Actress Felicity Price and her partner director Kieran Darcy-Smith have crafted an interest tale of two Australian couples who travel to South-East Asia with one of them not returning. This is a nicely ominous premise that Kieran has done an excellent job directing. Letting the story reveal its tension in measured amounts. You are constantly kept guessing as to what really happened on the holiday. In hindsight the truth is fairly obvious but while watching the film you are not thinking about that. The thing I liked most, though, was how real these characters felt. Felicity and Kieran have created characters that feel like real people you would know in your real life. This makes what they go through even more tense and you come to care for them a lot more. My only ne criticism is that most of the flashback scenes when they are in Cambodia are montages of them the group having fun. I'd have liked a few more regular scenes which might have served in revealing character more.
The cast are an excellent ensemble who give great performances. Joel Edgerton knows how to play the every-man really well. As mentioned above these characters feel real and Joel certainly helps with his performance. Equally as good is Felicity Price as his wife in the film. Having written the film she knows her character quite well and it shows in her performance. Teresa Palmer does a nice job as the girlfriend of the missing man. Anthony Starr does not get much screen time but is very good as the missing man.
Yet another quality Australian film that is a true Australian story. The type you can see really happening. Which makes it even more scary.
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