![]() ![]() Now, I know what you’re thinking here, that’s a pretty bad situation to find yourself in and you’d be right. A little boy, who just so happens to be related to a few pillars of the community, including Brian (Ian Pirie), a particularly psychotic chap, walks right in front of the quiet and unassuming father to be that is Vaughn, just as he fires at a deer. They’re armed with a couple of rifles, a knife and a whiskey flask and they plan to integrate with the locals in the pub during brief respites, but things all go tragically wrong. It follows the two close friends, Vaughn (Jack Lowden) and Marcus (Martin McCann), as they journey up north for a hunting break in the wooded wilderness of the aforementioned Scottish Highlands. If only, that little boy could’ve dodged the bullet that ended him with such ease, then our protagonists wouldn’t have been in the sticky pickle that fuels the nail biting tension and terrifying ambience that prevails in the little, isolated and closely knit village. Matt Palmer has wrote a brilliantly simple story with underlying complexities that threatens some eye rolling cliches a few times in its taut 100 minutes running time, but thankfully, manages to dodge them. It’s a thriller and I certainly love those. ![]() A low budget Scottish film with an English director that honed his craft in Glasgow, set in the wilderness of the breathtakingly, beautiful Highlands. I’ve mentioned the hit rate being 50/50 on that platform previously, but this is definitely a hit for them. Stars: Jack Lowden, Martin McCann, Tony CurranĬalibre is the latest film to be hoovered up by Netflix after nabbing the award for best British feature at the Edinburgh Film Festival. ![]()
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