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Removed
USA 2017
produced by Molly Preston, Kelly McCrillis, Scott Ballard, Alison Carlos (executive), Jenny Crumiller (executive), Jon Crumiller (executive), Mary-Pat Forrest (executive), Scotty Frazer (executive), Greg Kerr (executive), Cathy Koshland (executive), Jim Koshland (executive), Tom Olsen jr (executive), Jane Shipley (executive), Stephanie St. James (executive) for Great Notion Filmmaker Collective
directed by Kevin Forrest
starring Erin McGarry, Dennis Fitzpatrick, Michael Draper, Nikki Flinn, Jill Sughrue, Jeffrey Arrington, Shade Streeter, Ana Harvey, Emily Krouse, Eric Naslund, Charles Martin
written by Kevin Forrest, music by Benjamin Cleek, cinematography by Scott Ballard
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Lori (Erin McGarry) and Christopher (Michael Draper) just want to get
away from it all, and thus go camping deep into the woods the remotest
area of nowhere, USA, to enjoy the ultimate freedom of Mother Nature - or
what they take for it that is, they're by no means totally averse to
creature comforts that civilisation does provide. And when they hear a
single gunshot at night, they jump and are almost ready to run ... and
they should have, as the next day, Christopher is brutally woken up and dragged
out of his tent by a couple of deranged brothers (Dennis Fitzpatrick, Nikki
Flinn) who drag him over to their cabin, strip him and keep him in the
food storage - for just that, food. Somehow though, Lori has managed to
get away, and she tries to make it to the next village - but when she
hitches a ride, she notices only waaay too late that it's with one of the
brothers, who's more than a little interested to not let her get away ... Removed
is a quite captivating survival shocker that manages to drag one in via
expert use of unusual camerawork, including staying (physically) closer
than usual to the characters, to a poin where it's (intentionally)
uncomfortable, using weird camera angles, working with suggestions rather
than actually showing everything, and staying (seemingly) too long with
certain shots to create creepiness. Now add to that a script that focuses
on the essential rather than losing itself in explaining everything away,
and a very capable skeleton cast, and you've got yourself a pleasantly
unnerving movie!
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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