A gang of ruthless killers abduct a couple. Only they come to a shocking discovery that things are not what they seem.
Genre : Horror
Country : USA
Cast :
Luke Evans : Driver
Adelaide Clemens : Emma
Derek Magyar : Flynn
Director :
Ryuhei Kitamura
My opinion
This movie was a pleasant surprise. The beginning was like so many other movie in this genre. Only it took an unexpected turn after a while. What started as a revenge movie in which a couple is abducted by a member of a gang of thugs, quickly turns into a knockout competition for these idlers. The male part of that couple isn’t an ordinary guy, it seems. Turns out the crazy gang has found an even more crazy serial killer as an opponent. I haven’t seen a film that was directed by Kitamura, but I’m sure going to take a look at some of him. It was a fast and furious movie which wasn’t boring for a moment.
It’s not really a horror movie. It’s more an action packed slaughter movie with some gore fragments. Although the gore isn’t that heavy anyway. The majority of the images isn’t really explicitly placed into the picture and is rather suggestive. The script was excellent. This because of the plot twists and sometimes different way of working. I found Luke Evans resplendent in his role as “Driver”. Only he was a little TOO perfect. He always looked neat and tidy. He was terribly clever and smart, damn fast in carrying out a plan and setting up traps in the field. For example, it was a bit exaggerated that he had placed booby traps and firearms/bows at strategic locations in the forest in a jiffy. And those traps were also triggered by switches under the boards on the terrace. Amazingly
The best and most beautiful captured image is the moment he slides out of Ethan’s dead body. Now … if you think further about this, it’s again a bit excessive. He’d have an immense job in order to slaughter the latter… and he would certainly fell out of it at the time this behemoth was carried into the van. But that’s again splitting hairs.