Ambush
Seen it?2023 | 104 min | War, Action, Thriller
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 25% on Rotten Tomatoes, a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing, action fans and history buffs. If you loved Platoon or The Dirty Dozen, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Tense, intense.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 44 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
When a small outpost is ambushed, a US Army squad must take the battle below ground on a high-stakes mission in a new type of warfare the likes of which they have never seen.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
25% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesBelow par
6.3 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 25K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Mark Burman
- Jonathan Rhys MeyersMiller
- Connor PaoloAckerman
- Aaron EckhartCapitaine Drummond
- Mara LaneBian Fam
- Patrick WalkerGates
- Jason GenaoBoyd
- Mac BrandtCrawdford
- Jordan Johnson-HindsRusty
- Francis ManchoCole
- Gregory SimsPowell