Hyena's reviews
Media reviews
Empire
Writer-director Gerard Johnson and chameleon-like star Ferdinando continue to impress with their strong collaboration here.
The Playlist
Seedy, unsettling and nightmarish, director Gerard Johnson crafts a suspenseful and anxious journey despite the destination pointing to obvious points well known.
El País
Reflects a cruel universe where even the police are gangsters and louts that where only carrion rules.
Cinemanía
Reflecting human, ambiguous and inscrutable nature or due to lack of expertise to round nuances and motivations of its director-writer, without being round Hyena at least gives the trick as convincing and adult thriller.
Los Angeles Times
Writer-director Gerard Johnson resists all impulses to please the crowd. The graphic sex and violence never feel gratuitous, and there's something interesting in the way he deliberately denies his characters and the viewers any reprieve.
The A.V. Club
A few dreamy interludes aside, the film?s tone is cool, dispassionate, and matter-of-fact. All that?s missing is a reason to give a damn.
Variety
What 'Hyena' lacks in invention, however, it makes up for in technical bravado and geographical specificity.
New York Times
The strongest elements of this film, which adds nothing new to the subgenre, are its atmospheric, smeared-lipstick cinematography and Mr. Ferdinando?s portrayal of an arrogant, double-dealing crook.
The Hollywood Reporter
When in doubt, the director cranks up the assaultively reverberant score from po-faced '80s rockers The The (aka Matt Johnson, the director's brother), which at least provides intermittent pep to this increasingly torpid wallow in the moral mud.
The Telegraph
'Hyena' doesn?t stint on creating a grubbily repellent universe, but it never gives us one solid reason to stick around.