Motor City

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In 1970s Detroit, a working class romantic is framed by a ruthless gangster after falling for his girlfriend. After years in prison, he returns with only one mission: revenge.

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Motor City's deliberate lack of dialogue occasionally backfires in a story that winds up running on fumes, but a rollicking soundtrack and visual panache soup up the engine enough to deliver a memorable ride.

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Jesse Hassenger

AV Club

2d

C

For movie-watchers who have wished that modern cinema was less reliant on boilerplate dialogue and tell-don’t-show exposition dumps, Motor City plays like a monkey’s paw curling in slow motion.

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

4d

2.5/4

It’s a fun little ditty, but might not be much more than that. Maybe it doesn’t have to be.

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Tim Cogshell

Alt Film Guide

5d

3.5

Screenwriter Chad St. John and director Potsy Ponciroli’s very good revenge flick tells its story through the acting of its excellent cast – Shailene Woodley, Ben Foster, and Pablo Schneider – its extensive soundtrack (score), and a few words.

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Sparks Lowry

Spectrum Culture

9h

There’s a fair share of meathead charm to Motor City, but Ponciroli and St. John force the viewer to wade through some structural monotony to get there.

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

1d

2.5/4

An admirable experiment that, save for a spectacular elevator fight, is surprisingly light on action and too often has to rely on needle drops and actors having to overexpress to tell a story that ends on a very silly conclusion.

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Randy Meeks

Espinof

1d

3/5

It lacks risk, audacity, energy, and violence, and, honestly, it has too many songs. In the end, this visit to a music-loving city turns out to be a disappointment that doesn't even inspire dancing. [Full review in Spanish]

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David G

13h

Movie was ok, nothing special. Was kind of a generic plot, easy to guess what would happen next. The no dialogue felt gimmicky after a while though. I only saw it because I have AMC A-List. Otherwise might be better to wait for streaming. Had a couple good fight scenes and some decent action. Would have been better had they cut the runtime to 90 minutes as it took a while to get going.

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Uriah

13h

A modern silent film .

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PapaRu

21h

Not bad lots of action and blood. I like revenge and moral payback movies. Especially against injustice at an institutional level . Casting was ok. Script dialogue was very interesting and different and it worked for me. Not a bad watch it’s totally a different movie. You be the judge…

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Estela B

1d

Don’t waste your money. This is a mute movie with hideous content. I really mean it, no dialogue at all. Only background music.

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jimsantaaolcom

1d

It was interesting the use of no dialogue and just visual I thought the violence got a little over the top

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Katelyn M

1d

Terrible movie there’s no spoken words they said maybe 4 words the whole time

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Synopsis

In 1970s Detroit, a working class romantic is framed by a ruthless gangster after falling for his girlfriend. After years in prison, he returns with only one mission: revenge.

Director: Potsy Ponciroli
Producer: Jon Berg, Cliff Roberts, Greg Silverman, Joshua Harris
Screenwriter: Chad St. John
Distributor: Independent Film Company
Production Co: Peachtree Media Partners, Stampede Ventures, Gramercy Park Media, Black Bear
Rating: R (Some Grisly Images|Drug Content|Sexuality/Nudity|Language|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 24, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 43m