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Bookmark this pageThe Last Great Wilderness (2002)
Director: David Mackenzie
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From Time Out Film Guide
'McDogme' is the word for this loosely plotted first feature. It's comparatively low rent and pleasantly retro, and feels like it belongs on the small screen - and not just because Monarch of the Glen heart-throb Mackenzie plays Charlie, vengefully driving through remote Scotland to incinerate the house of the pop star who stole his wife. He picks up hitch-hiker Vince (Phillips), a motormouth fleeing unidentified heavies, and when the car runs out of gas they seek refuge at Moore Lodge - a retreat run by the gruff but seemingly benign Rory (Hayman). It's here matters pick up. As we're introduced to the oddball residents, the film stakes out the atmospheric, queasily comic terrain of the 'weirdo-filled mansion' sub-genre. As with most semi-improvised projects, the screenplay is wildly uneven - but director and cast mostly keep the balance tilting the right way, resulting in a promising digital debut full of unpredictable, thistly charm.Author: NY
Cast & crew
Director: David Mackenzie
Producer: Gillian Berrie
Cast: Alastair Mackenzie, Jonny Phillips, Ewan Stewart, David Hayman, Victoria Smurfit, Louise Irwin, Jane Stenson, John Comerford, Ford Kiernan, Sheila Donald full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 96 mins
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