Review of No One Lives (2013) by The D — 23 Jun 2013
A real surprise take on the road trip turned nightmare genre. Full of blood & painful deaths No One Lives offers a breathe of refreshing life into and old story with a gleeful relish.
A couple are headed for new life travelling through heavily wooded areas when they are are targetted by a local redneck gang after another heist job had turned sour. Of course they take on the wrong man in "Driver" but this is no family man turned by events into a desperado but already a vicious killer provoked into attack after Betty, his travelling companion, has her life taken in unconventional circumstances.
Other elements are offered up as the "all is not as it seems" plot line unfolds.
So plotwise, for me, it was pretty impressive. It doesn't have a particularly strong cast but Evans is exceptional as the twisted but organised killer something he could have taken elements from into FF6 but didn't. As Emma, Clemens also has a good air of despair nad inevitibility about her. The rest really are there for the taking.
It's bloody and messy throughout the film. Some good lines from Evans add a little dry wit but it never goes over the top or into cheese territory.
A great, fast paced slasher movie in essence but dare I say it has a little more class than most and also offers a more original storyling than all the rest.
This review of No One Lives (2013) was written by The D on 23 Jun 2013.
No One Lives has generally received mixed reviews.
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