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Title: Wolf Creek
Cast: John Jarratt, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, Nathan Phillips
Director: Greg McLean

Wolf Creek is one of the biggest meteor strike sites in the world, the biggest in Australia, and is located in the outback. Two English girls are sharing a car with an Australian guy, travelling across country, with a planned stop to see Wolf Creek. However, once they get there they find their car won't start again. Alone in the dark and rain, in the middle of nowhere the three get into trouble.

Wolf Creek is a film of two halves. The first is upbeat and enthusiastic. The trio full of life and enthusiasm. Enjoying a party lifestyle and celebrating the glory of the crater site they find. The second half sees a shift, getting into the darkness and violence. The film on the whole captures the two moods quite well, with some particularly striking landscapes to back the whole up.

However Wolf Creek is on the whole a pretty average example of the genre. There have been plenty of films with similar plots in recent years. To the point where many scenes in this and others become somewhat interchangeable. There is one scene which is particularly nasty, but even that doesn't really tip the balance into making this especially scary or memorable.