WOLF
CREEK
With
John
Jarratt,
Nathan
Phillips,
Cassandra
Magrath,
Kestie
Morassi
Directed
by
Greg
McLean
Apparently
based
on
actual
events,
Wolf
Creek
details
the
possible
disappearance
and
brutal
slaying
of
two
British
tourists
on
a
road
trip
with
their
male
Australian
friend.
The
first
half
is
a
very
well
constructed
character-building
piece
with
convincing
natural
performances
from
the
three
leads
as
they
drive
through
the
outback
towards
a
historic
meteor
crater.
When
their
car
fails
to
start,
a
stranger
arrives
to
assist
them.
Their
relief
turns
to
terror
when
they’re
flung
into
an
atrocious
nightmare.
As
far
as
torture-horror
goes,
this
does
twist
the
obvious
routine
a
touch,
but
in
the
end,
had
there
not
been
so
many
movies
like
this
at
the
time
of
release
it
could’ve
been
viewed
in
a
whole
different
perspective.
But,
unfortunately
it
boils
down
to
more
of
the
same,
the
performances
saving
it
from
total
calamity
where
the
character
building
humanizes
the
usual
teenage
killer-fodder.
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C
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