Tailgate

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Tailgate

2021

1h 25m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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Hans is a self-confident man, driving across the country with his wife and two daughters by his side. His ego gets the better of him when he gets into an argument with another driver. The van driver turns out to be the wrong man to cross on the road, and sets out to teach Hans a deadly lesson. Skillfully pushing the buttons of Hans's arrogance, a simple family road trip turns into a deadly obstacle course in this nerve-wracking, blackly comic morality tale thriller.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Aug 17, 2021

2.5/4

While the overall movie is a technical marvel, shot and edited to perfection by Bert Pot and Bert Jacobs, the kinetic majesty of what Crijns and his team manufacture would mean nothing without de Wolf's calmly unhinged magnificence.

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Lena Wilson

New York Times

Jul 29, 2021

This well-choreographed hunt is chilling, sure - particularly because of de Wolf's terrifying performance and unconventional choice of weapon - but it's also a little bit fun.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 17, 2022

1.5/5

“Tailgate” is a movie that latches onto some pretty familiar material but does nothing new with it. It’s made worse by chaining us to an asinine lead character who is as witless as he is insufferable.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Jul 30, 2021

Unquestionably well-directed...

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Matt Lynch

In Review Online

Jul 30, 2021

In life, we all suffer minor irritations at the hands of peoples' general lack of situational awareness and humility, but imagine trying to make a horror movie out of it.

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

Jul 30, 2021

3/4

There isn't much to the story of Tailgate ... With writer/director Lodewijk Crijns' unceasing momentum and twisted sense of humor, though, [it] turns out to be enough.

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B P

@Bradster69 5 hrs ago

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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Mugilan C

@Movielan Aug 26, 2026

Can barely watch it! Filled with logical errors!

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Max M.

@Househuntermax Mar 5, 2026

Mind numbingly, frustratingly dumb. Could be one of the dumbest movies I’ve ever seen.

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Veda H

@VJE4335 Jan 20, 2026

I couldn’t even give this movie one star this was one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my entire life. I don’t even understand how this movie got 80%.

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Peter P

@Petey1974 Jul 20, 2025

There was nothing to watch after endless searching, then we found this movie. Yes it has its flaws, the dad is irritating but leave your brain behind. If you like a classic suspense movie with a fantastic bad guy. Go give this movie a chance.

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Acid Lab A

@RT92237949 Oct 21, 2024

Very bad! If they acted like a person in real life there would be no movie! It is the worst thing I have ever seen in my life, a total waste of time, they act as if they were all stupid in an unnatural, irrational way and without any survival instinct. All the time there are people to ask for help and yet no one does... the male protagonist is a superb coward, the antagonist's "weapon" is a manual fumigation pump... in addition to being an old man who He sees leagues that he is buzzed. The stretches of time by car in relation to escape/encounter are totally fanciful. "acid" sometimes works and sometimes it doesn't... having several cell phones, no one calls 911 until it's too late. In short, a nonsense movie... it's not even good to put it in the background... "terror" for soft people without a survival instinct It is clear that those who have reviewed this s**t well have been paid for it. Because of ratings from "professional critics" like this sometimes you can't trust this website....

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Lodewijk Crijns

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Jeroen Spitzenberger

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Anniek Pheifer

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Roosmarijn van der Hoek

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Liz Vergeer

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Willem de Wolf

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Synopsis

Hans is a self-confident man, driving across the country with his wife and two daughters by his side. His ego gets the better of him when he gets into an argument with another driver. The van driver turns out to be the wrong man to cross on the road, and sets out to teach Hans a deadly lesson. Skillfully pushing the buttons of Hans's arrogance, a simple family road trip turns into a deadly obstacle course in this nerve-wracking, blackly comic morality tale thriller.

Director: Lodewijk Crijns
Producer: Laurette Schillings, Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld
Screenwriter: Lodewijk Crijns, Lodewijk Crijns
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Topkapi Films
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: Dutch
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 30, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 29, 2021
Runtime: 1h 25m

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