Having disliked Rollin' with the Nines and Rise of the Footsoldier, Julian Gilbey's extremely violent London underworld gangster movies, when they appeared a few years ago, I'm pleased to say I greatly enjoyed his new picture, a violent, continually gripping thriller set in the Scottish Highlands. It turns on five youngish mountaineers on holiday some miles from Inverness, who come to the aid of a six-year-old girl buried alive in a remote forest. She speaks only some eastern European language, possibly Serbian, and is presumably a kidnap victim, which makes her helpers the target of some desperate men. A terrific battle for survival ensues, admirably photographed by Gilbey's regular collaborator, Ali Asad, and edited by his brother, William Gilbey, who also collaborated on the script.
Four parties are variously involved: the mountaineers taking risky shortcuts to get the girl over difficult terrain to the nearest town; the seasoned kidnappers,...
Four parties are variously involved: the mountaineers taking risky shortcuts to get the girl over difficult terrain to the nearest town; the seasoned kidnappers,...
- 9/10/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
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