Worldbreaker

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Worldbreaker

R

Jan 2026

1h 30m

Action

Sci-Fi

Drama

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Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of our world brought creatures from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come. But when the world is about to break, no place is safe.

Leslie Felperin

Guardian

Mar 3

2/5

Pondering what all this means in terms of contemporary concepts of masculinity is much more interesting than the film itself, which feels very much like something lifted wholesale from video game culture.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

Jan 29

January movies don’t come duller.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Mar 9

Derivative and forgettable, Worldbreaker is ultimately too repetitive with its weak plot about a father and his teenage daughter trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world populated by zombie-like creatures. The visual effects are mediocre.

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Dave Golder

Radio Times

Feb 23

2/5

Some decent acting and cinematography give the film a veneer of respectability, but at heart this is sheer B-movie bobbins.

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Joshua Polanski

In Review Online

Feb 9

Devoid of curiosity.

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Tara McNamara

Common Sense Media

Feb 3

3/5

On the surface, Worldbreaker is a mediocre creature feature, but just beneath that surface is a vibrant metaphor, waiting for adults to pick it up and point it out.

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Mr Hollywood

Feb 9

Ridiculous. Most of the movie we are on an island with the two characters. Once it starts to be exciting it’s over. Ridiculous

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Rob

Feb 4

Good sci fi fantasy film. Irish film. Cool monsters but they aren’t shown that much. More drama than action.

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shane O

@Shanes_DVD_Shack 10h

Full of all the nonsense you would expect from A 2025 movie . The story could have been good , it had cool monsters . But it had to be about how men are evil and can only be saved by women

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Cheriel R.

@Cheriel27 3d

I thought this was gonna be a Resident Evil type film given that it's with Milla Jovovich. But it's just a very boring and with very little action at all.

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The Words, The Willow &

@RT81247498 3d

Story driven movie about a mom, a dad and their daughter. Many people don't have the mental capacity to enjoy story driven movies I loved it.

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John M

@RT93008673 6d

Worldbreaker attempts a brutal survival landscape but fails at basic logical consistency. Its characters operate on a "legacy OS" of Western sentimentality that an apocalypse would purge instantly. The greatest error is Willa. Raised in a lethal environment, she retains the emotional fragility of a sheltered teen. A pragmatically raised child trained for combat would be tactically efficient and emotionally decoupled, viewing outsiders not as "secret friends," but as resource drains. The script projects first-world guilt onto a world where mercy is simply a resource leak. Furthermore, it fails at biological pragmatism. The lore dictates extreme food scarcity, yet the cast's physical presentation completely contradicts this caloric reality. The production failed to sell the starvation their script demands, shattering all immersion. Ultimately, Worldbreaker is survival cosplay. It wants the apocalyptic aesthetic without the brutal psychological or physiological recalibration required.

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Synopsis

Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of our world brought creatures from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come. But when the world is about to break, no place is safe.

Director: Brad Anderson
Producer: Michael A. Helfant, Bradley Gallo, Tracy Mercer, Martin Brennan, Jib Polhemus, Ford Corbett, Joshua Harris
Screenwriter: Joshua Rollins
Distributor: Aura Entertainment
Production Co: Gramercy Park Media, Amasia Entertainment, Studio 507, 23ten
Rating: R (Some Violent Content)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 30, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 20, 2026
Runtime: 1h 30m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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