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Wolf Creek (2005)

Rating: 2 1/2 Stars (out of 4)

Losing 'Creek'

By Jeffrey M. Anderson

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Three twenty-somethings, Brits Liz (Cassandra Magrath) and Kristy (Kestie Morassi) and Aussie Ben (Nathan Phillips) road trip through the Australian outback. When their car stalls at the rim of a giant crater, a bushman (John Jarratt) "rescues" them, brings them back to his remote digs and proceeds to torture and/or murder them. Oddly, director Greg McLean keeps dropping little surprise mousetraps throughout, taking the plot in unpredictable directions, but the brain-dead characters continuously fail to use their heads, wandering willy-nilly through the crafty plot, as if they'd never seen Scream or any other movies about serial killers. Most of this "true" account comes from the testimony of one survivor, who -- according to the film -- wasn't even around to see much of it.

Starring: Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, Nathan Phillips, John Jarratt
Written by: Greg McLean
Directed by: Greg McLean
MPAA Rating: R for strong gruesome violence, and for language
Running Time: 99 minutes
Date: December 25, 2005