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No Way Out
Cryptid
USA 2020
produced by Charles A. Baird, Chris Levine, Joe Hamilton for RocketJoe Films, Baird Media, London Levine Pictures
directed by Joe Hamilton
starring Chris Levine, Johanna Rae, Christopher McGahan, Jennifer Karraz, Sarah Donnely, Dillon Edlund, Joe Hamilton, Robby Monroe
written and edited by Chris Levine, music by Justin Stewart
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Even though he hates the woods due to a never explained childhood
trauma, Blake (Chris Levine) has agreed for himself and his girlfriend
Jessica (Johanna Rae) to accompany their best friends Kyle (Christopher
McGahan) and Norah (Jennifer Karraz) on a camping trip to the Alaskan
wilderness - also because he knows Kyle wants to propose to Norah on that
trip and needs moral support. However, the trip is under no good star
right from the start: When they lose their way the first time but find a
cabin to spend the night, a ranger almost chases them away at gunpoint,
then the next evening when back on track, they find a camp fire eerily
burning when nobody else is around, and on the whole trip they seem to be
accompanied by weird sounds. Furthermore, Blake starts to act weirder and
weirder and even has fits of rage, so much so that Jessica has to confess
to the others that he's undergoing psychiatric treatment. Also, he has
brought a gun to the trip. Things really go bad though when Norah stumbles
upon a dead camper, and soon enough is stabbed herself by a masked
stranger. She survives though and the others try to carry her back to the
car - but being quite far into the woods, they can't make the distance in
one day and find a cabin to spend the night in - and the next morning,
Norah's gone from the cabin, and later, her dead body is found crucified
nearby - and things only get worse from there ... No Way Out
sure is a very tight outdoors thriller, a film that understands to create
a creepy atmosphere and only brings out the worst of its beautiful
backdrops. And it really works well in that context that the script stays
very vague in regards to backstory and makes no attempt to explain
everything away, instead uses the mystery to enhancing the mood even more.
And a very competent cast playing well fleshed-out characters are just
another piece of the puzzle to make this one a really cool piece of
horror.
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