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Barbarians

UK 2021
produced by
Laurie Cook, Charles Dorfman, Jason Newmark, David Gilbery (executive), Samuel Marshall (executive), Marlon Vogelgesang (executive) for Samuel Marshall Films, Media Finance Capital
directed by Charles Dorfman
starring Iwan Rheon, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Tom Cullen, Inès Spiridonov, Connor Swindells, Tommy McDonnell, Will Kemp, Steve Saunders, Kevin Ryan, Hedy Krissane
story by Statten Roeg, Charles Dorfman, screenplay by Charles Dorfman, music by Marc Canham

review by
Mike Haberfelner

It's Adam's (Iwan Rheon) birthday, and he and his girlfriend Eva (Catalina Sandino Moreno) plan to spend the evening with their friend Lucas (Tom Cullen) and his girlfriend Chloe (Inès Spiridnov) at their soon-to-be dreamhome in the country. Now what one needs to know here is that Lucas is the very land developer to sell them their dream home as the first tenants of a whole building project. And Lucas isn't exactly the nicest of people, he tries to turn everything to his advantage, and doesn't even shy away from trying the sale price of the place after he and Adam and Eva have already agreed on a sum. Furthermore he can't stop making fun of Adam's short height and pretty much tries to play alpha dog with Adam all the time, much to the latter's dismay - so much so that Adam spikes one of Lucas's drinks. What Lucas of course doesn't know is that the child Chloe's pregnant with might very well be Adam's, who had a short affair with her - but of course that comes out during the evening, which is when the argument between the two men gets physical ... so they totally fail that three armed men in animal masks have just made it into the house. Soon our little dinner party ends up all tied up and gagged, who as it first looks have something to do with the nearby druidic monument - but eventually it becomes clear that they're the sons of Lucas's business partner whom he has tricked out of his property and driven to suicide. Our heroes try to fight back, but Lucas is at that point all drugged up, Adam isn't much of a fighter, so it's really up to the girls ...

 

For the most part, this is a really fine satire about toxic masculinity, built on the grounds of a folk horror premise. And the four leads really carry this part well and play well off one another while the direction really gets the gist of things. And even when the folk horror angle is somewhat subverted and things go towards more down-to-earth home invasion, that works. It's only the finale that doesn't quite cut the slack, as it's very much on the conventional side, and actually re-affirms the alpha dog attitudes it has so long poked fun at, and in a very predictable way even. Still, in all a fun movie, just the ending could have been improved.

 

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