A sextet of veterans (Ross Doney, Jackson Batchelor, Russell Churcher, Omar Mahmood Lagares, Dan Rad, Rich Millyard), most with battleground experience and one trauma or the other resulting from it, meet in the woods for some camping, drinking, exchanging (literal) war stories, and some paintball, with Davey (Rich Millyard), the oldest and probably hightest ranking, taking the natural if very casual lead. It's during paintball that Val (Jackson Batchelor) snaps, feeling he's been unfairly treated. The next day, Davey has disappeared (and only the audience knows he has actuallly been killed). The others swarn out to find Davey, not knowing that the killer's among them, and he still feels the urge to kill ...

A found footage film - and frankly the not-so-great old camcorder-like picture quality and shaky camerawork makes one wonder if this wouldn't have worked better if made the more traditional sort of way. But what makes this movie is that the characters all feel very real so one is really invested in them once the killing starts, and thanks to a very relatable cast they do come across as real. The film's other saving grace is that despite seemingly random at times, it's actually well-structured thriller with solid build-up and pay-off. So maybe this is not a perfect movie, but a pretty cool watch nevertheless.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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