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Claustrophobic horror from French director Franck Vestiel. A man, Tolbiac (Clovis Cornillac), wakes to find himself at the bottom of a dark, mud-filled cave, deep underground. Naked, and with no recollection of how he came to be there, or why there is a dead man lying beside him, he struggles to his feet and moves towards the only light-source visible. Appearing to be in a labyrinthine network of tunnels, he soon discovers what seem to be abandoned laboratories, containing evidence that he's not alone. As he struggles to find a way out of his underground nightmare back to the surface, he soon realises he has become the quarry of some particularly ravenous predators.
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I read the reviews and I took a chance on this film, oh my was I wrong? I stuck this film out to the end and believe me this was not easy, awful beyond belief
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By Morten
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I read most of the reviews regarding this movie and i wish i had listened to the bad reviews because to me the movie was a waste of time - I could not connect in any way to the story or the characters, the story so weird and the environment in which the movie take place not convincing and not well made. I was hoping for a sci-fi version of Descent and it sort of is but a very bad one.
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A man wakes up somewhere underground, covered in dirt, lost & disorientated. He searches for answers, chased by monsters, meeting others & bit by bit making his way up to the surface, collecting bits of information as he goes.
This is something of a throwback to the cult French post-apocalyptic films 'Themrock' & 'Le dernier'. All black and white chic & heavy on the symbolism.
As this unfolds the whole picture is a pretty potty one but the extremes we will go to to power our cities & cars at the expense of 3rd world nations is simply taken a step or two further.
The script is limited to say the least & the leads character seems to have few expressions to his range but this expands as his knowledge increases & he changes.
The brooding B&W scene is very dark but helps give a sense of oppression & mystery to what is a tight budget set.
The difficulty with this is the films refusal to be placed, it's not a horror, sci-fi, thriller or a mystery but rather it is a little of all of them.
I watched this with my son-in-law,( Steve is not one for giving a film long before switching off), & we have very different tastes in film but we both enjoyed it & were busy trying to work out what the hell was going on! We agreed that it was worth a watch and certainly entertained but it's doubtful we'd watch it again.
Worth a look but not for action heads, those who hate subtitles or B&W but if you are patient & enjoy looking for subtext and prefer not to be spoon fed a storyline then give this a go.
This is something of a throwback to the cult French post-apocalyptic films 'Themrock' & 'Le dernier'. All black and white chic & heavy on the symbolism.
As this unfolds the whole picture is a pretty potty one but the extremes we will go to to power our cities & cars at the expense of 3rd world nations is simply taken a step or two further.
The script is limited to say the least & the leads character seems to have few expressions to his range but this expands as his knowledge increases & he changes.
The brooding B&W scene is very dark but helps give a sense of oppression & mystery to what is a tight budget set.
The difficulty with this is the films refusal to be placed, it's not a horror, sci-fi, thriller or a mystery but rather it is a little of all of them.
I watched this with my son-in-law,( Steve is not one for giving a film long before switching off), & we have very different tastes in film but we both enjoyed it & were busy trying to work out what the hell was going on! We agreed that it was worth a watch and certainly entertained but it's doubtful we'd watch it again.
Worth a look but not for action heads, those who hate subtitles or B&W but if you are patient & enjoy looking for subtext and prefer not to be spoon fed a storyline then give this a go.
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interesting French scifi that keeps you guessing
If you like hard scifi, you may like this film. Unlike Hollywood pulse-pounding formula films, this one has a slowly unwinding mystery - the answers are revealed piece by piece,... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars
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Not much of a story. I doubt that we will watch it again although I am holding on to it just in case a member of the family wants to borrow it.
Published 4 months ago by Bracon
2.0 out of 5 stars
so bad it hurt
Does not seem to have a well thought out plot and the picture is very dark which I suppose is accurate as it is set under ground, but its so hard to see what is going on 31/4 of... Read more
Published 9 months ago by MrS
2.0 out of 5 stars
Certainly worth £3 for the visuals.
Art direction and set design along with the lighting and camera work certainly set the mood. In the first 5 minutes it flops as an awkward, self-conscious degree student scifi... Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars
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WHY WHY WHY did I spend money for this piece of poo?
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1.0 out of 5 stars
turkey with stunning black and white feathers
Cinematography 5 stars
Editing 5 stars
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Pacing 0 stars
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Editing 5 stars
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting film
The start was very slow, but then started to get very intriguing.
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Sadly, my copy skipped near the end and I didn't quite get what was going on in the final scenes.... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars
slow, flashing lights, confusing...
I didn't like the beginning much, it seemed to drag on into the middle of the film. Being confused and not really knowing what is happening for most of the film is worth it in the... Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2011 by Ye Olde Chronicler
2.0 out of 5 stars
Je me suis beaucoup ennuye (French pretenciousness lives on)
Eden Log is not quite the dross-fest cited by several reviewers here, but it's not far off. It does have a certain 'je ne sais quoi' in terms of its impressive (if limited)... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars
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