Retreat (film)

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Movie
German title Retreat
Original title Retreat
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 2011
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Carl Tibbetts
script Janice Hallett ,
Carl Tibbetts
production Gary Sinyor
music Ilan Eshkeri
camera Chris Seager
cut Jamie Trevill
occupation

Retreat is a UK end time - Drama from the year 2011. The directorial debut of Carl Tibbetts is about a couple on a deserted island, which from a dodgy soldiers about the outbreak of a pandemic will be informed.

action

The London architect Martin and the journalist Kate spend their vacation on the lonely island of Blackholme. The couple have often visited Fairweather Cottage , the only house on the island. But now the relationship is strained by a miscarriage about which Kate secretly writes a report. When the generator in the house fails and cannot be repaired, the residents are suddenly without electricity. They use CB radio to inform the owner, Doug, who promises to come to them from the mainland the next day. However, Doug does not appear as agreed. Instead, an injured soldier shows up. When he wakes up in the cottage, he introduces himself as Private Jack Coleman. He reports on a virus R1N16 that spread from South America in a pandemic and is absolutely fatal if it is infected through the air . By order of the army, the people still living should seal their houses from the inside.

While Martin and Kate react unsettled and don't know what to think of the story, Jack immediately begins to seal and barricade the windows. The soldier takes control with his command tone. Later he also got his pistol back, which Martin had taken from him out of fear. Since the couple cannot defend themselves, Martin first helps Jack, which worries Kate even more. But after a while Kate approaches the soldier and asks him about his wife, whereupon Jack becomes even more aggressive.

After Kate Martin confesses everything about the failed pregnancy, they decide to leave the house despite the unknown danger. Jack forces her to stay at gunpoint and locks her in the bedroom. Nevertheless, Martin got outside through a skylight and discovered Doug and his wife; both were shot. He takes Doug's rifle out of a shed and overwhelms Jack with it. But suddenly he begins to cough and spit blood, which the soldier interprets as a symptom of R1N16. Jack manages to break free while Kate shoots her husband to save him further agony.

Then she threatens Jack with the gun and forces him to finally tell the truth. Jack now confesses that he was abused for an experiment in a military hospital and that he was infected with the deadly virus. He also shows Kate how he manipulated the CB radio and now lets her hear a message that speaks of a medicine against R1N16. Jack calls the statement a lie, but Kate thinks Martin might have had another chance and kills Jack in her anger. As she is about to put her husband's body in the boat to leave the island, she herself is shot from a helicopter by a sniper .

production

The film was shot on the Welsh island of Ynys Llanddwyn . Some aerial photos were taken over the Outer Hebrides .

reception

Jan Hamm from Filmstarts sees the film more as a chamber play when he writes: “Tibbetts does not gain anything really new from the genre, but his theatrical film is always exciting and versatile.” He particularly praises the two male leading actors: “ As Martin, Murphy is as strong as he is - with Bell he engages in an acting duel that really deserves the promising Kammerspiel headline. ”Thomas Ays attests Newton at Moviesection“ a believable and comprehensible face ”, but only rates one of the male actors positively: "Cillian Murphy [...] is the weakest link in this constellation, which is clearly due to Jamie Bell, who is sweeping through the film like a force of nature". Sven Jacobs emphasizes with Movie-Infos that in a constellation with only a few actors "everything has to be right", which is not entirely successful. After all, "the film offers interesting twists and [was] quite exciting".

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for retreat . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2011 (PDF; test number: 130 872 V).
  2. ↑ Filming locations for retreat (2011). IMDB, accessed August 11, 2012 .
  3. ^ Jan Hamm: Critique of the FILMSTARTS.de editorial team Retreat. filmstarts.de, accessed on August 11, 2012 .
  4. ^ Thomas Ays: Film review by Thomas Ays. moviesection.de, accessed on August 11, 2012 .
  5. ^ Sven Jacobs: Retreat. movie-infos.net, accessed August 11, 2012 .