A Lonely Place to Die (2011)

A group of mountaineers in the Scottish Highlands discover a kidnapped girl and are pursued by her captors.

Director:

Julian Gilbey

Writers:

Julian Gilbey, Will Gilbey

Stars:

Alec Newman, Ed Speleers, Melissa George

6 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alec Newman	...	Rob
Ed Speleers	...	Ed
Melissa George	...	Alison
Kate Magowan	...	Jenny
Garry Sweeney	...	Alex
Holly Boyd	...	Anna
Douglas Russell	...	Hunter 1
Alan Steele	...	Hunter 2
Sean Harris	...	Mr. Kidd
Stephen McCole	...	Mr. Mcrae
Karel Roden	...	Darko
Eamonn Walker	...	Andy
Paul Anderson	...	Chris
Eric Barlow	...	Sergeant Gray
Jamie Edgell	...	House Owner

Storyline

A group of five mountaineers are hiking and climbing in the Scottish Highlands when they discover a young Serbian girl buried in a small chamber in the wilderness. They become caught up in a terrifying game of cat and mouse with the kidnappers as they try to get the girl to safety.

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Plot Keywords:

scottish highlands | mountaineer | kidnapper | kidnapped girl | scene during end credits | 

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Taglines:

Out there, there's nowhere to hide

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some strong violence

Details

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Country:

UK

Language:

English Serbian

Release Date:

7 September 2011 (UK)

Also Known As:

A Lonely Place to Die - Todesfalle Highlands

Filming Locations:

Essex, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Carnaby International, Eigerwand Pictures, Molinare Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The festival which takes place in the village is based on an actual event known as the Stonehaven Fireball Festival. It's an annual ritual drama, held on December 31st in the remote Aberdeenshire village of Stonehaven.

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Goofs

Towards the end, when they're tying up the guy before they put him in the ground, they first wrap wire around his wrists clockwise, but when they cut back a few seconds later, they're wrapping it counter clockwise.

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Crazy Credits

Over the credits home made footage shows Alison's party in previous climbing adventures

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Connections

Featured in Bad Movie Beatdown: Reckoning Day (2011)

User Reviews

A good effort but a bit disappointing

This movie started off well with an interesting idea, but somehow ran out of steam, or commitment, about half way through.

Melissa George and her friends go climbing in Scotland and stumble across a secret buried in the woods. They try and go for help but discover that they're not alone. The movie starts off as slow burning and intriguing, with plenty of sweeping shots of the rugged Scottish landscape, it then changes abruptly about half way through, losing all of its subtlety and becomes a standard chase movie with guns. It's almost as if the director lost their nerve and decided to go for blood and glory just in case the audience gets a little bored. Some scenes seem to be thrown in just so someone else can be killed, and the body count by the end of the movie is a bit on the high side.

The acting is fine, and I don't have any huge issues with the script, it's just it could of been a nice little thriller rather than half a good movie, and half a predictable one.