Slave (2009)

The movie opens with shots of the ocean from beneath the surface. The camera pans along what is eventually revealed to be the body of a blonde woman... See full synopsis »

Director:

Darryn Welch

Writer:

Brett Goldstein

Stars:

Sam Page, Natassia Malthe, David Gant

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sam Page	...	David Dunsmore
Natassia Malthe	...	Georgie
David Gant	...	Mohamed Azis
Michael Maxwell	...	Robert Dunsmore
Roger Pera	...	Alejandro
Howard Marks	...	Marlon The Manager
Lewis Phillips	...	Peter
Eddie Webber	...	Salim
Mike Kemp	...	Officer Alonzo
Lydia Ruth Lopez	...	Sofia
Brett Goldstein	...	Young Robert Dunsmore
Mike McClean	...	Yacht Captain
David Mahoney	...	Night Club Bouncer
Corynne Heads	...	Sabine (Over Dose Girl)
Ally Webber	...	David's Mother

Storyline

The movie opens with shots of the ocean from beneath the surface. The camera pans along what is eventually revealed to be the body of a blonde woman... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

missing sister | one word title | drug overdose | father son conflict | abduction | 

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Taglines:

Love hurts.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, bloody violence, drug use and language

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

English

Release Date:

July 2009 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Instinctive Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min 81 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Remake of Wish You Were Here (2005)

User Reviews

Not So Good, But Mostly Watchable

There's a lot not to like about this movie. It is advertised as an exploitation movie, but it resembles the exploitation movies of the 1970's, just enough sex and violence to cover a two minute trailer. It also tries, but mostly fails to give the lead character much depth and realism.

That said, it does a couple of things nicely. We do care about the lead female character and we do feel fear and concern when she is "taken." (Did "Taken" copy the phrase from this movie which was two years earlier?) Also, we do feel a sense of despair for the plight of the lead male character, who is helpless, but not really stupid (until near the end). There is some originally in the plotting, For example, the villain is a psychopathic Russian Muslim convert who doesn't kill people during the Ramadam fasting month. Tell me where you have seen that before? The cinematography and editing are commercially slick. It is nicely done for an ultra-low budget movie like this.

One can't blame the filmmakers for disguising the film as an exploitation flick. A more honest description would be "an Albert Camus inspired existentialist meditation on the difficulty of holding onto love in the postmodern capitalist world." Probably, nobody would have seen it if they had advertised the film this way.