Alex Saveliev

American Carnage

By Alex Saveliev | July 2022

A violent mishmash of genres, Diego Hallivis’s American Carnage has a lot on its mind. Despite not quite gelling, it remains watchable, mainly for…

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A violent mishmash of genres, Diego Hallivis's American Carnage has a lot on its mind. Despite not quite gelling, it remains watchable, mainly for the...

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