Shades of Texas Chainsaw Massacre abound, tonally, stylistically, and plot wise, as 3 friends break down in the Australian outback, and are "rescued" by a stranger who turns out to be a maniac.
There's plenty of time to get to know our characters; the movie is two-thirds trough before anything bad happens - this can be a blessing or a curse in these movies; with Wolf Creek it's neither. That's pretty much a pattern for the movie as a whole; it does nothing wrong, as such, but nothing about it excites me either.
The maniac is great, and I understand that the sequel sees him in a more central role, shifting the emphasis (or rather giving it one) to slasher. I'll probably check that out, as with a little focus in the right direction, it could have been a lot better.
There's fun to be had as the movie (quite skilfully) plays with us regards the identity of "final girl / guy", but it's still nothing to elevate a solid movie into a great one.
art slasher, part torture porn, Wolf Creek is a solid movie, that competently does everything it set out to do. Sadly though, it brings nothing new to the table. Unlike lasts week, where I both recommended that you see the movie and advised you to avoid it, here I simply don't have the depth of feeling towards the film to do either.
An average, but serviceable, time-killer.
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Sunday, 27 April 2014
Wolf Creek - Lisa's Review
I have watched this movie several times. The first time, I liked the look of it from trailers I had seen. The second time, I'd forgotten I'd already seen it and liked the write-up on what it was about. The third time it was on TV and just ended up on in the background. The fourth time was as a refresher for this blog. So you could say I am pretty well versed on this movie. No doubt in six months time I'll have forgotten all about it again.
Our plot very quickly, is that of 3 young people, Liz, Kristy and Ben who are backpacking. They find themselves in a massive crater (caused by a meteorite). Their car suddenly won't start and they are offered some help from a kindly local gentleman. Now I don't think it's giving anything away to say, this kind man is not as he seems. He is in fact a murderous psychopath. The movie follows the trios attempts to stay alive.
So, what did I think? Hmmmm.. Watching the trailers, it looks excellent. The reality though is very disappointing. If you take out about an hour of the movie it would be a much better movie... that says it all really. Boring scenes are dragged out. The viewer is treated as if they're an ignoramous. The two women in the movie are sadly, as with a lot of horror movies, spectacularly stupid and you're pretty well aware of their fate very early on.
The positives? The special effects are pretty cool. Torture scenes definately make you cringe. If you watch the trailers and you like this kind of movie, no doubt you'll be impressed, but when you watch the movie, you realise that it's more of the same that's been rehashed over and over again.
I won't recommend or suggest you avoid it as it's neither wonderful or the worst thing I've ever seen. I'm hoping I don't forget all about it again and find myself watching it again in six months!
Saturday, 26 April 2014
Week 153 - Wolf Creek
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