I guess I ended up seeing this film because I did rather like The Dry, and wanted to see the sequel, though in part I wasn't really all that enthusiastic about rushing out to the cinemas to do so. Mind you, what ended up happening was that we weren't doing anything else, so yeah, we decided to kill some time while watching the film.
Look, it is similar to the previous film where there are a lot of flash backs. It involves a group of women that go out hiking and end up getting lost. It is set in a fictious national part that is pretty much cut off from the rest of the world, so it is somewhat different from the previous film. Also, there happens to be a storm rolling in, so the search for the missing woman has a time limit applied.
Okay, normally the federal police wouldn't be getting involved in a search and rescue, except for the fact that the missing woman is an information source in regards to a fraud and money laundering case that they are involved in. As the film goes on, you actually start to really dislike this woman, and of course the whole idea of why she is helping them out comes clear as well.
Mind you, it isn't your typical murder mystery, namely because there are quite a few twists and turns. The whole idea, and the way that the film is constructed, is designed that you really shouldn't be taking any of the statements of the people involved at face value. The idea is that they are supposed to be unreliable narrators, and you are meant to be suspicious of everything. Mind you, I suspect that this is what police should be doing as well.
Look, it wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't as cut and polished as some of the other films that I have seen, even Australian films. It certainly does have some good parts about it, but, yeah, it did fall down in parts.
Look, it is similar to the previous film where there are a lot of flash backs. It involves a group of women that go out hiking and end up getting lost. It is set in a fictious national part that is pretty much cut off from the rest of the world, so it is somewhat different from the previous film. Also, there happens to be a storm rolling in, so the search for the missing woman has a time limit applied.
Okay, normally the federal police wouldn't be getting involved in a search and rescue, except for the fact that the missing woman is an information source in regards to a fraud and money laundering case that they are involved in. As the film goes on, you actually start to really dislike this woman, and of course the whole idea of why she is helping them out comes clear as well.
Mind you, it isn't your typical murder mystery, namely because there are quite a few twists and turns. The whole idea, and the way that the film is constructed, is designed that you really shouldn't be taking any of the statements of the people involved at face value. The idea is that they are supposed to be unreliable narrators, and you are meant to be suspicious of everything. Mind you, I suspect that this is what police should be doing as well.
Look, it wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't as cut and polished as some of the other films that I have seen, even Australian films. It certainly does have some good parts about it, but, yeah, it did fall down in parts.