(Here’s an oldie that no one’s ever seen) (That I recently watched again)
There’s nothing finer than digging through the trash pile that is horror / thriller and finding something very good. There are two stories that intertwine here: a woman innocently gets on a subway to head home from her new job, sits down and realizes that there are seven murdered people strewn around the car (how horrifying would that be?) and she can’t even get off for awhile; there’s also the story of a cop who has developed Tinnitus (a debilitating ear condition) that renders him either unconscious or unable to hear things over the loud “noise” in his head. As she takes the steps to clear her traumatized mind, as well as help the police figure out who committed the brutal slayings, he is placed on “light duty” at a mobile police station (the picture above) taking interviews from the locals near the crime scene at the location of another killing. I found the acting very good (for this type of movie) the plot excellent, the shooting, the special effects and even the score very effective. I also really enjoyed the “no big twist” ending which is so popular nowadays. I was also thoroughly pleased that I didn’t have to read anything into anything, that this was just a straight up, here you have it thriller, made well. Those Aussies sure can make a good movie when they want to.
So, Maia Thomas plays the twenty something character Lavinia, who makes her unfortunate way into the train full of dead bodies. She totally shits herself with this and is stuck for however long the trip lasts. In the train station, our other lead, Graham McGahan, played by Brendan Cowell, appears confused and then passes out on the elevator. Next up, the police have been called, the train stops and they bust in on a screaming Lavinia, assuming she’s the killer (this was a pretty tense scene). As we move on, McGahan is moved to the mobile trailer where he interacts with the locals who’s names aren’t two important with the exception of “Lucky Phil” (Simon Laherty), a mentally challenged fellow who steals things from houses on the street and takes pictures of these items placed on or around his dog (and gives them out as Christmas cards). In the other story, Lavinia spends her time recounting her incident with the cops – it turns out she wasn’t the only living person on that train – so was the killer – and he wasn’t kind to her. In the McGahan story line, he interviews various not very kind locals, has interactions with Lucky Phil who stops by innocently for some biscuits and has a pretty tense run in with a drunken man who has just lost his wife.
Most of the action in the first half is found in the Lavinia story (while, honestly McGahan’s beginning is kind of boring) and then the heat is turned up in the second half as pieces of these murders start dropping into McGahan’s lap – even though he doesn’t want them too. There is a really cool, drawn out scene where some toughs are beating up Lucky Phil and McGahan and the drunk head out to save him (I actually watched that twice). While they are out saving Lucky Phil, the killer leaves an ominous message there on the steps of the trailer. I think they way they put the end together here really worked for me too – it was believable and very well done. While I don’t think this is a “must see” as much as Amber Lake, this is a good one that I would totally watch again.
Sounds really good this mate. You’ve endured some rubbish recently so it’s good to have something palatable for a change 🙂
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This was a good one! I’ve got a couple of good ones coming up : )
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I have slight tinnitus in my left ear from scuba diving. Stick to snorkeling.
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I don’t know what any of that means so I’m going to go with = yes.
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B-but… you wrote a review (above) where the main character has tinnitus…
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OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH THAT Tinnitus!!!
I thought you were getting on about some Roman Gladiator or something….
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Sounds interesting, and it’s easy to support Film Movement (I was even one of their original members, though I let my membership wane long ago). I’ll try to make a point of checking this one out at some point.
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I don’t think you’ll be disappointed!
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Awesome post, as always bud. When will we be seeing your We Are What We Are post?!
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I’m writing it right now!! I hope to get it out on Monday… I’m totally gushing – LOL
THANK YOU!!!
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Your tags…they’re so tame!!! I…I don’t know what to say…Nice job?!?!?! Lol. Seriously though, sounds good! Yaaayyy decent films!!!
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LOL and : (
This was a copy of an OOOOLLLLDDDD post before I got into my tagging fun…
this one was good!
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Hey, I’ve seen this! It’s Australian, even. I thought it was really good too. 🙂
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YAY!!! I really liked it!! : )
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Oh man, getting on the subway and seeing all of those murders would actually be quite terrifying. It’s also terrifying when you’re crammed into the car like sardines and the train stops in the tunnel between stations…
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Being the type of person that I am – I will never ride a subway. I think I would just walk because I would probably freak out and die stuffed in a packed car underground.
One time I rode a bus from where I live to the Texas panhandle – you almost didn’t have an IPC to look at today…
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Well whatever went down, I’m glad you made it out of there alive because I need my IPC fix in the morning!
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THAT JUST MADE MY WHOLE DAY!!!
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YAYYY!!! 🙂
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I was crammed in like a sardine in a subway train once during rush hour in London. One of the worst things I’ve ever experienced. Much longer & I’d have been full-on hyperventilating.
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OMG I would hate that… remember my story about the elevator??? I would die in that situation….
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Sounds interesting but sounds like it could be a bit of a “Sound Of My Voice”? 😉
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LOL – you stinker….
you would probably like this one better – more action and less puking : )
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Hahaha! That stinker thing cracks me up…
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
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WOO AUSTRALIA!!! Nice review man. This film fucking rocks, I studied it at uni. Not that that ensures it is good. We studied some rubbish films. Glad you enjoyed this as well.
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YES!! This thing is damn good!
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Happy New Year! 🙂
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!!!
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