Murder In The Outback

"Wolf Creek (2006)"

First off, I like the poster. It's not my favorite poster out of the ones used but I do like the idea of this one. I think this one is probably my favorite. They're all mediocre posters though..nothing special. I guess it fits the movie well though...

This is a good movie. It's above average but it's not great. I've seen mixed reactions over it but I personally enjoyed it. The basic plot is there's a guy and 2 girls in Australia just partying it up and vacationing. They go and visit this huge piece of land where a meteor hit in the past. The ground rises like a mountain then once you hit the top it sinks like a bowl...it's real and amazing to see. I believe it's called "Wolf Creek," as well..hence the title of the movie.. So, they go and visit this site. Come back to their car and it's dead. This guy, Mick Taylor comes along and offers to fix the car so they get towed back to his living area and it basically turns into a "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," kinda' thing going on where a guy is hunting them down.

What I like about the movie is that..personally for me it wasn't packed with clich'e moments. There was only one really clich'e moment that bothered me while the rest of the movie stayed as far away from them as possible.

The movie is paced a bit akwardly but I liked it. The first 30 minutes is basically all getting to know the characters and so-forth with no cheap scares or anything like that. Then the shit hits the fan and doesn't stop. All the actors are really fucking good...like, they're really good. John Jarratt is especially good as Mick Taylor.

The direction is good and I love the camera work. It's very...hands on puts you right in the middle of the situation. The only thing that I dislike besides the single clich'e moment that happens about half-way through the movie is that the ending is very abrupt. It works but it's a very abrupt ending and sort of feels out of place. It does work though.

I can't wait to see the next movie from Greg McClean which sounds like it has potential to be real fun. Overall I really enjoyed "Wolf Creek," and for me personally it was better then more then half of the American horror flicks that are put out...way better. Even Australians do horror better then Americans.. America needs to step up their game and quit putting out these shitty clich'e horror flicks. Anyways, go and check out "Wolf Creek," I personally enjoyed it. Nothing to great but it was definately above average.

Numerical Review: 7 out of 10.

IMDB link for "Wolf Creek."

Sorry for the short review..I do have more to post though so stay tuned!