The French thriller High
Lane (2009) is a tense and suspenseful film that takes six friends up
through a hiking and mountain trail. It’s
not long before they learn that the trail was shut down due to repairs but once
they discover that they are at the point of no return and must continue on the
journey in order to find an alternate route of escape. It’s not long before they discover that not
only do they have to contend with the natural dangers of the trail but that
someone is on the mountain with them killing them one by one and they must work
together to find a way off the mountain before they all are met with an early
death.
Written by Johanne Bernard and Louis-Paul Desanges and
directed by Abel Ferry this is a film that’s meant to take you out of the
comfort and safety of home and put you in the middle of nature’s elements and
dangers. If the dangers or nature weren’t
enough the six friends must also contend with personal problems and fears that
also threaten to destroy the group from within.
This is a very tense film before the mountain killer even
enters the picture and the film constantly reminds you that anything can happen
at any time which works in the films favor and keeps audiences on the edge of
their seat. The film has a very capable
cast that carry the film especially considering all the emotional and
relationship problems facing them before the external dangers show there
face. This is important in order to set
up the characters who are anything but 2-demensional.
Modern French horror films are some of the most interesting
and visceral out there right now and this film is no different so if you are a
fan of French horror cinema then you will enjoy this film.
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