Lorcan Finnegan directs Nicolas Cage, Julian McMahon and Miranda Tapsell in this psychological thriller set in a car park by an Aussie beach.

Not much surfing. “Locals only!” Equally one of the most balanced Cage performances in a long time. He is still falling down, it has that mania, but it all makes a certain degree of logical sense. The claustrophobia of a beach carpark (blazing asphalt, stinky loos) next to a forbidden paradise is tantalising. This is a sensory experience, hyper involving. As a small scale homage to Wake In Fright and Walkabout The Surfer hits the spot. I snuck a sixer of tinnies in and it vibed exactly right. Has the awesome line “He’s the kinda guy who’ll make you watch him punch your boy’s teeth out.” Scrappy but perfect.

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Perfect Double Bill: Vivarium (2019)

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