About Face: Retreat Movie Review
Posted by About.com Horror & Suspense on October 23, 2011
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Retreat is a British thriller that’s currently in limited release in the US with an intriguing concept that’s a bit like Dead Calm meets Contagion (or more accurately, for the few of you that saw it a few years back, Right At Your Door): a couple (Thandie Newton and Cillian Murphy) living alone on an island and cut off from society are told by a stranger (Jamie Bell) that there’s a pandemic on the mainland, so they all must barricade themselves inside and pretty much never leave. Can they trust him? Can they afford not to? Can the film itself live up to the premise? Read on to find out in my review of Retreat.
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