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The Last Great Wilderness
Charlie's wife has left him for a successful pop star, and he wants revenge. He sets out for Scotland's Isle of Skye, where he will burn down the star's mansion. In a cafe, he meets Vincente, a Spaniard who asks him for a ride. With his new friend in tow, Charlie soldiers on, only to run out of gas in the middle of nowhere. They walk to the nearest residence--where they are greeted by a suspicious and motley group of people who may or may not be part of a bizarre cult that lives in the area. Charlie and Vincente will be staying longer then they expected, and it is going to be a strange visit!
Release : | 2002 |
Rating : | 5.6 |
Studio : | TLA Releasing, |
Crew : | Director, Producer, |
Cast : | Alastair Mackenzie Jonny Phillips Ewan Stewart David Hayman Victoria Smurfit |
Genre : | Thriller Mystery |
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Sorry, this movie sucks
Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.
The acting in this movie is really good.
This film isn't horror, its very unique bizarre drama. Its still very good drama, quite amusing in some places and uses the art of suspense and subtlereferences to classic horror films to keep the viewer engaged. Charlie is in Scotland hoping to burn down the house of a celebrity who hasnicked his wife when Vincente throws himself upon his mercy in a motorwayservice station. Charlie is obliged to take Vincente in his car where they do a great deal of male bonding on the road. They run out of petrol on a verydeserted patch of Scottish highland and are forced to take 'refuge' (being the operative word) in a lone manor house, miles from anywhere, where there aresome very strange characters residing. The film centralises on the characters exercising their own demons by beingsurrounded and supported by other dysfunctional people who have their ownproblems. The film ends with some shocking violence. To be fair, its a veryunrealistic story and quite confusing at some points but if you, as like thecharacters of Charlie and Vincente are looking for some escapism, 'The LastGreat Wilderness' could be for you.
This movie was billed as some kind of modern-day wicker-man, but it instead fails to be anything of the sort.Its not entertaining or scary in the least , the only reason it even qualifies for an 18- certificate is because of 5 minutes of mild nastiness right at the end. The movie builds tension and you wait fixed to the screen for the bad stuff to begin in the lonely lodge deep in the Scottish highlands. Instead you get a few mysteries which end up in nothing and are unresolved at the end, and a bunch of guys dressed as tarts at a funeral. The Wicker man this ain't, people. If you see the case in the video store, don't be fooled by the guff on the cover, because The Last Great Wilderness is the last great disappointment.
I don't want to say this is a bad film because I think I was expecting too much from it. A couple of reviews had lead me to believe it was similar to 28 Days Later and Dog Soldiers (Both of which I really enjoyed).The film began well enough and I think it is an interesting idea. However, by the closing credits I was left underwhelmed, disapointed and most importantly confused.Maybe there was some signifigance to the ending but if there was, I sure didn't get it.Despite this, I would say it is definatley a film worth watching.
This starts out looking like a run of the mill road trip film then suddenly you realise it's tripped into Wicker man territory. Well worth seeing, especially if you're familiar with the atmosphere in the highlands of scotland as its full of subtle references to the attitudes of the location, which really ring true.In a way it's a one actor movie but Alastair Mackenzie does well as Charlie, although for anyone who's seen Monarch of the Glen it's difficult to stop seeing him as Archie. That being said the supporting cast, the usual suspects from the scottish luvies, do well too.Overall a delightful, well observed comedy on the nature of escapisim.