david-radlett

Really rather boring and predictable. The most engaging characters were the dogs and the china chicken on the table in the cabin. The police were frighteningly thick and tunnel-visioned. The most exciting thing was anticipating the arrival on-screen.of the great, late Burt Reynolds. Also worth waiting fot the unintentionally comic line "get the dogs", uttered by characters like a malevolent Cleetus and Brandeen ("The Simpsons") which was reminiscent of Mr Burns (also "The Simpsons") trope "release the hounds". Sadly neither Burt Reynolds nor the hounds were on-screen for long enough to rescue this film.

I am unclear as to how such a strong cast - Ben Kingsley, Stanley Tucci, Cavill and an under-used Nathan Fillion to name but four - could inter-act so as to produce such a predictable, confused and dreary film. Not one I want to watch again. Indeed, I had to force myself to watch it through to the end the first time.

An intriguing tale without gimmicks, tropes or OTT special effects. Good psrformances from Tim Daly, Tom Arnold and Robert Prosky but the star turn by a country mile was Zoe Soldana's medium - the best since Margaret Rutherford in Blithe Spirit except her role was not pkayed for laughs.