Director: József Gallai
Year: 2022
Country: Hungary/United Kingdom/USA/Norway
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Supernatural
Plot:
After taking a remote job in the woods, a lone man taking a position at a remote cabin in the woods tries to not let the isolation get to him as he spends his days tending to duties around the area, but the longer he stays the more he comes to believe something isn’t right about the area affecting his sanity.
Review:
There were some factors to like with this one. Among the more enjoyable factors here is the highly enjoyable atmosphere that emerges within here as the overall look and feel of the forest is quite impressive. The winding roads in through his own vision since everything is seen through a first-person setup, the thick impenetrable setup of the forest where everything takes place and the complete isolation of being the only one we get to interact with manages to provide this one with the necessary setup to the later half here with the revelation about what’s happening in the forest. Since we see and hear through him in this approach comes together to give the atmosphere here a lot of immersion within this one as it goes along unraveling the mystery which makes for a fun time and the film’s positives.
However, very little of this one beyond those factors is enjoyable here with the film’s general approach holding this one down significantly. The main issue is that there’s nothing happening beyond his interactions over the phone as this one plods along with inane conversations about his duties in the forest or the past issues that traumatized him so it holds up the overall genre aspects to such low qualities that there’s a dearth of activity happening. It also doesn’t help that this is all reliant on a special twist ending that doesn’t in the slightest bit come off as interesting or enjoyable as it comes off as a lame attempt to introduce a rather meta concept of retribution in a story that doesn’t need it that’s quite underwhelming. It ends this on a whimper and knocks this one down so much as a result.
Overview: **/5
A rather problematic effort without much to like about it, there are a lot of issues here that bring it back with only a few positive points that aren't even that impactful anyway. Give it a look if you're a hardcore fan of the style or the creative crew, while most others out there should avoid it in favor of other factors.
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