Hostile is a Survival Horror Movie Drama by Mathieu Turi.
In a post-apocalyptic world, there exists a woman named Juliette (Brittany Ashworth). She was out scouting for her group one day when, on the way back, her car flips, and she gets knocked out. When she comes to, she discovers that she has a broken leg, and it's night out, which isn't ideal because of the hostile creatures called Reapers that roam the landscape when the sun sets.
Now, Juliette needs to survive until morning while keeping the Reaper outside her van at bay. While all this is happening, we also get glimpses into Juliette's past, from before the world was destroyed. Before that, she met and has a romance with a charming French man known as Jack (Grégory Fitoussi).
The movie was released on July 4th, 2017 in Switzerland. It was released in the US on September 13th the same year.
Not to be confused with Hostiles or Hostel.
Hostile contains examples of:
- Bittersweet Ending: Juliette realizes that the reaper is in fact Jack, reunited with the love of her life they share a tender embrace, before Juliette uses her revolver to kill both herself and Jack.
- Creepily Long Arms: The Reaper outside Juliette's van has long arms and legs.
- Flashback: Half the movie consists of flashbacks to the life that Juliette had with Jack before the apocalypse started.
- Grief-Induced Split: Flashbacks show that Juliette and Jack's relationship ended after she miscarried their child.
- Hand Cannon: Juliette has a revolver as her weapon. She uses it to kill herself and Jack at the end.
- Lean and Mean: The Reaper looks pretty emaciated.
- One-Word Title: Well, the movie IS called "Hostile".
- Outliving One's Offspring: Losing the child you(r wife) gave birth to while it's being born. And after the falling out with your spouse, getting word that your spouse has been in an accident, and is in the hospital on life support.
- The Reveal: As the Reaper crawls up Juliette and reaches for her face, it rubs its fingers down her face like Jack said his mom used to do to him. This reveals to her that Jack is the Reaper.
- Screaming Birth: Juliette lets out a scream while giving birth to her and Jack's kid.
- Trauma Conga Line: Juliette was a drug addict, she suffered the death of her child, the apparent death of her husband and then has to survive the literal End of the World.
- Unspecified Apocalypse: What caused the apocalypse is never explained, however, it is implied to be connected to a chemical terrorist attack in New York City which Juliette sees being reported on television.
- Weakened by the Light: Harry tells Juliette that Reapers hate light. Juliette uses this, shining a bright light on the Reaper, causing it to back off.
