WOLF CREEK

WOLF CREEK
By Larra

A slug crossing the freeway moved faster than this film.

What to say, what to say….. So we have 2 English females and 1 Aussie male on a holiday-trek across the Australian Outback. Stopping for a party or two, waking up on the beach with a lousy hangover, skinny-dipping in the ocean…… Sounds more like an episode of Mtv’s “The Real World” rather than a horror movie.

So, these three kids are nearing the end of their holiday. Mr. Aussie wants to take one last trip to this meteor crater out at Wolf Creek. So, they rent a car and decide to take the ever-so-long drive across the Outback’s desolate highways, stopping along the way at a gas station/diner where the hospitality isn’t so warm. (hint-hint). Upon arrival at said crater, they realize that they cannot take their vehicle any further, which means that they will have to pack their backs and go on foot. Can you say “easy prey”?

After a while of cavorting about, the kids return to their vehicle only to realize that the darn thing won’t start and lo-and–behold, their watches have stopped working. Could it be that there is some kind of magnetic force within the crater? Aliens? Or the smart workings of an Outback-killer? I’ll let you find out for yourself.

Labeled as a ‘slasher’ film, Wolf Creek is more of a scenic view of Australia. There’s lots of scenery that is fantastic and beautiful but, if I wanted to see the sights of the Outback I could have saved myself $10 and stayed home and watched the Discovery Channel. About the last 15 or 20 minutes of the film is the only way that I could see some nimrod labeling this as a ‘slasher film’ and even then, with the stupidity of the victims as well as the Neanderthal killer, this was more like a late-night Sci-Fi channel show.

Boredom is calling…… It wants its 99 minutes back!