![]() ![]() In that respect, maybe the best thing about Calibre is the difficult position it puts the audience in. Palmer asks us what lengths we would go to protect ourselves and, to an extent, each other. But in Calibre the horror is less about monsters out there than the monsters within. Movies set in a rural area often build suspense around who or what is hiding between the trees. And this results in a particularly tight corner for Vaughn and Marcus, as a tragic accident and a series of bad but believable decisions leave them trying to cover their tracks. A left behind, but nonetheless a tight-knit place where people look out for one another, even if it means taking the law into their own hands. Aside from introducing them to some of the dour supporting cast, he paints the picture of a dilapidated community, on the fringes of society. During a night at the local pub that leaves them worse for wear, they meet the community leader Logan (Curran). It’s got all the trappings of an odd-couple road movie, like a Scottish Sideways but, instead, it ends up more like a tartan twist on Deliverance. Staying in a remote village, their aims are simple: drink some beer, ear some steak, maybe shag some women, and hunt some deer, before returning to civilisation and settling down into boring adulthood. The mild-mannered, soon-to-be husband and dad, Vaughn (Lowden) leaves the city for a jaunt up north with his childhood friend Marcus (McCann): a hard-talking, coke-snorting businessman. Writer/ director Mark Palmer’s debut feature is about two men going for the former and becoming embroiled in the latter. ![]() As much as the dynamic scenery is home to some breath-taking views, it’s also the sort of unforgiving terrain in which a person could go missing and not be found for days. The Scottish Highlands are beautiful but bleak. Starring: Jack Lowden, Martin McCann, Tony Curran ![]()
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