I watched this because I'd seen Aislinn De'Ath was in it and had just discovered her from her brilliant performance in horror movie, Lair and wanted to see more.
Unfortunately, I cannot say that this indie flick matched up to the great film that Lair is.
The script was poorly written, the acting was for the most part hammy and it had far too much shovelled into it. This was in desperate need of a good editor both for script and screen. The sound was also all over the place, going from clear to far too quiet in the blink of an eye.
The female actors are about the only thing worth watching in this mess. Both De'Ath and the Sarah Leigh do good jobs, making sense of poorly written dialogue and acting everyone else off screen. It's like watching two seasoned professionals in a cast of am-dram.
Which leads me to ask, why does this script not favour women at all? Every female role is written to further the male narrative and they seem to exist purely to ask questions. There is even a scene with a beautiful Frenchwoman who is sat while two men do all the talking and she barely gets a line. And having De'Ath's character be instantly attracted to the male lead feels far fetched. He's not charming, he's sleazy, he doesn't seem to have any interest in who she is and is instantly hitting on her. Even in film world it feels far fetched that she would instantly suggest a date to a park. De'Ath plays the attraction believably, but it's a stretch. I was also left wondering what happened to his girlfriend back home as this is never tied up-it doesn't feel like this was done on purpose but almost like the writer forgot to cover this because he doesn't seem to think the female characters are important-or maybe this scene got cut for some reason?
I am confused by the brilliant other reviews on here-it feels like we watched two entirely different films. On the plus side, I was impressed by the cinematography which was disproportionately good.
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