Synopsis
To end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.
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Cast
- Noomi RapaceCaroline Edh
- Jakob OftebroNylund
- Dar SalimMalik
- Erik EngeGranvik
- Ardalan EsmailiKarimi
- Aliette OpheimForsberg
- Susan TaslimiAdmiral Nordh
- David DencikColonel Raad
- Nora RiosDeidre
- Gunilla AbrahamssonOld Woman
Recommendations
- 75
RogerEbert.com
The gloom is practically enveloping. But, in the end, is it really all about hope? Black Crab is more than sufficiently gripping to make you want to see it through and find out. - 70
Screen Rant
Black Crab is a little long, but the movie is too cool to notice. - 69
Paste Magazine
In her recent roles, like Lamb and the imminent You Will Not Be Alone, Rapace has expressed boundless terror and awe in the pursuit of existential questions about being human. In Black Crab, she reminds us with steely resolve that she’s incredibly capable at performing toughness, too. - 60
IGN
Black Crab has all the ingredients to grab you and take you on a thrill ride -- and at times it achieves this -- but it suffers partial collapse by the end because of its need to land a little loftier than necessary. - 58
The Playlist
There’s a vague moral here that it’s better to die than be in service to corrupt methods of governance, but “Black Crab” doesn’t do enough world-building for that point to feel adequate. If only Berg had some of Joon-ho’s signature class-oriented relish, this frigid journey might be more worthwhile. - 56
Polygon
In the strange and threatening moment it conjures up, Black Crab works quite well. The economical bursts of action are mapped out with clarity and bitten off with curt precision. The quest is simple and the threats are tangible. When Berg and his co-writer Pelle Rådström reach for something more, however, they just close their hands on air. Empty clichés abound. - 50
Slashfilm
Those craving some gloomy, unforgiving post-apocalyptic drama might get a kick out of what's on display here. Everyone else might want to scurry away. You know, like a crab in the dark. - 50
Movie Nation
Noomi is good, the supporting “types” perfectly serviceable, the look — that killer image of combat team skating into the darkness from their base as it is being bombed to bits — arresting. But that ending? It’s a bust.
