grantss
Brilliant. Gripping, and not at all predictable. Not simply a violence-in-the-wilderness thriller, characters are developed and both sides of the story examined. The hero is flawed, and the whole movie feels "real", like you're right there with the protagonists. The use of first-person-shooter angles was a stroke of genius, and showed the shooters' mindsets.Cinematography was great, editing perfect, acting very good. Very engaging, solid script.
Neil Welch
Qim, on his way from A to B, has a knee-trembler in a service station toilet with a young woman who steals his wallet. Pursuing her into unknown, and fairly inhospitable countryside, he is shot be persons unknown, following which he ends up being hunted and on the run for his life.This is not exactly unknown territory for a movie, albeit the characters usually have something by way of back story and motivation.On one level this movie is quite successful - the action is suspenseful and fairly well done, the hunted are always convincingly in jeopardy, the landscape is against them as much as their assailants, and the characters are all well played.On the other hand, the high concept is perhaps a bit too high - a bit more exposition would have helped, and a little more explanation as to what had happened, and why, at the end.
kosmasp
And I'm not talking about the movie, but about the main character. I'm not sure if that was the intention. Of course he is portrayed as a coward. But all his actions and of course his back story lead to the fact that you most likely will hate his guts. Or at least I did, I heard from others that they didn't mind that much or didn't really bother to think about it.The theme (and a bit of a surprise if you will), is the big selling point of the movie. But it only works the first time you watch it. I "had" to watch it a second time, when they showed it at the Fright Fest in London (I had watched it earlier on DVD). I have to admit, that I only realized how much I hated the main guy, when I watched the movie the second time. So maybe you should only watch this movie once and be done with it. It's more than good enough for one watch :o)
OnkelKarl
In the first hour an exciting movie, cause you just don't know why things happen. Plus it's a classic horror theme - a man, a good looking woman and a police officer are caught accidentally in wild and lonesome hills. Somebody's shooting at them and they try to escape. But near the end (and with only one survivor left) the curtain drops and you see - some Kids trying Counterstrike with real guns and killing real people. Camera shows First-person-shooter-view (you see only the gun of an running person) so its obvious. The Kids also wrote down scoring points for shooting or killing people or animals. Very disappointing, I just get sick of this simple conclusion.