Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- witty
- irreverent
- frantic
- cult movie night
- late night horror comedy
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as a funny, energetic, and inventive comedy-thriller that successfully mixes horror cues with class satire.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The aristocratic hunting party turns social inequality into literal bloodsport, while the teenagers resist from a position of economic and social disadvantage.
The four teenagers are stranded in the highlands and forced to evade wealthy hunters with only a map, improvised tactics, and their wits.
The film combines adolescent banter and recurring jokes with stalking, bloodsport, gross-out humor, and surreal flights of fancy.
The compact runtime, comic timing, horror-movie cues, and escalating set pieces create a deliberately high-energy genre presentation.
Films like Get Duked!, and why
Attack the Block
shares energetic genre blending, young underdogs, comic violence, and class-conscious social satire
Ready or Not
shares darkly comic survival horror, wealthy predators, and pointed class satire
The Hunt
shares a hunted-group premise, black humor, and scrappy young protagonists confronting violent elites
Hot Fuzz
shares eccentric british humor, rural danger, and a fast-moving horror-comedy sensibility
Movie Details
- Director
- Ninian Doff
- Release Date
- 2019-03-08
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (272)
Cast
- Lewis Gribben
- Rian Gordon
- Viraj Juneja
- Jonathan Aris
- Samuel Bottomley
- James Cosmo
- Suzy Eddie Izzard
- Kate Dickie
- Kevin Guthrie
- Brian Pettifer
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Get Duked! about?
- Four unruly teenagers turn a Duke of Edinburgh trek into a chaotic fight for survival against aristocratic hunters in the Scottish Highlands.
- What is Get Duked! like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Get Duked! as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Get Duked! violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Get Duked! as brutal.
- What did critics think of Get Duked!?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a funny, energetic, and inventive comedy-thriller that successfully mixes horror cues with class satire.
- Which films are like Get Duked!?
- Films with a similar feel include Attack the Block, Ready or Not, The Hunt, and Hot Fuzz.
- How long is Get Duked!?
- Get Duked! runs 87 minutes.
- Where can I watch Get Duked!?
- In United States, Get Duked! streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
