Calibre is a hidden gem that needs a bigger audience. It’s such an underseen Netflix gem that needs a bigger audience.

The premise is excellent, and although at times familiar, the script overall is very strong.

The mood is one of desperation and doom and that permeates the entire picture. Both the forest and the village are perfectly realized. The cinematography is excellent, the score is incredibly intense and the whole movie is very suspenseful and downright scary in certain moments. I would have personally preferred a more ambiguous finale, but then again the scene in the barn is so tragic and powerful that I really liked it. This is why the ending was super dark in its brutal conclusion.Ĭalibre has such a fantastic first half with a terrific build up that the second half somewhat disappointed me in its memorable, but overly neat finalization. They are such different people that their relationship felt very interesting in the context of problematic male friendships. Their friendship is put to the test, but their dynamic was complicated to begin with. Jack Lowden and Martin McCann both did a terrific job here with their performances being full of emotion and believability. The main pair is also very well realized. The mob mentality is evident here, but above all else they protect each other like no people from the city ever would. The village is also very well utilized into the plot with the emphasis on this financially poor community sticking so closely together being very interesting to witness. Some of the forest scenes are downright disturbing how well they were filmed. The forest is beautiful and also incredibly eerie. This movie screamed Scottish, which I adored.

Then, they bury the body and try to conceal what happened from the village men. There, they accidentally shoot a child and his father. Vaughn and Marcus, who have been friends since childhood, travel to a remote area of the Scottish Highlands for a hunting trip.

Calibre is a 2018 British thriller film directed by Matt Palmer and starring Jack Lowden and Martin McCann.

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