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Barricade (2007)
Admittedly,
I might be the Paula Abdul of reviewers. Sort of apologetic, sort of
too kind, but I believe if I see something that’s pure shit, I’m not
afraid to call it shit. Barricade is not complete shit. I believe the
filmmakers & actors set out to make a serious low budget scary
movie and in some respects it works.
What’s
good: the gore in certain scenes is done well enough. There’s a bit of
a twist that I didn’t see coming and I’m not too easily fooled by those
types of tricks. Mind you, I’m not Nostradamus, but I can sometimes
successfully predict the future of events in movies. This one caught me
off guard.
What’s
bad: the camerawork is pretty annoying at times. I’m new to reviewing
and shot on video doesn’t normally set well with me. I understand that
video affords the filmmakers to cheaply re-shoot things that they feel
weren’t done well the first time, but the whole video feel to a movie
is cheap. I’ll get over it.
So…Barricade
has a “Wrong Turn” kind of vibe to it. It takes place in the hills of
Germany. The location is really very nice. We start off with a mass
slaying of guys camping in these very same hills. The murderer’s are a
family of cannibals. They proceed to slaughter many people throughout
the movie, which had me asking- Why do they need so much meat? Isn’t a
few human bodies’ more than enough to sustain life for more than a day?
Not knowing the way of the cannibal, of course, I couldn’t answer
myself.
Nina
(Raine Brown) travels to Germany to visit her ex-boyfriend and they
decide to go on a nature walk of sorts and find themselves stranded in
the dreaded foothills. They eventually run afoul of the cannibals and
it turns into a matter of survival. That’s where I’m going to end it. I
will say however, that Raine Brown puts in a pretty decent performance
overall. I can recommend it, but I wouldn’t rush right out to pick it
up. Barricade is directed by Timo Rose who I hold solely responsible
for the aforementioned annoying camerawork. Maybe next time don’t try
to be so cutting edge.
**1/2
-Rod Schroeder
-Rod Schroeder
