Get Away

Boy the Swedish tourism board can't be too happy about this film. They were probably just recovering from 'Midsommar' and then bam, along comes 'Get Away'. This movie was quite something.

I've never seen a film go from 0 to 100 so quickly before. The first two thirds of the film I was basically just bored. There was the odd laugh and a creepy thing or two going on, but mostly it was just fodder. Then a twist came out of absolute left field and suddenly the film went off the walls bonkers for the entire final third. And that portion of the film I mostly loved.

The film is lacking a lot of polish. I also thought with Nick Frost writing it that it might've been a little funnier overall too. It's impossible to hate a film like this, however I simply can't give it more than a 5.5/10.

Pretty entertaining international folk horror that develops into a slasher comedy. Features two of my favourite comedy actors - both Nick Frost and Aisling Bea put in good performances as characters that get more interesting when the killing starts. Feels somewhat rushed at times with having mixed genres and cultures (packing a lot in). It may have been better as a short series where we got to know more about the locals, the dark history of the island and the visiting family. Left some unanswered questions about the history, the traditions and decapitations referred to! Bit scary as a slasher, bit unnerving as a folk horror and sometimes darkly funny.

Perhaps the most enjoyably wacky performance here comes from Maisie Ayres, while the rest of the cast (Nick Frost, Aisling Bea, and Sebastian Croft in lead roles) is adequate. The twist (+ shift in tone) that happens around the 55th minute (or so) feels sufficiently smooth, and that's why I'm rating this 3 stars-it's a 2.5 otherwise. The last half hour is a bloody showcase, offering some inventive, gratifying kills. Well, given that he's the writer, Nick Frost has some funny lines in the first two acts.. and besides Ayres, that's what keeps the whole tired premise (up until that point) going. I think this will help Ayres land more roles, which I'm really looking forward to.

When this movie ended my overall reaction was "Why did anyone choose to make this movie?" Everything in it is bonkers. Then I watched the three "extras" on the DVD and the writer explained his inspiration, from vacations he took over the years.

The writer is Nick Frost who also is in the lead role as Richard. Aisling ('ashling') Bea plays his wife, Susan. They have along with them a son and a daughter appearing about 20 or maybe a bit older.

There is an annual festival on a small, remote island and they time their trip to witness it. However they find the insular locals very unwelcoming.

To say much more would be to give away important spoilers but suffice to say it is a comedy/horror movie, as things develop we witness lots of blood and gore and dismemberments.

I watched it at home on DVD from my public library. The extras are essential. Would I watch it again, or recommend it to anyone I know? Definitely not unless you are a big Nick Frost fan.

A generally well shot and well acted movie with humor that worked with some nice music and a great setting to boot. Plenty of reasons to love this one which makes it easily under-rated at its current 5.4 stars as of writing this.

Family takes a trip to an isolated Swedish island with an ugly history of cannibalism and things go south for everyone, sort of. Saying much more about the actual story is going to give thing away but most of the humor does come from star Nick Frost and co-star Aisling Bea.

Most of the horror content comes from the theme and the large sums of blood. So it is a very bloody movie with some bodily dismemberment. Only thing I would have liked looking back would have been some clues about what was to come but they opted for the surprise approach so the whole ending is ultimately wrapped up behind some very dark curtains. I think that's the only part of the movies execution that didn't really work in its favor.

The musical score is good and meant to add to the humor. Keeping the movie short probably helped if the plot isn't going to have to much depth to it. Enjoyable well made dark comedy horror.