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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerIt's all something of a stunt - "Speed" on a shoestring - but very well done.
- 80Film ThreatFilm ThreatA thoughtful and skillfully developed story and a true Independent film.
- 80Village VoiceDennis LimVillage VoiceDennis LimCavite is such a shrewd melding of form and content that any seeming contradictions and shortcomings end up working to the film's advantage.
- 75TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghIt's easy to envision the big-budget remake, but hard to imagine a mainstream American production capturing the original's sour, sweaty immediacy.
- 70VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerFor a guerrilla-style, no-budget Yank indie to even tackle issues of jihad terror and naive Western thinking is noteworthy in itself, but Gamazon and Dela Llana inflame the issues with a gutsy, athletic filmmaking package that shows what can be done with a minimum of tools.
- 70L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyAs you stagger out of the theater after 78 breathless minutes of Gamazon and Dela Llana's electrifying location shooting and disquieting insights into Christian-Islamic tensions, you may well feel that your eyes have been opened too.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenA textbook example of seat-of-the-pants guerrilla filmmaking.
- 63New York PostNew York PostThere is more style here than story, but the style - slashing cuts delivered in queasy orange sunstroke tones, accompanied by the urgent bleat of the cellphone - is considerable.
- 50New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsThe hand-held camera work gives the film an effective documentary pulse, but it adds up to only half a movie.
- 25The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe only rational explanation for how an abysmal no-budget film like Cavite could get released theatrically is that its makers, co-writer/directors Ian Gamazon and Neill Dela Llana, have come up with a from-the-headlines hook too big to deny.