Break (2009)
A gleefully sadistic Swedish made backwoods horror about a group of girlfriends who go camping in the Canadian mountains only to be raped, tortured and murdered by a couple of good ol' boys.
In all honesty for people like me who love their outdoor survival horror films there isn't anything new here. The genre has been churning out stuff like this since The Most Dangerous Game back in the early thirties, taking in Deliverance and Southern Comfort, before becoming ultra exploitative in the last twenty years with films such as Wrong Turn and Pig Hunt. The story was a little two paced with a pretty slow opening half hour followed by a breakneck speed final two thirds. The acting was fine if unremarkable and the two hillbilly types the typical cliches, even if one of them did appear to have a snout rather than a nose. I guess that's inbreeding for you though.
Break was refreshing in that, despite it being a fairly low budget film, plenty of effort had been made with the photography and beautiful woodland locations for the viewer to appreciate these aspects of the film rather than just the usual slaughter.
Recommended to fans of Backwoods horror.
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