The Decline (2020)
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 4413 Kbps | 83 min | 3,01 Gb
Audio: Français E-AC3 Atmos 5.1 @ 768 Kbps
Subs: English, Español, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Arabic (العربية), Chinese (中文), Čeština, Dansk, Nederlands, Suomi, Ελληνικά, Hebrew (עברית), Hindi (हिन्दी), Magyar, Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese (日本語), Korean (한국어), Polski, Português, Română, Русский, Español, Svenska, Thai (ภาษาไทย), Türkçe, tiếng Việt
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 4413 Kbps | 83 min | 3,01 Gb
Audio: Français E-AC3 Atmos 5.1 @ 768 Kbps
Subs: English, Español, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Arabic (العربية), Chinese (中文), Čeština, Dansk, Nederlands, Suomi, Ελληνικά, Hebrew (עברית), Hindi (हिन्दी), Magyar, Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese (日本語), Korean (한국어), Polski, Português, Română, Русский, Español, Svenska, Thai (ภาษาไทย), Türkçe, tiếng Việt
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Director: Patrice Laliberté
Writers: Charles Dionne, Nicolas Krief
Stars: Marc Beaupré, Réal Bossé, Marilyn Castonguay
As a way to prepare for disasters, family man Antoine attends a training program on survivalism given by Alain, at his self-sufficient retreat. Anticipating a natural, economical or social breakdown, the group goes through drills meant to prepare them for apocalypses of all types. But the catastrophe waiting for them is nothing like what they anticipated.
Novice French writer and director Patrice Laliberté makes his first full length feature film debut with this little gem, and nailed it.
The directing and cinematography were spot-on. Location setting in the vast northern Quebec region was spectacular - I wish more aerial landscape shots were shown. The score was perfect and not overbearing. The casting and performances were excellent and very convincing. What I really enjoyed was the no-nonsense non-Hollywood-ish real-life writing. It felt sort of like a live documentary shoot gone bad. Although the pacing in the beginning was a little slow, it picked up when the suspense began. The 83 min runtime wasn't too long, in fact, I wanted more.
If you're into wilderness/survivalist films, you will love this. I'm not, but still really enjoyed it.
It's a well deserved 8/10 from me
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