Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- visceral
- oppressive
- grim
- midnight movie
- genre movie night
What critics said
Critics found the film intermittently entertaining and elevated by its performers, but largely familiar in premise and weakened by its screenplay and treatment of real-world gendered violence.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The premise and opening statistics about missing women frame the death matches as both spectacle and commentary on women's subjugation.
Fifty abducted women are imprisoned and compelled to fight one another with their bare hands.
The film centers women fighters in an R-rated death-game structure built around physical brutality and genre spectacle.
The abducted fighters are manipulated through threats involving their children and families.
Films like Raze, and why
The Condemned
shared death-game premise, brutal hand-to-hand combat, and exploitation-horror intensity
The Hunger Games
shared forced-combat survival structure, gendered violence, and claustrophobic thriller tension
Naked Vengeance
shared women-centered action, captivity, and grindhouse exploitation style
Battle Royale
shared death-match mechanics, visceral physical violence, and stripped-down genre filmmaking
Movie Details
- Director
- Josh C. Waller
- Release Date
- 2013-04-21
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 5.2 / 10 (183)
Cast
- Zoë Bell
- Rebecca Marshall
- Sherilyn Fenn
- Rachel Nichols
- Amy Johnston
- Doug Jones
- Bruce Thomas
- Adrienne Wilkinson
- Olivia Harewood
- Tracie Thoms
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Sundance Now
- Rent
- Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Raze about?
- Abducted women are forced into brutal bare-knuckle death matches in a grim exploitation thriller about survival, coercion, and gendered violence.
- What is Raze like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Raze as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Raze violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Raze as graphic.
- What did critics think of Raze?
- Critics found the film intermittently entertaining and elevated by its performers, but largely familiar in premise and weakened by its screenplay and treatment of real-world gendered violence.
- Which films are like Raze?
- Films with a similar feel include The Condemned, The Hunger Games, Naked Vengeance, and Battle Royale.
- How long is Raze?
- Raze runs 92 minutes.
- Where can I watch Raze?
- In United States, Raze streams on Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Sundance Now.
