Alarum
Seen it?2025 | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 23 on Metacritic, a lukewarm 5.6 out of 10 from audiences and soft box office, 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 crime fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 35 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect violence.
Two married spies caught in the crosshairs of an international intelligence network will stop at nothing to obtain a critical asset. Joe and Lara are agents living off the grid whose quiet retreat at a winter resort is blown to shreds when members of the old guard suspect the two may have joined an elite team of rogue spies, known as Alarum.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
23 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
5.6 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a modest audience
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 216K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Michael Polish
- Scott EastwoodJoe Travers
- Sylvester StalloneChester
- Willa FitzgeraldLara Travers
- Mike ColterOrlin
- D.W. MoffettRonald Burbridge
- Isis ValverdeBridgette Rousseau
- Joel CohenRoland Rousseau
- Mark PolishCIA Agent Kirby
- Anton NarinskiyKrol
- Patrick MillinDimitri