Which possibly sounds a little indecisive, now I come to think of it.
Which I’m usually not, when it comes to movies.
Possibly …
ARRRRGH!
I really should be getting on with telling you about this film, shouldn’t I … !
Last night — with nothing grabbing me on TV, a little left in my iTunes account — I thought it would be something of an idea to rent a movie.
The movie in question was the 2008, James Watkins directed thriller, Eden Lake, with Michael Fassbender and Kelly Reilly as Steve and Jenny, a couple who’ve decided to spend a romantic weekend at an abandoned quarry that’s been turned into a lake.
And soon to be turned into a posh housing estate called Eden Lake.
But as Jenny and Steve notice, it’s a beautiful area.
They’re not the only ones to have noticed the fact.
So have some of the local children: who aren’t exactly a good advert for the area …
~≈®≈~
So …
About that post title … ?
Yes, I’m thinking ‘Hmmm’, to be perfectly frank.
This is certainly a film I found not stunningly engaging.
But it’s also one I found fair more engaging than Chernobyl Diaries: and one whose central antagonist — Jack O’Connell, as the malevolent teen-gang leader, Brett — who was a terrifying portrayal of youth gone wrong*†.
And both compellingly watchable, very tense … And having a very grim ending.
Eden Lake★★½☆☆
* A character who’s at the opposite end of the scale from John Boyega’s Moses in Attack the Block.
† Coming back to this post, some four years after I wrote it? I should ALSO add I work at a local fast food place. Some of the teens we get coming in … ? Are tamer than the Jack O’Connell character. But not by much!
† Coming back to this post, some four years after I wrote it? I should ALSO add I work at a local fast food place. Some of the teens we get coming in … ? Are tamer than the Jack O’Connell character. But not by much!
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