Guy’s view on cannibalism...
Do you remember “Ravenous”? I think a lot of people missed that movie or if they saw it, thought it was stupid. I didn’t miss it. I love when people have to resort to eating other people. It’s so far away from anything that I could do. That is probably why it fascinates me so much. The difference between this film and “Ravenous” is that this particular event is based on a true story.
The movie takes place in Australia in 1822 when it was still used as a prison by the Brits. I’m gonna take a minute to recommend another movie that takes place in the same time and location as this one before I go on. The movie is “The Proposition” written by Nick Cave. Please watch it, it’s fantastic.
So is this movie, by the way. The story is about eight prisoners that decide to escape from the prison camp. The only way they can run is through the jungle. After a couple of days they realize that escaping without food was a bad idea. The prisoners start off by eating their shoes and jackets, but after emptying that source of nutrition they start looking at each other as a source of food. The two strongest inmates team up and start taking out the weakest one by one. We get to see what hunger does to these people as they start to drop like flies, until there are only two left.
What do I think then? Australia always makes for good locations. That is very true when it comes to this film. Most of the scenes, actually all of the scenes, take place in the lush jungle. The actors, who I’ve never seen before, are awesome. They really pulled off the prisoner look amazingly, better then I’ve seen in a long time. This is also the debut feature by director Jonathan auf der Hiede. I always think it’s extra fun when someone new delivers on their first project like this, It just means that there is hope for good movies in the future.
Guy’s rating: Support this movie and this director, I promise you will not be disappointed.
Girl's review...
I remember Ravenous. It was an ex's of mine's favorite movie. I should have guessed then that he was a weirddooooo... but hindsight's 20/20 and that's just life. Now, however, if I heard that this movie was somebody's favorite movie, I'd know to walk away and not look back.
I don't flinch very often during movies. I'm usually the one who will laugh at you if you do. It's a movie! Why flinch? It's not like you are the one being brutally murdered, and, in reality, the guy who IS being brutally murdered was possibly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to be brutally murdered. You should be clapping, not flinching. Still... I flinched in this movie.
The "main" character, although he doesn't talk much and is generally in the back ground, is a serial killer. He seems normal, and he doesn't turn cannibal until the very last shot, but when he beats a man's head in with an axe, I flinched. You only see the dying man's face twice, before it begins to cave in, but you can watch the intent on the murderer's face as he wields the butt of the axe like a club. He doesn't scream or grunt as he does it either, he just savagely kills the man. It's quite brutal.
This movie was based on the account of the serial killer. He wasn't believed when he told the people who found him, alone in the woods, that the men he had escaped with had eaten each other. It was believed that he had just killed them all, possibly eating them in turn. Both versions of this man's escape are pretty horrific, whichever you want to believe. This film, with this no name actors and epic scenery, was very believable, and therefore flinch-worthy.
Girl's Rating: Watch this, but don't make it your favorite movie.
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