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Landmine Goes Click
Georgia 2016
produced by Nika Apriashvili, Irakli Chikvaidze, Levan Kobakhidze (executive), Adrian Colussi (executive) for Sarke Studio, Georgian Film Investment Group, Scatena & Rosner Films, Rustavi 2, Georgian Public Broadcaster
directed by Levan Bakhia
starring Sterling Knight, Spencer Locke, Kote Tolordava, Dean Geyer, Nana Kiknadze, Helen Nelson, Giorgi Tsaava, Nika Apriashvili
story by Levan Bakhia, Lloyd S. Wagner, Adrian Colussi, screenplay by Adrian Colussi, music by Peke Begashvili, Beqa Jguburia, Audio Network Limited, Chris Blackwell, special effects by Soso Gvasalia
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Daniel (Dean Geyer) and his fiancée Alicia (Spencer Locke) as well as
Daniel's best man-to-be Chris (Sterling Knight) take a hike through the
Georgian mountains - but Chris is a bit uneasy about this, because he's
secretly in love with Alicia, and they once had sex behind Daniel's back.
Then, when they're having a local ranger, Devi (Giorgi Tsaava), take a
picture of them, Chris accidently steps on a landmine that goes click but
not yet off. And it soon becomes clear that the landmine wasn't there by
accident but that Daniel and Devi have placed it there after Daniel finds
out about Alicia and Chris's little indescretion. And now he abandons them
to fend for their own, with Chris of course being unable to move off the
landmine. Alicia does everything to save him, but there's no way she can
diffuse a landmine, so the best she can do is dig a trench for Chris to
leap into in hopes it will save him from the explosion - a plan with slim
hopes for success, but the best they got. Enter Ilya (Kote Tolordava), a
local hunter who promises to help them dig ... but despite his promises he
does little to that effect, and makes Alicia humiliate herself by giving
him her panties, retrieve them in her mouth like a dog and the like.
Eventually, it turns out Ilya has a two-way radio with him, and Chris and
Alicia implore him to call for help - which he only agrees to in return
for Alicia stripping one item per message he sends. She only reluctantly
does so but it soon turns out this is getting nowhere, and eventually it
even ends in Ilya raping Alicia, but Daniel somehow getting his hands on
Ilya's gun and shooting - but his aim might not be perfect and the recoil
also pushes him off the landmine ... but that said, the story's far from
over ... "Landmine Goes Click" is just a great
title all by itself - but there's also a very tight little thriller that
does feature an exciting premise molded into a suspenseful story full of
colourful characters ably embodied by the ensemble cast. Now add to that
rather exciting camerawork making great use of the limited locations, a
directorial approach that does understand that hectic pacing does not
necessarily translate into the creation of tension ... and an ending that
comes out of nowhere and totally packs a punch, and you've got a really
intertaining genre piece!
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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