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There's a moment in this earthy, woodsy throwback thriller when the dampened but resourceful female leads being hunted round a remote island by vengeful Iraq war vets are forced to strip and huddle together for warmth. Whether you find this sequence daringly confrontational or drearily exploitative will probably serve as an accurate bellwether of your response to the entire picture.
Directed by co-star Katie Aselton (who also shares script credit with Mark Duplass), this has its eye on the subversive grunge of 70s slashers, which blended arthouse aspirations with grindhouse sleaze. Certainly it's not afraid to get its hands dirty as it gropes its way toward "final girl" empowerment, lingering on the mundane realities of killing in a manner which is refreshingly unpleasant. Time spent developing the characters (three estranged friends on a bonding camping trip) pays dividends, giving the nuts and bolts action a dramatic backbone, something to break when things turn nasty.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jun/23/black-rock-review
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