2006
Gary Oldman, Paddy Considine, Virginie Ledoyen, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon
Paul (Oldman) and his wife Isabel (Gijon) have friends Norman (Considine) and Lucy (Ledoyen) to stay at their home in the Basque region. Some of the locals are not entirely friendly and when Paul and Norman find a young deformed girl hidden away in an old abandoned house in the forest, a game of cat and mouse ensues to get the girl to safety.
This could have been a fantastic film. Had echoes of Straw Dogs and Deliverance. I very much enjoyed hearing Gary speak in Spanish, he seemed to enjoy speaking the language. The music was good and very atmospheric, as was the cinematography. Monsoon rain in the middle of a forest and men holding guns to each others heads is always a winner.......
However, i hate loose ends in stories that never get rectified. And this is where the film falls....which is a shame, as i enjoyed it!
7/10
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