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Hostile

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Belgium / France  •    •  83m  •    •  Directed by: Mathieu Turi.  •  Starring: Brittany Ashworth, Grégory Fitoussi, Javier Botet, Jay Benedict, David Gasman, Laura D'Arista Adam, Carl Garrison, Mohamed Aroussi, Richard Meiman, Aton, Mirabela Vian, Gary Napoli, Andreas Pliatsikas.  •  Music by: Frédéric Poirier.
       Juliette, a lone survivor of an apocalyptic era, fights to survive against hunger, thirst, a broken leg and strange disturbing creatures that only comes out at nighttime.

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All you wannabe critics complaining about this and that need to give your heads a shake and review a film based on it's own merits, production value and credentials, before slamming it with 1's and 2's and negative reviews.

Newbie (his first full length feature film, only two previous short films) writer and director Mathieu Turi did an outstanding job with this film. His experience as Second Unit Director and Assistant Director showed with his exceptional camera work. Contrary to what some reviewers complained about - the constant flash-backs, I felt they were perfectly placed and needed to be there to build up the tension - and maintain it. The story itself was very unique, and the ending was just perfect. Sure the screenplay had some minor issues, e.g. I expected her to immediately ask "why are you following me" (don't want to spoil anything but you'll know what I mean), and some scenes needed some better editing, but overall for his first (low budget b-grade film with c-list actors) full length feature film, Turi nailed it, and presented a film at a level I'd expect from more seasoned writers and directors. The pacing was perfect, as was the length. I actually wanted a little more - about the "transition from the disaster" as well as more on the disaster (again, I don't want to spoil anything).

The sets, visuals and scenic shots were amazing. The cinematography was on point as was the score. All cast members performed very well, and it was great to see the unique Javier Botet on the big screen again. My only beef was the casting of Brittany Ashworth. She was decent and convincing in the aftermath scenes, but unconvincing and borderline annoying in the flashback scenes. I'm sure some of the blame goes towards the inexperience of the director for failing to direct his cast properly, but I still felt she was overbearing and struggled to convince me of her character.


Review by TheTopDawgCritic from the Internet Movie Database.

 

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