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Eden Lake
Genre | Horror |
Format | Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen, Subtitled, Color |
Contributor | Kelly Reilly, Lorraine Bruce, Christian Colson, Thomas Turgoose, Tara Ellis, Shaun Dooley, Michael Fassbender, James Gandhi, Finn Atkins, Jumayn Hunter, Tom Gill, Jack O'Connell, James Watkins, James Burrows See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 31 minutes |
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Like a bad dream turned worst nightmare, Eden Lake is a "relentlessly tense and immaculately paced" (Twitch Film) horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. Rowdiness quickly turns to rage as the teens terrorize the couple in unimaginable ways, and a weekend outing becomes a bloody battle for survival.
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British director James Watkinss directorial debut is an overtly moralistic thriller centering around a couple who are trapped and taunted lakeside by a gang of teenage bullies, led by a boy named Brett (Jack OConnell). Warning signs to stay out of this camping area abound, in the spirit of myriad camping-trip-gone-awry tales, like the classic Friday the 13th. The challenge, here, is to subvert those warning signs in order to harness some minor sympathy for the alleged victims to be. However, Steve (Michael Fassbender) and Jenny (Kelly Reilly) are too wrapped up in puppy love to turn around, even when their GPS signal advises them to do so. As a gang of wayward kids pick fights with Steve and Kelly, the couple attempts escape... at first. But Steves desire for revenge impels him to search for the delinquents parents, which becomes the couples downfall. A good portion of Eden Lake is devoted to the chase, during which Steve and Kelly look increasingly swampy under caked on layers of blood and mud. These scenes are well done, fast-paced, and here, enacting fear, Kelly Reilly is at her best. But as the film progresses, one sees so many connections between the teens violence and the abhorrent behavior of their parents, that Eden Lake leaves no character interpretation up to the viewer. Yes, bad parents usually make bad teens. But a deeper investigation into Bretts inner mind, or his ability to follow through with torture and the sadistic control he exhibits over his gang, would result in less obvious, and possibly more interesting explanations for criminal action. Though many Dimension Extreme films are cutting edge in the horror genre (see Inside), Eden Lake is not one of them. --Trinie Dalton
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.7 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Item model number : 81759
- Director : James Watkins
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen, Subtitled, Color
- Run time : 1 hour and 31 minutes
- Release date : January 6, 2009
- Actors : Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Tara Ellis, Jack O'Connell, Finn Atkins
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish
- Producers : Christian Colson
- Studio : Dimension Extreme
- ASIN : B001G9CNI6
- Writers : James Watkins
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #45,442 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #1,519 in Horror (Movies & TV)
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I was vaguely aware that this film was supposed to be quite brutal and so had sort of skirted seeing it for some years. But I think perhaps the emergence of YELLOWSTONE and the (deserved) fame of Kelly Reilly finally forced me to give it a look. The film features not only pre-stardom Reilly & Fassbender, but a younger Jack O’Connell. They, along with everyone else, are excellent. I’m sure that top-level acting helps propel this film along, but it’s also extremely well-edited and very single-minded of purpose.
I really don’t want to spoil a whole lot, but let’s just say that we get to see several unpleasant deaths, lots of nail-biting escapes and just generally bathe ourselves in unrelenting tension for over an hour. The film is deeply bleak. It has, I dare say, no redeeming qualities. Yet, it lives up to the reason for horror movies on a very basic level. One, to put the viewer through terrific tension so they can have the terrific release at the end of saying “it was all just a movie.” Two, it holds a mirror up to some kind of societal truth…in this case, a very specific look at disaffected youth, who see how little hope their parents have and how little hope they have themselves. And thus, they seeth with resentments, and these are easily turned on the young couple who have had the nerve to intrude on their space and ask for some privacy and quiet. While the events that ensue are extreme examples, I think we can all recognize how little moments can spark big consequences.
But, back to Reilly. While the rest of the cast is very solid, Reilly steals the show. Her performance throughout is one of naturalistic simplicity and clarity, and she readily takes us along on her harrowing journey.
I can’t exactly recommend the film, because it is so brutish and brutal and bloody and exploitative. But it is finely crafted and if you’re up for being put through a ringer, it is a movie-going experience as effective as any you could want. Deeply effective.
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The director/producer has followed all hallmarks of other top directors in industry, once the storyline pace is exhibited, there is absolutely no point of return.
Uno dei miei thriller-horror preferiti. Una scalata verso la follia, spietatezza e crudeltà. Tensione perennemente presente. Ottimo lo scenario tra i boschi. Buona la regia. Bravissimi Michael Fassbender e Kelly Reilly ma è proprio il cast in generale che se la cava piuttosto bene. Finale azzeccato. Film che non può mancare nella propria collezione.