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Pretty much out of the blue, Emma (Mhairi Calvey) finds herself
entrapped in a bunker, and oddly enough with two men she has a history
with, Ben (Tyron Ricketts) and Jamie (Martin Kaps). Thing is, the former
had been found guilty of raping her, the latter was the only one who spoke
in Ben's favour in court. And yet, in order to get out of this
predicament, she has to team up with the two. Now it's not that either of
them wants her any imminent harm, but their presence alone makes her more
than uneasy - and yet she hooks up with them, in order to get out of the
bunker and then find her way home through the woods surrounding the
bunker. And that's not easy, because not only are they completely lost and
their personalities seem to permanently crash, there's also a trio of
mercenaries (Anatole Taubman, Victor Alfieri, Pete Riley) on their tale,
with the intent of capturing and torturing them. But there's also a bigger
question, why were of all people these three thrown together for this
bizarre manhunt, chances are nought that it was by mere coincidence - so
somebody has to have a sinister plan with them ... As a mere
summary, the plot of 3 Lives sounds incredibly far-fetched - but a
very clever and well put-together script doesn't make the film feel this
way, a script that might follow genre formula to a certain extent but puts
an emphasis on character study over violence, yet has all the right action
in all the right places. This is of course also helped by a strong
directorial effort that gets the most out of its locations and never
shakes the feel of unease that's so important for the movie. Plus the
small ensemble cast is really solid, making this a pretty awesome movie.
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