Streaming Service: Shudder
Movie Name/Year: The Lair (2023)
Genre: Action, Horror
Length: 1h 36min
Rating: Unrated
Production/Distribution: Rather Good Films, Scarlett Productions Ltd., Ashland Hill Media Finance, Ingenious Media, Highland Film Group (HFG)
Director: Neil Marshall
Writer: Charlotte Kirk, Neil Marshall
Actors: Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber, Leon Ockenden, Troy Alexander, Harry Taurasi, Mark Strepan, Hadi Khanjanpour, Kibong Tanji, Mark Arends, Adam Bond, Alex Morgan
Blurb from IMDb: When Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair is shot down over Afghanistan, she finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made biological weapons - half human, half alien - are awakened.
Genre: Action, Horror
Length: 1h 36min
Rating: Unrated
Production/Distribution: Rather Good Films, Scarlett Productions Ltd., Ashland Hill Media Finance, Ingenious Media, Highland Film Group (HFG)
Director: Neil Marshall
Writer: Charlotte Kirk, Neil Marshall
Actors: Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber, Leon Ockenden, Troy Alexander, Harry Taurasi, Mark Strepan, Hadi Khanjanpour, Kibong Tanji, Mark Arends, Adam Bond, Alex Morgan
Blurb from IMDb: When Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair is shot down over Afghanistan, she finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made biological weapons - half human, half alien - are awakened.
Selina’s Point of View:
I have heard some bad accents in my day, but none of them come close to what I heard in The Lair. It was almost impossible for me to concentrate on the script because the accents were basically parodies. Can’t call the movie a parody, though.
The
Lair took itself
seriously. They clearly wanted to deliver a full-on monster film for the ages. When
it comes to the design of the creature, you could tell there was a ton of
effort. There are very few flicks with the kind of monster featured in The
Lair that succeed at creating a design that’s horrific, but still
realistic. I can absolutely appreciate that.
The monster they
built was every bit of what they were going for. It looked phenomenal in the
underground scenes, but it also looked good when the scenes were brighter. That’s
not easy to accomplish, even for much bigger productions. There needs to be
credit given there.
I have heard some bad accents in my day, but none of them come close to what I heard in The Lair. It was almost impossible for me to concentrate on the script because the accents were basically parodies. Can’t call the movie a parody, though.
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – 39%
Metascore – None
Metacritic User Score – None
IMDB Score –4.5/10
Trust the Dice: Selina’s Rating – 2/5
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