Eden Lake

 

Eden Lake 2008

• Director: James Watkins
• Seen by this directior: Woman in Black
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Jack O’Connell
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Kelly Reilly – Flight, Sherlock Holmes, Mrs Henderson Presents, Pride and Prejudice, The Libertine,
• Michael Fassbender – many including Macbeth
• Jack O’Connell – ’71, The Liability, United, This Is England
• Why? Good reviews.
• Seen: 12 June 2018

      

       Steve (Fassbender) and Jenny (Reilly are on a romantic weekend at the beautiful Eden Lake but it’s not as romantic as they had hoped. They have run-ins with a gang of teen-aged thugs which escalate into violence.

       I don’t like films like this. Brutal, nasty, wallowing in sadism just to make a dramatic film. No thanks.

 

2* of 5