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Desperate Hour, The DVD

DVD  |  Thriller  |  03 Aug 2022
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Time is running out.

Recently widowed mother Amy Carr is doing her best to restore normalcy to the lives of her young daughter and teenage son in their small town. As she's on a jog in the woods, she finds her town thrown into chaos as a shooting takes place at her son's school. Miles away, on foot in the dense forest, Amy desperately races against time to save her son.

Title: Desperate Hour, The

Format: DVD

Release Date: 03 Aug 2022

Actor(s): Naomi Watts, Colton Gobbo, Andrew Chown, Sierra Maltby, Michelle Johnston, Woodrow Schrieber, David Reale, Jason Clarke, Debra Wilson, Christopher Marren, Jacqueline King Schiller, Josh Bowman, Shari Flett, Evelyn Wiebe, Rebecca Flinn-White, Edie Mir

Sku: 2678930

Catalogue No: R-126314-9

Category: Thriller

Disc Count: 1

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

OFLC Rating: M

Run Time: 84

Transfer Format: 16:9 Enhanced, Widescreen

Video Format: PAL

Primary Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1

Language: English, Dolby Digital 5.1

Region Code: 4

OFLC Advice: Mature Themes And Coarse Language

Director(s): Phillip Noyce

Genre: Thriller, Drama

PRODUCT REVIEWS

Amy (Naomi Watts) wakes up one morning and decides to take a day off from work, claiming it as personal leave. We quickly understand that Amy's family is undergoing a big change, including a recent loss. She speaks with her son, who also doesn't feel like doing anything other than staying in bed all day. Amy accepts his attitude giving him the option that if he wants to stay home too, fine, but naturally emphasises that attending school would be a much smarter choice. From this, Amy decides to go for a run in the woods to clear her head and mind. As Amy begins her run, she receives and makes various phone calls. While running and chatting to various people, she also notices multiple police cars driving past her at a speedy pace and soon begins to suspect that perhaps something terrible has occurred nearby. While Amy is standing at a peaceful lookout, she soon gets an alarming message advising that her hometown is now in lockdown due to a shooting incident at the local high school. Frantically, Amy makes various phone calls to find out more information and soon discovers that her son Noah decided to go to school while she went for a run and is now possibly a hostage. The clock is ticking as Amy is determined to get to the town's community centre next to the school and do everything she can to save her son. However, to get there, Amy must now travel by foot; her destination is four miles away, which will take approx an hour to get there. The Desperate Hour is best described as a drama film with some intense moments of being a thriller. The film takes a bit to get into motion, but once Amy receives word of a lockdown, the film delivers a matter of urgency to the screen. I also enjoyed Amy attempting to do everything she could on her phone even though she wasn't near the tragic event. While Amy spends a lot of her time around the woods, the film feels like most of its duration is spent at one location, with very few actors appearing throughout the film. I also admired that the film tackled a sensitive subject that is still relevant today: gun violence. I felt the performance was generally great; however, while compelling given her situation, Amy as a character has moments that either seem unwise or unlikeable partially as the film reaches its climax and showdown. It's no secret that a mother would do anything for their son in a dangerous situation, but sadly, for Amy, some choices in a real-life event would cause more harm than good. Various phone calls Amy makes to obtain intel seem like luck or fluke rather than delivering big surprises to the screen. The film also attempts to make big reveals that I found more predictable than surprising on my first watch. Overall, I can't deny this film focuses on a touching topic while delivering some powerful moments of both a drama and thriller. While the drama aspect is great, the thrills and mystery within the story are rather predictable, and I can't deny that I found the leading character to have unlikeable moments. Any real plot advancement generally comes from pure luck rather than revealing a gripping story, which should have kept me on the edge of my seat instead of feeling slightly disappointed with the end results. * This review has been written for Sanity. For more reviews from Walkden Entertainment, check out the link here: www.walkdenentertainment.com

Published on:
30 Aug 2022

Published by:
Walkden Entertainment (Peter Walkden) www.walkdenentertainment.com


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