A movie that perfectly captures what a low budget filmmaking should be all about. Show little, hint at a lot, and don't have your characters say much at all. Director Stephen Fingleton does a great job at maximizing his resources to create an intense and suspenseful movie in which, for the most part, we only see three main characters. I can count the lines of dialogue that are spoken on two hands, maybe, yet the movie is never boring, dull or uninteresting. The scene in the grassy field, in which the main character (Martin McCann) attempts to save a woman from a maniacal rapist, is executed as perfectly as can be, especially the crane camera POV. There is a lot of similarity to the movie The Road, and this, in a way, feels like a sequel of sorts, but with different characters. I really hope future filmmakers, who are bound to shoe-string budgets, take a look at this movie and see how one can get the most of out their cast, their script and their location. Very well done.
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