Review of Eden Lake (2008) by Kevin R — 23 Apr 2013

Well acted and crafted but feeling rather pedestrian and cliche from start to end. Eden Lake fits in with films like The Strangers and Funny Games. And with those two movies in mind this feels like it falls sort of right in the middle.

Still it does do what it set out to do and gets points for it. Just seems there are a lot of films like this and they're all about the same quality more or less. The formula isn't a hard one to follow but like most things it still requires a certain magic to raise it above being alright.

This film could set up a decent sequel...