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Haven's End
USA 2019
produced by Michael H. Harper, Stacey Palmer, Chris Ethridge for Blue Dusk Productions, Mad Mouth Media
directed by Chris Ethridge
starring Catherine Taber, Megan Hayes, Anthony Nguyen, Alex Zuko, Hannah Fierman, Robert Pralgo, Ardale Shepherd, Krista Berutti (voice), Troy Halverson, Blake Ivey, Tracie Frank (voice), Mike Stanley (voice), Paul Nassar (voice), Derek Russo (voice)
written by Michael H. Harper, music by Benjamin S Hernandez, Paul Nassar, special effects makeup by John Lauterbach, Lauren Scarbrough, visual effects by Stacey Palmer, stunt coordinators: Andy Rusk, Jason Kehler
review by Mike Haberfelner
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It's all over the news, major cities across the world are under some
kind of terrorist attack, where previously innocent citizens suddenly go
on killing sprees - and it seems this is a concerted effort even. Of
course, pretty much every terrorist organisation worldwide claims
responsibility, but this is just too big for any one organisation. Knowing
it's not safe in the city, Alison (Catherine Taber), her boyfriend,
ex-soldier Derek (Anbthony Nguyen) and their pregnant friend Jessi (Megan
Hayes) make it out of the city, but are greeted by a hail of bullets at
their first stop to pick up their friend Harry (Robert Pralgo), an
ex-marine with a collection of weapons that should come in handy, and at
their destination, a trailer deep in the woods owned by Alison's family,
Harry is shot dead at point blank range ... by Hannah (Hannah Fierman),
girlfriend of Alison's brother Kevin (Alex Zuko), who's so frightened by
the whole situation she would have shot at pretty much anything that moved
- a mere understanding of course, but that said, even if the situation as
such forces Alison and Kevin to join forces, there relationship is mighty
strained. And of course, forced into a trailer with one another only opens
old wounds, to the effect that eventually Kevin and Hannah leave the
trailer to fend for themselves ... and only hours later Kevin returns,
covered in blood, with Hannah missing. It's getting creepier when he
claims Hannah has never really existed. He also talks about weird lights,
which sounds like the ramblings of a lunatics - until all the others
experience the weird lights as well. Then their car is sabotaged, and
later they find Jessi, obviously murdered, and Kevin and Derek of course
suspect one another. Soon it becomes clear that the trailer's no longer
all that safe, as whoever the enemy is apparently closes in on our heroes,
so they decide to take a stroll through the woods to an army pick-up
point. But with potential rescue within reach, things really come to a
head ... A pretty cool end-of-the-world movie that of course on
the surface doesn't add little new to the genre, and even strips whatever
has hit humanity of a proper explanation - but that's really of minor
importance as the film works much more as a suspense-driven character
piece than anything else. And the characters, their arcs and their
relations to one another are at least as compelling as the action in this
movie, with the direction giving the film's strong cast plenty of space to
breathe. And the result is a rather pulse-pounding genre piece indeed.
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