Mojave

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Mojave

R

2016

1h 33m

Mystery & Thriller

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A down-and-out artist (Garrett Hedlund) has a dangerous and shocking encounter with an evil drifter (Oscar Isaac) in the desert, leading to terrifying consequences when the deadly stranger follows his unsuspecting victim home.

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Mojave has no shortage of talent on either side of the camera; unfortunately, it amounts to little more than a frustrating missed opportunity.

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Angie Han

Slashfilm

06/14/2017

As failures go, Mojave is a pretty interesting one. But it's a failure nonetheless.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

03/24/2016

3/5

Isaac is charming and bonhomous as ever, Hedlund is suitably brooding yet dim looking, and Mark Wahlberg is a hoot as a chippy producer perpetually playing host to bored prostitutes.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

03/24/2016

1/5

Mojave is deeply annoying.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

05/31/2022

3/5

…hard-boiled and deliberately alienating, Mojave is also as tough and uncompromising as the desert from which it takes its name…

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

04/22/2022

1.5/4

Monahan's basic setup has possibility, but his film falls short by failing to generate any empathy whatsoever in his potentially stirring cat-and-mouse thriller.

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Therese Lacson

Nerdophiles

10/09/2021

2/5

[The acting is] not enough to redeem this story that crawls off without much impact, making it completely unthrilling and basically forgettable.

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Lorenz L

@Lorenz1060 May 20

I have so many DVDs that I am going through titles which I can’t remember buying and tossing quite a few. I suppose I bought "Mojave" for Oscar Isaac (one of my favourite actors) and Garrett Hedlund. I rewatched it last night and – wow – it just dies a horrible, slow death starting in its first minutes. Oh, "Brother"- the number one killer is the screenplay. It is now in the trash and maybe I can reuse the plastic case for something else.

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Jonathan W.

@jdf23 Jan 22

I don’t even know where to begin. Holy smokes that was just so bad

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Stephen C

@bob25009 07/20/2025

Success in 1 hour and 33 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated R for Some Violence and Language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Kurt K

@kirton 01/28/2025

Yes the word brother was overused but not sure why this has such a low score. Aside from how Oscar's character got some of the addresses, I liked this. Good reasoning and ending. Good acting and tone. Nice touch that Mark Wahlberg is in it too. Kept me interested the in all but about the first 15 min. Give it a bit to get started. I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars!

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Eric S

@RT43150932 10/17/2024

Why are half the reviews about something called "Everlasting", this movie is Mojave.... Should've named it "Listen here, Brother" and I would've liked it alot more, literally every piece of dialogue in this movie ends with "Brother". I should also mention that outside of hearing the word Brother 1000 times you won't enjoy the movie because it sucks.

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown 09/13/2023

It was too existential - a man is facing his own demons in the desert. He stumbles upon someone dealing with life and death as well. But it's really just misses the marker.

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Synopsis

A down-and-out artist (Garrett Hedlund) has a dangerous and shocking encounter with an evil drifter (Oscar Isaac) in the desert, leading to terrifying consequences when the deadly stranger follows his unsuspecting victim home.

Director: William Monahan
Producer: William Green, William Monahan, Justine Suzanne Jones, Aaron L. Ginsburg
Screenwriter: William Monahan
Distributor: A24
Production Co: MICA Entertainment, Atlas Independent, Relativity International, Henceforth Pictures
Rating: R (Some Violence|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 22, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital