My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Preservation (2014)

Two brothers, Mike and Sean, decide to take Mike’s wife Wit on a camping trip.   There’s some sexual tension between Sean and Wit and it is clear the marriage isn’t doing so well.  All turns upside down when they realize they’re being stalked and the only way to survive is to fight back.  Yes, it’s a really basic premise, so basic it’s barely a film.  Except it works really well because the writer-director Christopher Denham keeps things real and the actors prove to be a cut above most actors in this kind of film.  It’s a very enjoyable thrill ride with some strong violent undertones.  I also like the reveal on who is stalking them. B+ 

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