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Powerful

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Excellent and surprisingly engaging for a slow two man play.It is a pleasure to see films made in such limited spaces with just two performers convincingly delivering the excellent script. The director manages to keep the viewer engaged and somehow the tension increases despite the potential limitations.Enjoyable throughout.

what i was immediately reminded of when watching this excellent film,was iain banks the wasp factory.not just the bleak windswept location, but the calm but psychotic protagonist.a film about birdwatching shouldn't have you gripped from start to finnish.this certainly does,its best to go in blind for this one,so i wont say too much of what transpires.that way the viewer sees a calm almost nerdish twitcher with something totally unsettling about him.set entirely in one locale, this film shouldn't work but i think its one of the best thrillers,of the last few years.the dark secrets that lurk inside all of us even the most seemingly normal people are revealed .this film will stick with you long after its over and if your like me a repeat viewing is a must .funny disturbing and at just over an hour doesn't overstay its welcome.excellent.

When I read the premise of this film it sounded fantastic: a brooding thriller, set entirely within a birdwatching hide on a remote beach, where two strangers meet and struggle to hide their dark secrets. As I sat watching it, I realised something shocking: this film was completely, unwatchably awful. The entire blame can be laid on the script, which is so dull and lifeless that I was never "entertained" for a minute.Past masters of the single-set thriller, like Hitchcock with ROPE, may have made a better job of directing this filmed play but I doubt even that. Whether there was supposed to be any build-up of tension and menace during these long, pointless conversations I don't know.Then, in the last ten minutes, there's the kind of over-obvious twist you probably guessed within the first ten minutes, a highly silly reveal that makes little or no sense whatsoever and only serves to destroy what realism the film had to begin with. A bad ending to what is an extraordinarily poor film.

I was not sure what to expect but I really enjoyed it, and it kept my attention throughout, despite the late hour. The writing was excellent, both actors were terrific and the film was beautifully shot. The film is full of tension without descending into cheap shocks. I would say it is less 'Pinteresque' (as one reviewer said) than Sam Shepherdesque... as you carry on thinking about the characters and the things you learn about them long after the film is over. The scenes of the lonely marshland and the distant birds are very atmospheric, too. I hope it gets the success it deserves! It's great to see a British film, and I presume a low-budget one, with such promise.