2. Eden Lake
Forgiving it its very occasional moment of illogical silliness (which is often a very common quality with films of this ilk), this is a well written and well directed grimy little British B-movie that serves to send your heart into your mouth by the end of the first act and keep it there. This film benefits from two utterly superb lead performances by a staggeringly brilliant Kelly Reilly and a fantastic Michael Fassbender, not to mention a surprisingly effective turn from Jack OConnell in the usually-all-too-easy-to-ruin lead villain role. Most importantly though, it has a truly devastating ending that isnt cheaply earned and will linger with you long after the film has finished. A really good British thriller with a horrifically dark spine running through its centre!
Gareth Howie
Contributor
I'm a part-time writer, part-time stand-up comedian, full time movie geek who strongly believes Martin Brest's MIDNIGHT RUN is one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, movie ever made!
(... This is the bit where you mutter "You must be some sort of friggin' comedian if you think Midnight Run is the greatest movie ever made!")
I'm a massive junkie for 'revenge' and 'conspiracy' movies and I'm an even bigger fan of all things John Carpenter, Albert Brooks, Coen Brothers, Sidney Lumet, Paul Thomas Anderson, Tony Scott, Christopher Nolan, Michael Mann, Oliver Stone, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, David Fincher, Wes Anderson and Shane Meadows.
I'm on Twitter at @gazzhowie if you'd like to validate my existence by following me - and my movie review archive can be found at www.gazzhowie.tumblr.com!
See more from
Gareth