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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The PlaylistWarren CantrellThe PlaylistWarren CantrellClean narrative lines, top-notch production design, great acting, and Hollywood-grade cinematography and lighting elevate Burial above what might have been a forgettable schlock-fest.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshIt’s brutal and exceedingly bloody, as one would expect from this kind of lean genre picture. But “Burial” also is packed with meaty philosophical questions about gods, monsters, and men at war, and it’s exceedingly well-executed.
- 60Film ThreatAlex SavelievFilm ThreatAlex SavelievA moderately fun B-flick masquerading as an “elevated” genre piece, it doesn’t quite bury itself but never quite finds its footing either.
- 60We Got This CoveredMartin CarrWe Got This CoveredMartin CarrBurial leans too heavily on genre convention without adding anything fresh. For that reason, any decent performances which are happening on screen fail to rescue it from mediocrity.
- After lots of inconsequential talking that should have been streamlined, the film’s payoff—various shootouts and chases and showdowns—proves boring. Consequently, Parker’s film never fully recovers from its meandering build-up.
- 58Original-CinThom ErnstOriginal-CinThom ErnstDespite Parker’s apt depictions of the atrocities of war, including but not limited to misogyny, harassment, abuse of power, and crimes committed without accountability, it is a story weakened by allowing the audience to know more than the characters. Careless reveals render a potentially suitable thriller into a merely passable one.
- 58ColliderChase HutchinsonColliderChase HutchinsonIt is a thriller that frequently flirts with becoming an out-and-out horror film only to never quite arrive there. The result is a middling work that is occasionally interesting, as we see how it attempts to strike a balance between these two distinct ideas. Regrettably, it ultimately can’t hold itself together when it counts.
- 50RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsBurial has a hard enough core, both in terms of its central premise and its pulpy tropes, that for about 30 minutes, it almost works as a decent B-movie, right before it unceremoniously falls apart.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreAs B-movies about Hitler’s corpse and who might have a use for it — then, and now — go, Burial manages to be watchable, even when it’s making your eyes roll.
- 40The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe story is invented, and not particularly exciting as such.