(apologies for our late review, the press screenings for this movie were never kind to our schedules but Shaun Munro volunteered to pay to see the film over the weekend)
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Though the British cinema scene is frequently commended for its witty comedies made on low budgets, we tend to struggle in more action-reliant genres such as horrors and thrillers, given the usually higher costs required to give them adequate polish. A Lonely Place to Die, the latest film from Rise of the Footsoldier director Julian Gilbey, does with a $4m budget what countless Hollywood thrillers with a ten-fold budget can’t – generate palpable suspense intertwined with intelligent action and believable characters.
Beginning without too much of a preamble, the film swiftly introduces us to a group of mountain climbers trekking in the Scottish Highlands; enthusiastic but sensible intermediate Alison (Melissa George), level-headed expert Rob (Alec Newman...
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Though the British cinema scene is frequently commended for its witty comedies made on low budgets, we tend to struggle in more action-reliant genres such as horrors and thrillers, given the usually higher costs required to give them adequate polish. A Lonely Place to Die, the latest film from Rise of the Footsoldier director Julian Gilbey, does with a $4m budget what countless Hollywood thrillers with a ten-fold budget can’t – generate palpable suspense intertwined with intelligent action and believable characters.
Beginning without too much of a preamble, the film swiftly introduces us to a group of mountain climbers trekking in the Scottish Highlands; enthusiastic but sensible intermediate Alison (Melissa George), level-headed expert Rob (Alec Newman...
- 9/12/2011
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
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