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American Carnage

American Carnage

2022
Comedy Horror Mystery Thriller
101 min R USA
5.928 / 10
5 IMDB

After a governor issues an executive order to arrest the children of undocumented immigrants, the detained youth are offered an opportunity to have their charges dropped by volunteering…

Personnel // Cast & Crew

Director Diego Hallivis
Starring
Jorge Lendeborg Jr. / Jenna Ortega / Allen Maldonado / Yumarie Morales / Jorge Diaz / Bella Wholey Ortiz / Eric Dane / Brett Cullen

How Viewers Describe This Film

Common themes and sentiments

provocative unsettling dark suspenseful disturbing grim intriguing conventional solid uneven committed chilling

Reviews

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Beatrice Holloway
Mar 26, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

'American Carnage' offers a premise ripe with potential for social commentary and genre thrills. The story of detained youth compelled to work in an elder care facility, only to stumble upon dark secrets, is a compelling hook. The…

S
Silas Thorne
Mar 26, 2026
4.0 / 5
4.0

In 'American Carnage,' the filmmakers craft a narrative that is as chilling as it is thought-provoking. The central conceit, forcing young detainees into an elder care facility, is a masterstroke of genre storytelling, immediately establishing a sense of…

P
Penelope Croft
Mar 26, 2026
2.5 / 5
2.5

The concept behind 'American Carnage' is undeniably attention-grabbing: a governor's order leads to children of undocumented immigrants being tasked with caring for the elderly, only to uncover sinister truths. Unfortunately, the film struggles to fully capitalise on its…

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Marcus Bellweather
Mar 26, 2026
3.5 / 5
3.5

'American Carnage' presents a potent, albeit grim, thought experiment. The film bravely confronts a provocative scenario where detained youth are offered a dubious path to freedom through elder care. The ensemble cast, including the compelling Jorge Lendeborg Jr.…

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Eleanor Vance
Mar 26, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

Jenna Ortega and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. anchor 'American Carnage,' a film that starts with a bold, if unsettling, premise. The executive order forcing the children of undocumented immigrants into elder care is a provocative hook, promising social commentary…

FAQs

Based on the plot, 'American Carnage' appears to blend elements of social thriller and horror. The initial premise, stemming from a political executive order, suggests a dramatic and potentially satirical foundation. However, the subsequent discovery of 'twisted secrets' within the elder care facility strongly indicates a move towards suspense, dread, and possibly graphic or psychological horror.