Callum Berry
Watched it knowing very little about it, ended up extremely pleased! Merging many genre's in the process, this film isn't for everyone, butshows the mainstream how its done! Shows the beauty of the low budget films focus on mood, aesthetics and acting to ensure full engagement. The charm of the Scottish landscapes also adds a delicious, raw edge. On top of superb performances all round, very likable characters and the mystique element of the narrative that builds up, creates a fairly original vibe. Very interesting film for those interested in the more rewarding realms of British cinema. Also features The Pastels which just adds that extra sweetness
fran7204
This film isn't horror, its very unique bizarre drama. Its still very good drama, quite amusing in some places and uses the art of suspense and subtlereferences to classic horror films to keep the viewer engaged. Charlie is in Scotland hoping to burn down the house of a celebrity who hasnicked his wife when Vincente throws himself upon his mercy in a motorwayservice station. Charlie is obliged to take Vincente in his car where they do a great deal of male bonding on the road. They run out of petrol on a verydeserted patch of Scottish highland and are forced to take 'refuge' (being the operative word) in a lone manor house, miles from anywhere, where there aresome very strange characters residing. The film centralises on the characters exercising their own demons by beingsurrounded and supported by other dysfunctional people who have their ownproblems. The film ends with some shocking violence. To be fair, its a veryunrealistic story and quite confusing at some points but if you, as like thecharacters of Charlie and Vincente are looking for some escapism, 'The LastGreat Wilderness' could be for you.
james-786
This movie was billed as some kind of modern-day wicker-man, but it instead fails to be anything of the sort.Its not entertaining or scary in the least , the only reason it even qualifies for an 18- certificate is because of 5 minutes of mild nastiness right at the end. The movie builds tension and you wait fixed to the screen for the bad stuff to begin in the lonely lodge deep in the Scottish highlands. Instead you get a few mysteries which end up in nothing and are unresolved at the end, and a bunch of guys dressed as tarts at a funeral. The Wicker man this ain't, people. If you see the case in the video store, don't be fooled by the guff on the cover, because The Last Great Wilderness is the last great disappointment.
prince_lazy_i
What? A British movie without any diamond Mockney geezers or slumming luvvie thesps? A British movie that dares to tell an interesting and for the most part unpredictable story about - gasp - recognisable, likeable characters? Is it a ghost movie? Is it a thriller? Is it STRAW DOGS? Is it THE WICKER MAN? No - it's something else, is what it is - most of all, a throwback to the days when the British film industry (quiet at the back there, stop sniggering) could make quirky, intelligent, movies that exemplified style and originality, not just an excuse to pollute the screen with stereotyped by-the-yard Britflick blah. Danny Boyle did it with 28 DAYS LATER, and this film does it too - check it out. As Joe Bob would say.
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