Mercy Falls (2023)

• Year: 2023
• Released: 14 May 2023
• Country: United Kingdom
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14360728/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mercy_falls
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
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• Genre: Horror, Thriller
• Runtime: 103 min
• Writer: Meliá Grasska, Ryan Hendrick
• Director: Ryan Hendrick
• Cast: Lauren Lyle, Nicolette McKeown, James Watterson
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	4.3/10
	63% – Critics

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A thrilling trek of terror

Mercy Falls…a thrilling trek of terror.

BAFTA nominated director Ryan Hendrick directs this survival horror/thriller that delivers fear to all viewers through its edge-of-the-seat anxiety.

A brief yet insightful insight into the film…a group of friends venture into a Scottish forest in search of a cabin. During this adventure the group gain an extra addition to their troupe…but, will this be an advantage or…a terrible mistake..?

As I begun to watch this film I felt the unique British film feel, a feeling I could compare to the likes of Dog Soldiers (Neil Marshall, 2002) or Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012).

The location chosen for this film was perfect..it was a setting that didn’t feel overtly in your face Scottish whilst also actually showing a side of the UK that holds the perfect natural beauty..coincidently a perfect place for a survival horror/thriller!

You can see and feel the notable performances of Rhona (Lauren Lyle – Outlander) and Carla (Nicolette McKeown – Lost at Christmas). Both these characters give a brave and fierce performance that stands tall above all. Lauren Lyle gives the role her all and made me feel her characters pain due to the pure performance she gives. On the other hand Nicolette McKeown’s performance as Carla created a feeling of strong dislike, which ultimately fulfils the target that she went for with her acting. Both actresses show the essences of what it means to star in a film and go forth to create these powerful characters.

Moreover, the narrative structure felt natural and the series of events ultimately felt like it had a good flow from start to finish. Alongside this narrative structure the technicalities with the cinematography shines through. The cinematographies movement feels like I, the audience, is there. There’s a handheld feel and this feeling adds a voyeuristic feel to it too; we’re watching the events unfold whilst sitting anxiously waiting for some fearful event to occur.

Like any film criticism, there are elements I felt were weak.

I felt some of the performance had a wooden feel and left me feeling annoyed by some characters. Like, would I act like that in a situation like theirs? Would I, one minute, be crying then the next absolutely fine? It felt too forced and incoherent.

Narratively, as mentioned above, the timeline of events was well written and well constructed, but the scripting felt off in some places. It sometimes felt forced and unnatural with interactions.

Carla’s backstory was something I felt the film could have explored further; I wanted to see more of how her previous experiences (seen in flashbacks) affected her and ultimately, how this series of events fully unfolded. This is something I felt had a really powerful meaning, but the film falls short by not venturing into that backstory.

Overall, this film fills the appetite for a anxiety filled thriller that follows similar routes that other survival thrillers have taken in the past.

This is worth the watch.

Mercy Falls

Anyone remember the BBC “Merlin” series with Colin Morgan? Well, this is really just like an updated version of one of his adventures, only without the costumes, charm or dragons! We start with some lovely drone footage of the treetops before being introduced to “Rhona” (Lauren Lyle) who has assembled four of her friends to hike twenty-odd miles into the wilderness to find a remote cabin that she has inherited from her long-time estranged father. They haven’t a clue, but luckily “Carla” (Nicolette McKeown – who reminded me a lot of Rebecca Ferguson) is on hand and she offers to guide them on their quest. It turns out, though, that “Carla” has quite a psychologically malevolent streak and that “Rhona” and her mates are all rather fickle, shallow types – except, perhaps, “Scott” (James Watterson). What now ensues gets gradually more silly as we discover there is precious little that’s likeable about any of these people before a denouement that says very little about the standard of high-end British military training. The audio work is effective, but the rest of this is unremarkable fayre that will keep until it’s on the television around Halloween.

One of 2023’s best Tubi Originals

Can I just say how refreshing it is to watch a 21st-century woodsy horror/thriller and it NOT be ‘elevated horror’ that’s symbolic of trauma

This TO (one Tubi acquired as opposed to making it in-house) is a well-shot scenic Scottish cat and mouse ‘friends lost in the woods’ picture that has good scenery, some nice tension, impressive acting and surprisingly well done gore effects. I found myself much more impressed than I expected.

As far as 2023 TOs go (and there are a decent amount of them thus far as Tubi seems to add three a week on average. Yeah that blows my mind as well) Mercy Falls climbs almost to the top.