@Nick.Aftermath80 Jan 6, 2024

Not a bad action film with half decent brutal fight scenes. But when you have films like the John Wick series out there, or even the Raid 1 & 2, the action in this film just feels very bland and almost boring. The film passed the time but it's instantly forgettable.

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Synopsis

Sam (Nassim Lyes) is a professional boxer about to be released from prison in France, but while on parole, his past catches up with him and he is forced to flee the country. Five years later, he has rebuilt a simple life on an exotic island in Thailand with his wife Mia and her daughter Dara, working multiple jobs to support his family and buy a piece of land to build a restaurant. As his life begins to improve, a job gone wrong puts Sam in the crosshairs of local crime lord Narong (Olivier Gourmet), who retaliates with brutal violence. Crushed but still alive, Sam is left with only one purpose: to seek merciless and bone-breaking vengeance.

Director: Xavier Gens
Producer: Vincent Roget, Dimitri Stephanides
Screenwriter: Xavier Gens, Magali Rossitto, Guillaume Lemans
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Two Suns Productions, The Ink Connection, StudioCanal, Same Player, France 2 Cinéma, WTFilms
Rating: R (Language|Drug Content|Some Sexual Content|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 5, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 5, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.0K
Runtime: 1h 49m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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