Wolf Creek - be sure

I went to see a new Australian film called Wolf Creek on Tuesday night and I highly recommend that if you intend to see it that you make sure you prepare yourself and take a bucket.

I thought I'd seen violent and nasty films by watching Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter - this left them for dead. Maybe it was just the wrong night for me, maybe it was the fact I grew up in Alice Springs, so the landscapes were really familiar, but I've never experienced what I did while watching it: I've never felt physically ill during a film and I was through at least half of it (I haven't watched The Passion of the Christ, so that might be another to avoid for me so I've heard), I've never considered walking out of a theatre before (and I should have, in retrospect), and I've never looked away from the screen to avoid seeing something.

Anyway, I feel rather strongly about it, so I thought I might pass on this warning.

I should probably give you a review of the film as well though:

It's a truly excellent film: very realistic, plausible (only a couple of technicalities), very scary, very gruesome, superb acting, music, landscapes/settings, even the ending worked for me (others had been disappointed), plus an excellent story.

I just wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Just my two cents.

For more info read Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton's review on the ABC At The Movies website.

Posted by Derek Weber at December 8, 2005 05:08 PM