Why does the only user review of Wreckers on IMDb so far look as though it has been written by Benedict Cumberbatch's mother? I would have thought a lot of people had seen this film?
So, the good parts. Wreckers has a promising plot that belongs to a classic horror movie or a psychological thriller: A newly married couple wants to start a family. They move to the (on the surface) idyllic village where he grew up, and his brother shows up soon after. Soon enough the wife starts discovering unsettling things about her husband. (Yes, it is symbolical. He moves back + the brother shows up = symbolizes his childhood traumas being triggered by them wanting to have a child.) As the story unfolds the husband starts to show violent tendencies and it is ultimately suggested that the couple have an abusive relationship they don't really address (I might be wrong, but why would she otherwise end up in a hospital?). Overall there are all sorts of denial going on through the film but it is not clear whether the denial in it self is a good or a bad thing (this fact actually works to the film's advantage).
Technically, the acting is really good all around - Cumberbatch does "Am I gonna have to choke a bitch?" almost as well as he does "crying valiantly" and the meager script is carried as far as it ca go by the actors (Shaun Evans needs more recognition imho).
When all that is said: The film did not convince. It lacked suspense and character depth to such an extent that I was left, not only not caring about the characters, but also bored with them. The script was heavy handed and the pictures were dark beyond reason (yes, I get it, something lies hidden in the darkness etc. etc. but it still felt as too much darkness).
All in all I guess -i would recommend this film to anyone on the look for a not-so-thrilling-but-well-acted thriller with a psychological subplot.
So, the good parts. Wreckers has a promising plot that belongs to a classic horror movie or a psychological thriller: A newly married couple wants to start a family. They move to the (on the surface) idyllic village where he grew up, and his brother shows up soon after. Soon enough the wife starts discovering unsettling things about her husband. (Yes, it is symbolical. He moves back + the brother shows up = symbolizes his childhood traumas being triggered by them wanting to have a child.) As the story unfolds the husband starts to show violent tendencies and it is ultimately suggested that the couple have an abusive relationship they don't really address (I might be wrong, but why would she otherwise end up in a hospital?). Overall there are all sorts of denial going on through the film but it is not clear whether the denial in it self is a good or a bad thing (this fact actually works to the film's advantage).
Technically, the acting is really good all around - Cumberbatch does "Am I gonna have to choke a bitch?" almost as well as he does "crying valiantly" and the meager script is carried as far as it ca go by the actors (Shaun Evans needs more recognition imho).
When all that is said: The film did not convince. It lacked suspense and character depth to such an extent that I was left, not only not caring about the characters, but also bored with them. The script was heavy handed and the pictures were dark beyond reason (yes, I get it, something lies hidden in the darkness etc. etc. but it still felt as too much darkness).
All in all I guess -i would recommend this film to anyone on the look for a not-so-thrilling-but-well-acted thriller with a psychological subplot.