Gone (2007/III)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Ringan Ledwidge

Writers:

James Watkins (written by) and
Andrew Upton (written by)

Release Date:

9 March 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The trip of a lifetime.

Plot:

A contemporary psychological thriller in which a young British couple travelling through the Australian...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman

Cast

Shaun Evans	...	Alex
Scott Mechlowicz	...	Taylor
Yvonne Strahovski	...	Sondra (as Yvonne Strzechowski)
Amelia Warner	...	Sophie
Victoria Thaine	...	Lena
Jessica Lemon	...	Teenage Cashier
Zoe Tuckwell-Smith	...	Ingrid

Also Known As:

Middle of Nowhere (UK) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

UK | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Australia:M | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

During the film, after the accident with the kangaroo, they get towed back to the nearest town. Their exact position is on the intersection of Swan Street and Parrot Lane in Longreach, QLD, Australia, right next to the double power poles. In the first shot at Longreach, the building on the left with red on is the Holden dealership.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Sophie tries to escape in the van, she is having problems starting the van. She is using her right hand to switch the key ignition on. When she stalls again afterwards and Taylor tells her to start it in neutral, her hands are clearly on the steering wheel when the van starts.

Soundtrack:

CHOIR

Dull and pointless

Utterly derivative psycho on the road movie. We've seen it all before and to make things worse pretty much nothing happens throughout. I looked at the clock after twenty minutes and was still waiting for some semblance of story to begin. I was still waiting after an hour. There's a difference between understated and not stated at all. Who is the creepy Taylor? What happened in Thailand?

Questions are left unanswered and the ending predictable. "Are you f****ing thick?" the main character asks his girlfriend when she fails to spot Taylor's intentions. Apparently so. She's obviously never seen Dead Calm, Single White Female, Pacific Heights and a million other movies with the same premise.

To be fair the acting is acceptable but otherwise what on earth is Working Title doing wasting their time with this?