WHILE ROCK CLIMBING IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS, FIVE FRIENDS STUMBLE UPON A LITTLE GIRL BURIED IN A BOX IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. AFTER RESCUING HER, THEY BEGIN TO HEAD TO THE NEAREST POLICE STATION, BUT ALONG THE WAY ARE ATTACKED BY THE MEN WHO KIDNAPPED THE GIRL AND THEY MUST THEN TRY TO SURVIVE.
FIRST, THE GOOD STUFF: THE SCENES OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS WERE WELL FILMED AND QUITE BREATHTAKING; THE CLIMBING SCENES WERE TENSE, THRILLING AND LOOKED TO BE BELIEVABLE; THE ACTING WAS GOOD, EVEN THE LITTLE GIRL.
NOW, THE BAD: TOWARD THE END OF THE FILM THERE IS A FESTIVAL IN A TOWN WHERE CHILDREN ARE PRESENT YET A LOT OF THE WOMEN IN THE FESTIVAL ARE TOPLESS--I FOUND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE; DURING THIS FESTIVAL THERE IS ONLY ONE, OR MAYBE TWO, POLICEMEN ON DUTY--THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE CORRECT; FINALLY, THE STORY WAS FULL OF HOLES AND DIDN'T SEEM TO BE VERY FOCUSED. IT STARTS OFF AS A SURVIVAL IN THE MOUNTAINS PICTURE BUT THEN ENDS UP IN A TOWN WHERE THE BAD GUYS ARE KILLING EACH OTHER WHILE LOOKING FOR THE GIRL. NOT A GREAT MOVIE, NOT A BAD MOVIE, BUT JUST A MOVIE THAT LOST ITS FOCUS.
RATING 2.5 out of 5
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