Rent Sirât (2025)

Rave to Wreckage - Sirât review by griggs

You can almost smell the dust and sweat. For a while this plays like a desert road movie with a rave heartbeat — all thump, glare, and decisions made at 3am. Sirât has the kind of opening that properly promises trouble in the best way.

The vibe is Noé’s sensory assault filtered through Östlund’s deadpan cruelty, all the while being egged on by Guy Maddin. Postcards land from Zabriskie Point, gears grind from Wages of Fear, and dust flies in the wake of Mad Max’s chassis. Then it swerves. A sudden, ugly escalation lands, and the story can’t quite absorb the shock; scenes start feeling less like choices and more like evasions.

Sergei López does what he can to anchor the chaos, and I’ll grant the film its nerve. But the final stretch reaches for “mind-blowing” but mostly just blows the film apart. Bold, yes. Coherent, no.

Interesting & Atmospheric Drama - Sirât review by GI

A spiritual themed road movie that has the hallmarks of Sorcerer (1977), Mad Max 2 (1981) and even Apocalypse Now (1979) and indeed there's a post apocalyptic vibe to the narrative, even hints that maybe some apocalyptic event is imminent. Set in the Moroccan desert this follows a father, Luis (Sergi López) who, with his young son, has arrived at a huge rave being held in the desert looking for his missing daughter. When the military break up the rave Luis and son follow a small group of ravers as they head off to find the next one. This band of travellers embark on a journey into the wilderness which is a journey of danger and tragedy. The film's title is an arabic word that represents a journey through danger to the next life and it symbolises here the transformation of the characters as they face the desert and the hazards that it brings. It's a visually beautiful film but narratively flawed as it fails to delve into the motives particularly of Luis. We find out his missing daughter is an adult and jut decided to leave the family home so the reason for Luis' determined search are unexplained. A major tragedy along the way is not focused anywhere nearly enough to justify the underwhelming reactions of the characters we get to follow. But for all that it is a film that has an atmosphere that is beguiling and the film's conclusion is ambiguous but taps into the title representing a journey of spirit and emotion the destination being simply unknown.

Worth Watching - Sirât review by KB

It is cinematic and well filmed.The first three quarters of it is involving but then the tone changes and it becomes quite dramatic if a bit far fetched.The hoped for happy ending doesn't materialise and you are left with a slightly disturbing undercurrent.Overall though ,more than decent.