.. is what this film tells us. The director shoots the film in the outback with fantastic natural scenery. As you would be well aware, nature is one of the main characters here. This film isn't preachy as one would expect, it had a fresh perspective about humans attitude towards nature and how we take it for granted. But, it just didn't have the effect on me that it was going for. Still, very cool cinematography made it worthwhile. If you don't wanna watch it, trust me you are not missing anything. My friend didn't like it that much and I found it to be an alright movie.
A couple, Peter (James Caviezel) and Carla (Claudia Karvan) going through a crisis in their marriage due to an abortion plan to kick back and enjoy a long weekend with their friends at a surf beach which is located at a remote place. But their friends did not reach the bar they had planned on meeting and Peter decides to go ahead and catch up with them on the beach. But when it becomes clear that their friends would not make it, they They are negligent towards everything from the beginning itself and there at the beach they shoot a mother seal (which is quite a sad story actually) and break an eagle egg and do all kinds of crappy things.
James Caviezel is an underrated actor. He is an extremely talented actor who got his big break with 'Outlander', but that movie was pretty worthless for his talents. Here he gives a good performance as Peter, the everyday rich guy who has the least interest in nature and does whatever he pleases and he also has a strenous relationship with his wife, which was very realistic. Claudia is OK as Carla, but it Jim who steals the show anyway. Her character actually becomes scared of nature very early in the movie. But she gives a credible performance. I had a huge problem with the ending, no guy in his right mind would go in the middle of the road to stop a goods truck that is so big. But the director wanted nature to win through whatever means, so he had that ending done. The story of the other campers is not explained, nor did the climax with Carla. I mean who did it and how did it happen? That is plain stupid on the part of the director. I, for one, cannot accept that nature did that. If it was cannibals or something, I could have accepted that. And yeah there are no other characters in the entire movie other than the couple, so it depends entirely on them. You should be aware of that.
6/10
A couple, Peter (James Caviezel) and Carla (Claudia Karvan) going through a crisis in their marriage due to an abortion plan to kick back and enjoy a long weekend with their friends at a surf beach which is located at a remote place. But their friends did not reach the bar they had planned on meeting and Peter decides to go ahead and catch up with them on the beach. But when it becomes clear that their friends would not make it, they They are negligent towards everything from the beginning itself and there at the beach they shoot a mother seal (which is quite a sad story actually) and break an eagle egg and do all kinds of crappy things.
James Caviezel is an underrated actor. He is an extremely talented actor who got his big break with 'Outlander', but that movie was pretty worthless for his talents. Here he gives a good performance as Peter, the everyday rich guy who has the least interest in nature and does whatever he pleases and he also has a strenous relationship with his wife, which was very realistic. Claudia is OK as Carla, but it Jim who steals the show anyway. Her character actually becomes scared of nature very early in the movie. But she gives a credible performance. I had a huge problem with the ending, no guy in his right mind would go in the middle of the road to stop a goods truck that is so big. But the director wanted nature to win through whatever means, so he had that ending done. The story of the other campers is not explained, nor did the climax with Carla. I mean who did it and how did it happen? That is plain stupid on the part of the director. I, for one, cannot accept that nature did that. If it was cannibals or something, I could have accepted that. And yeah there are no other characters in the entire movie other than the couple, so it depends entirely on them. You should be aware of that.
6/10