Across the River

Slow. Boring. Lacking substance, kinda like my review.

This movie sent me for a loop, here I was expecting a crummy independent mystery film, oh boy..I couldn't have been more mistaken. The movie involves a basically mundane Animal Researcher capturing woodland creatures and fitting them with satellite tracking infrared cameras, and for the first 20 minutes or so I kept getting the urge to scrap it and go to the next film. Well, I'll tell you I'm awfully glad that I stuck it out to the end, the really good part doesn't start until he crosses the river and drives to an abandoned village at the end of the road, then........................................Sorry, I have to stop here or I'll ruin your own scary experience. Totally mind numbing!

Yes, it was slow. We,too, were ready to scrap it. We thought it would be another "found video" crap. It was good, yes, there are subtitles but sooo little dialogue which was fine. Be patient, the music is great, the scenery too. This no Avatar or Transformers nonsense....this is a thinking movie. Found it on HOOPLA, which is associated with most North American libraries, Free!

I love the atmosphere of this movie so much, i watched it four or five times now. (I usually dont do that). Its subtile, eerie, has a great build-up and features creepy trailcam footage. It just rings a Bell within me and that puts it in one league with Paranormal Activity 1 and Blair Witch Project.

The acting is not hyperprofessional and that is a good thing. The Main character is authentic, likeable and relateable in his actions.

I'd be glad to receive more Information on the location where this was recorded. I know it's somewhere in the region where Italy and Slowenia border each other but I'd love to know where exactly.

The Plot.

The story revolves around an ethologist working in the remote woods, trapping animals and mounting cameras on them so that he can monitor their behavior remotely.

The resulting recordings lead him to a remote village, the site of an ancient curse, where he is trapped due to heavy rain fall raising the level of the river and flooding out the only access...

I saw this in Italian with no subtitles and I do not speak Italian. For the most part, there was no need in that there is little dialog. And the dialog that is there doesn't impede your understanding of the movie if you don't understand it.

I thought the movie was pretty decent, if a bit slow. It's atmospheric in nature and takes it's time.

I don't agree with the clown who gave this one star. He must not like intelligent movies.

The biggest pitfall of this film is that it really is too slow. That's too bad because it could have been great.

The guy, lone in this rinky dink "village" sure is brave. I'd have high tailed it out of there with the first sign of weirdness and that came before the rains!

As it stands, I'm giving it an 8 because I liked the concept as well as the execution. And it was a bit unique. It's hard to pull off a story with virtually one character and no dialog. I think they did it.

Points off because as I say earlier, it's a bit too slow.