FlashCallahan
Oh it's one of those twisty turny thrillers where the husband kidnaps his wife's boyfriend, scares him a little then Sean Pertwee tells the husband that he should tell his wife, but then, Surprise! hes already kidnapped his wife and shes in the other room.But, it's not his wife, and it turns out to be, Surprise! Pertwees wife and she is sleeping with the bloke in the other room, so their is really no need for the husband to be there in the first place type movie.With a little sub plot involving a serial killer.It sound tosh, complete tosh, and for the most part it is, but thanks to Pertwee, the film is at least watchable. and it never out stays its welcome, thanks to the bonkers plot, and the ridiculous twists it keeps sending us.My only problem is with he guy who plays 'Husband'. he gets really annoying very quickly and on several occasions I was willing Pertwees character to give him a smack.So the film is nothing new, and offers nothing revelatory, but it's short, entertaining in all the wrong ways, and like I said, Pertwee is great, if you like Pertwee.
andyhall666
I probably shouldn't have watched this. I'd skimmed through some of the bad reviews but thought maybe it would still be OK. After all, I'm a sucker for a four-hander play, set in one location. Anyway, as you can guess from the title of this review, I should have heeded the message. It is a poor film. Funnily enough it seems clear that the makers have genuinely tried hard to make something good. It just isn't.The dialogue is poor and unrealistic, the writer constantly betrays his characters, scenarios are derivative and the movie just feels too contrived. In addition, although a useful premise to start with, the ending is far too weak. Less is more might have made for a more effective film. A better writer would've done too.
dogontour
Having not heard a great deal about this movie I assumed that it would be passable at best. WRONG. It's a thoroughly entertaining and tightly made piece, with tight directorial pace and sharp dialogue. It is undeniably and unashamedly a film made on a lower budget than Hollywood fare but this is to the films credit rather than it's detriment. A lack of extraneous whistles and bells leaves a script which is economic and witty, delivered very competently by the cast. The location (which incidentally is beautifully lit)acts as the fifth member of this ensemble cast. The direction is stylish without being intrusive. There are a couple of lines of Dialogue I found clumsy but they are few and far between and given the nature of a dialogue and character driven piece not entirely unexpected. Bottom line, It is defiantly a film worth a look.
emw10
Possibly the best low budget film I have seen to date. The director uses the desolate location and some amazing acting talent to bring to life a clever, intricate and often funny script. The language is shocking, as is the level of violence, but this created for me an almost morbid, edge of seat fascination, wondering what would come next. The ending was unexpected and not for the faint hearted! Interestingly, it was difficult to like any of the four characters, and the audience were left knowing little more about them than we did at the start of the film. Definitely a film to watch, perhaps more than once to really appreciate the subtle inferences of the script and direction.