Red Sands
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Red Sands |
| Original title | Red Sands |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alex Turner |
| script | Simon Barrett |
| production | Sundip R. Shah |
| music | Luke Rothschild |
| camera | Sean O'Dea |
| cut | Alexis Spraic |
| occupation | |
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Red Sands is an American horror film of Alex Turner from the year 2009, with Shane West , Leonard Roberts and Mercedes Masohn in the lead roles.
action
A unit of American soldiers was ordered to watch a street during the war in Afghanistan in order to report Al Qaeda activities at their base. The squad initially struggled to find its place of work. While searching, they discover an ancient statue depicting a woman in a ravine. One of the soldiers, the interpreter Gregory Wilcox, is irritated by this discovery, because human images are unusual in the Islamic faith. He suspects that it is a jinn , invisible demon-like beings that emerged from a smokeless flame and populate the world alongside humans. The remaining soldiers, however, are rather bored. Suddenly, a shot is accidentally released from Chard Davies' gun. He hits the head of the statue, which then breaks.
Initially, the soldiers did not attach any importance to this incident and finally found their location: an old abandoned farmhouse. There they take a stand, although they cannot see any road. When a sandstorm approaches, the troops have to withdraw into the house. Suddenly a young Afghan woman storms into the house. She is overwhelmed by the men, but they have to find that they cannot communicate with the stranger. She speaks a dialect unknown to her that even the interpreter cannot speak. Therefore, they do not know whether she is alone or whether enemies outside the house are watching the troops. Nevertheless, in the face of the storm, they decide to give the woman care in the house.
Meanwhile, Staff Sergeant Marcus Howston tries in vain to establish contact with the base. When the storm is over, the soldiers find that their truck has been sabotaged and they cannot drive back to the base. Howston decides that the squad will stay at the farmhouse. He and Wilcox experience nightmares the following night . They dream of - presumably innocent - people who they have shot during their previous deployment. Little by little, individual members of the troop disappear and are found dead. Shortly afterwards, their corpses, which were deposited in front of the farmhouse, also disappeared. Others lose their minds and shoot each other. Finally, only Howston, Keller and Anderson are left. Anderson takes advantage of an unobserved moment and tries to rape the Afghan girl . Howston manages to free them. Anderson berates Howston in a racist manner. The situation escalates, the staff sergeant kills Anderson with a knife and disappears. Keller tries desperately to get help over the radio. But he realizes that he only hears Anderson's call for help, which he made a few days ago. Suddenly the girl appears for a brief moment, only to disappear straight away. Howston, in turn, sees the girl and wants to capture her again. Keller then attacks the Staff Sergeant from behind cover and cuts his throat. He realizes the girl is a genie. Then he succeeds in unlocking a hand grenade and throwing it into the farmhouse, thus triggering a huge explosion. He is making his way back to the base when he is suddenly pulled into the desert sand and disappears.
In the following shot, Keller returns to the base and is questioned by his superiors. They want to cover up the incident and agree that the troops have been wiped out by al-Qaeda fighters and that he is the only survivor. Keller should be allowed to return to the United States in two days. In the last shot you can see that the Djinn has taken possession of his body.
synchronization
The German synchronization was carried out by Scala Media GmbH in Munich. Dialogue director was Ekkehardt Belle , the dialogue book was written by Stefan Sidak .
Reception and locations
The film was released on DVD on February 24, 2009 in the USA . A day later it was published in Japan and Sweden . In Germany, the DVD was released on April 23, 2009. The film was shot in Los Angeles , Kabul and Morocco .
criticism
The Cinema rated the film as "well-intentioned B-Horror " criticized but the thin script and the "stupid drivel". She comes to the conclusion: "Half empty bottles are on the mind". The cinema portal kino.de rated the film similarly sober. For the portal it is a "conventional horror thread with [...] decorative headshots and an absolutely predictable dozen story." However, the portal comes to the conclusion: "Those who do not expect more should get their money's worth".
Web links
- Red Sands in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Red Sands . Cinema.de website, accessed on April 5, 2015.
- ^ Red Sands - Film Review . Website of kino.de, accessed on April 5, 2015.