Another unusual direction by Ben Wheatley
Rating: 4 out of 5
Directed by: Ben Wheatley
The film which follows a new couple travelling north on a sightseeing trip. From the first scene I immediately noticed an unusual and spontaneous nature to both man and woman in the couple.
They set out leaving Tina's rather aggravated mother behind. The first destination they arrive at is where you begin to see Chris's short temper and they end up killing a man by accident who just so happens to be the guy who Chris was angry at earlier. This flicks a switch in his head and he ends up killing a few people for very minor things. When his partner realises what he is doing (being mad) decides she should do the same as him by brutally killing a bride to be after she snogged Chris.
In the end it is Tina who turns out to be the real mad one, and I think this has a lot to do with her mother who is seen at the start of the film. There is something about her mother that has a hint of a dark past. As a result of how her family is Tina was quite solitary before Chris came along and therefore is a foreigner to things such as camping and socialising.
I'd say its darkly comical that Tina gets the wrong kind of messages from Chris and sees killing people as a way to be in common with him. I actually really liked this film with its ability to make it look like a love story interlaced with modern day mass murder in the countryside.
Much like 'A Field in England' there is heavy emphasis on the eyes and emotions of their faces as well as the dialogue between the two.
It is him who instigates it,
but she who finishes it.
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