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And, it has to be said, that Wrong Turn doesn't lose
anything by having a couple of exceptionally fine looking
gals dressed in figure-hugging outfits. We'll get to them
later.
As you would expect it is set in a remote part of wilderness
where lots of hikers, climbers and tourists have gone missing.
Not knowing this, Chris Finn (Desmond Harrington) decides
to quicken his delayed journey to a job interview by taking
a short-cut - and don't we all know just how silly that sort
of thing is!
Anyway, he's barrelling along in the middle of nowhere when
he literally runs into a carload of five travellers who have
unexpectedly had four tyres blown out by razor wire strung
across the road.
There are two couples, Carly and Scott (Emmanuelle Chriqui
and Jeremy Sisto) and Evan and Francine (Kevin Zegers and
Lindy Booth), and the fifth is their friend Jessie (Eliza
Dushku).
Something is not right, but despite being smack-bang in the
middle of Inbreed County, they split up to find help. One
lot stay at the car while the rest troop off to find help.
Needless to say it isn't long before the weirdos start to
peek out of the forest and our young friends find themselves
up against cannibalistic mountain men.
While it is very much in the good-old-slasher vein, Wrong
Turn is a step or three above most with a cast playing it
for keeps and good tension-building direction.
For example, instead of the gals screaming when a friend's
head is sawn off on a butcher's block, they just shiver and
shake with absolute terror (and who wouldn't).
Conclusion: Movie 80% Extras 20%
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