Rust Creek is a survival thriller movie, a premise I tend to go for. Set in the wild expanse of Appalachian forests in eastern Kentucky. Reminiscent of many horror films featuring backwoods folk, Sawyer finds herself running from things that haunt our deepest darkest fears. Its lead actress is Hermione Corfield of Star Wars: The Last Jedi fame. Corfield also appeared in Slaughterhouse Rulez, released in October 2018.
In the directors’ statement, McGowan talks about the universal rite of passage in setting out alone for the first time. Sawyer has everything within her grasp in terms of where her future might be. Firstly, she runs track, is smart, and is, for all intents and purposes, prepared. On an unassuming day, she gets news of a job interview right before Thanksgiving. As an independent young lady, she jumps in her car and heads off.
Of course, we wouldn’t have a movie if that were the entire plot. Secondly, in the opening sequence of events, Sawyer does nothing stupid. She’s not drinking or acting like a hooligan or driving in the middle of a storm. What happens to spur this film into being left stranded in the woods is entirely relatable. Lastly, navigation systems are sometimes dumb as door handles. From my personal experience, I’ve been led astray a few times. What’s more, i
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For the most part, there’s a foreboding tension within the bones of the tale. In terms of being punished by the elements, I wondered just how far it would go in terms of violence perpetrated by those that hunt a poor lass who’s really done nothing wrong? What will they do if they find her? In a classic game of cat and mouse, Rust Creek does a good job keeping up the pretense that things will eventually turn deadly.
There is nothing in the series of events that play to cause disinterest. As a side note though, cops in small towns are particularly generic. As a result, I wasn’t overly surprised at the turn of events when the survival horror movie scenes kicked in. There were a few aspects I found that forced me to suspend my focus on the reality of the real world because there are a few too many coincidences.
The Rust Creek Movie is Mostly Driven by Common Sense
The details utilized within the storyline though were fairly solid. On occasion, things happened that made me question common sense but not as much as I’ve had inflicted on me in any movie of the horror persuasion. What I did find that bothered me was the overuse of some plot points being explained or zeroed in by the camera and other more interesting issues entirely left to the imagination.
In a very early scene, Sawyer gets separated from her phone. The camera focuses on them for a second or two to make sure we absolutely know it’s not on her. Further, into the story, a character called Lowell obviously has a backstory and we get a tiny glimpse into what that might be but are then left in the dark. For me, I needed more clarification. Here was the opportunity to cement my care factor towards outcomes later on. I’m very cautious to not enter a spoiler country, so I hope I haven’t gone too far.
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Apart from that one small gripe, the movie is nicely done. It’s superbly acted and flows along ok. It’s scenically very charming and the score is really well placed and entirely appropriate. At the end of the day though, it’s a fairly average film that’s more drama than a
I give RUST CREEK
3 navigators are good but not great out of 5
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When Is Rust Creeks’ Release? and Other Details
- Rust Creek hit VOD on January 4, 2019.
- Directed by Jen McGowan, Rust Creek is her second feature film.
- Written by Julie Lipson a debut feature film with the story from Stu Pollard.
- Starring Hermione Corfield (Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation), Jay Paulson (Mad Men), Sean O’Bryan (Yes Man), Micah Hauptman (The Riot Act), Daniel R. Hill (Upcoming The Orchard), and, Jeremy Glazer (Letters From Iwo Jima.)
- The production company is Lunacy Productions which has an upcoming drama feature film called The Short History of the Long Road, due out in 2019. Distributed by IFC Midnight.
Rust Creek
Director: Jen McGowan
Date Created: 2019-01-04 20:11
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