Savage Dog

Savage Dog

Indochina, 1959. The French left. The Americans have yet to arrive. But one man has declered war.

Directed by Jesse V. Johnson

Produced by XLrator Media, Cho Man Ro Enterprises

201795 min5.4 / 10

A gritty revenge thriller set in a lawless 1950s Indochina prison, where a boxer-turned-fighter must confront the corrupt forces that destroyed everything he valued.

A story set in Indochina in 1959, a lawless land controlled by the criminal class: Vietnamese warlords and European war-criminals. Den-Dhin-Chan Labor Camp is run by four such dangerous men. The worst prison in the land, it is here that an Irish, former-champion boxer Martin Tillman has made a name for himself fighting tournaments, on which wealthy criminals gamble in high stakes events. When Tillman is due for release, he just wants to return home, but the corrupt forces running the jail will do everything in their power to keep him locked down. When all that Tillman holds dear is taken away in a vicious act of violence, he is forced to confront the men responsible and take his revenge. The birth of a legend.

Questions people ask

  • Is Savage Dog violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

  • Is Savage Dog scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is Savage Dog easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does Savage Dog end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Savage Dog sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

9/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity11

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise9

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love7

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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