This is not a horror movie, though at times it resembles one: Darkened woods, coarse locals, rusty things, wolves (possibly), a lack of cell service, plenty of bickering, dwindling food.
The scenery is lovely until it is not and turns on the barely likable protagonists. I spent much of the movie stressing over their choices, concepts of charity, and, interestingly, their ignorance. Sometimes you want to applaud the effort they put into providing aid to those who need it, but more often you scoff when they remark about iPads or sodomy or test-driving a Range Rover.
Or when you realize that the bags of supplies they are handing out are unnecessarily difficult to open.
I liked it. It was grating, though, and now that it made its points I don't think I'd watch it again. But still recommended.
The scenery is lovely until it is not and turns on the barely likable protagonists. I spent much of the movie stressing over their choices, concepts of charity, and, interestingly, their ignorance. Sometimes you want to applaud the effort they put into providing aid to those who need it, but more often you scoff when they remark about iPads or sodomy or test-driving a Range Rover.
Or when you realize that the bags of supplies they are handing out are unnecessarily difficult to open.
I liked it. It was grating, though, and now that it made its points I don't think I'd watch it again. But still recommended.