Overview: A brutal story of an unlikely duo who will stop at nothing to find what they are looking for, Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s award-winning film Steppenwolf is a nihilistic, hyper-violent redemption tale filled with social commentary (Molly Henery, The Blogging Banshee) and a must-see for fans of ultra-violent, vicious and unforgiving revenge films (Gary Gamble, Moviehooker).

Tamara (Anna Starchenko), a young lady consumed by trauma, searches for her missing son, Timka, in a small town dominated by riots and violence. In a desperate attempt to get him back, she teams up with an amoral former police investigator (Berik Aitzhanov) whose methods prove to be frequently cruel and sadistic.

Quietly determined, Tamara decides to complete the mission with the nihilistic detective, no matter the cost, as the pair embark on a bloody and bullet-riddled road trip in their combined search for salvation.

Winner of the Golden Raven Grand Prix at the 2024 Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival and the Outstanding Performance Award for both Anna Starchenko and Berik Aitzhanov at the 2024 Fantasia Film Festival, Steppenwolf is the latest film from acclaimed director Adilkhan Yerzhanov (Cannes-selected The Gentle Indifference of the World and Venice-selected Goliath) and Oscar-nominated producer Alexander Rodnyansky (Leviathan).

This Limited Edition release also includes Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s 2022 feature film Goliath, available for the very first time in the US.

Blu-ray Verdict: Violent, cold, bleak and detached from emotions, 2024’s Steppenwolf gives assholes what I can only describe as rebellious inspirations! Weapons aren’t just available; they are required to navigate into this desolate area of Kazakhstan.

The conflict is never fully explained, which is never the purpose here. After a few minutes, you understand how oppressive everything is; the wasteland is calling you, and the only thing in motion is the main character dragging you by force to a vacuum of miserabilism.

It’s brutally toying with your tolerance of gratuitous violence. You’ll witness more executions and unfair treatment than anything else in the film. After a while, it’s adding up. Desensitizing feels like the main quest, in all truth.

I have immense respect when a film aims for cruel violence and manages to be beautifully shot. There’s something so evocative in witnessing extreme instability. So trust me when I say that Steppenwolf is an incredibly competent filmscape, and one that both invigorates the soul and pulses the mind in tandem.

In closing, Steppenwolf is a movie that stays in its own lane. You either get into it (against your better judgment) or hate it entirely. I hope it is the former, but if it’s the latter, well, God bless you.

Limited Edition Special Features:
High-Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of Steppenwolf and Goliath
Original lossless DTS HD-MA 5.1 surround audio for both films
English subtitles for both films
Optional Spanish subtitles available for Steppenwolf only
Brand new audio commentary on Steppenwolf with critic and pop culture historian David Flint, recorded exclusively for Arrow Video in 2025
Reading Steppenwolf as a Transnational Post-Western, a brand new visual essay by author, film historian and academic Lee Broughton, exploring the use of American and Italian Western genre tropes in Steppenwolf and other films from around the world
The Making of Steppenwolf, a 15-minute behind-the-scenes featurette featuring interviews with the cast and crew
Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new interviews with Steppenwolf cast and crew members including writer-director Adilkhan Yerzhanov, producer Aliya Mendygozhina, actors Berik Aitzhanov and Anna Starchenko, composer Galymzhan Moldanazar and cinema
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow

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