I saw this film last night at a friend's house and was very impressed, despite not liking horror/suspense films.
The things that I liked included
1) Characters that were very plausible (the soldiers that is :-) ). 2) With few exceptions no character behaved brainlessly or made laughably crass decisions. (It seems that horror films always require a few bad choices to bring on the plot but this film wasn't packed with them.) 3) Action/humour/nice plot twists (esp the female character's role). I am still recalling nice little twists and lines 24 hours after seeing it. 4) REALLY nice to see a film with British characters, British humour, regional accents & colloquial slang. I'm not anti-American but watching a film without any 'foreign accents' was refreshing.
I see that most reviewers here mention American Werewolf in London/Night of the living dead/Assault on Precinct 13 and occasionally Zulu. It also reminded me of Southern Comfort insofar as a fractured but fairly cohesive band of highly trained and heavily armed men take on the great outdoors and its denizens.
I liked this film & maybe you will too.
The things that I liked included
1) Characters that were very plausible (the soldiers that is :-) ). 2) With few exceptions no character behaved brainlessly or made laughably crass decisions. (It seems that horror films always require a few bad choices to bring on the plot but this film wasn't packed with them.) 3) Action/humour/nice plot twists (esp the female character's role). I am still recalling nice little twists and lines 24 hours after seeing it. 4) REALLY nice to see a film with British characters, British humour, regional accents & colloquial slang. I'm not anti-American but watching a film without any 'foreign accents' was refreshing.
I see that most reviewers here mention American Werewolf in London/Night of the living dead/Assault on Precinct 13 and occasionally Zulu. It also reminded me of Southern Comfort insofar as a fractured but fairly cohesive band of highly trained and heavily armed men take on the great outdoors and its denizens.
I liked this film & maybe you will too.
