An arguing couple are driving along a British motorway in the middle of the night when the back door of a lorry driving in front of them momentarily opens – revealing a young woman, naked and trapped in a cage inside. Soon enough the couple find themselves thrown into the middle of a nightmare as they follow the lorry and try to find out what's going on.
So far so good – this premise is serviceable if familiar, another in the sub-genre of 'road thrillers' following in the footsteps of Spielberg's DUEL, ROAD KILL and BREAKDOWN. The low budget and regional nature of the production promised to give this a decidedly British spin on proceedings, so I sat down ready to enjoy the movie. Unfortunately, as the story progresses, it falls apart completely, with plot hole after plot hole and silly coincidence after silly coincidence, until the film loses all grasp of reality and ends up as nothing more than a Hollywood-style B-movie.
HUSH has more ridiculous moments than most and these drag the plot down, leaving the viewer with too many unanswered questions. It feels like there were problems with production and bad editing is used to try and cover up these flaws – but it doesn't work. Neither does the casting of the wooden William Ash as the unsympathetic hero. Ash, a familiar face for British TV viewers thanks to his role in WATERLOO ROAD, has a single expression throughout the movie and is the second worst thing about the film – next to the script. I profess a certain enjoyment in watching him tortured in silly SAW-style scene, though.
In any case, the film runs out of steam long before the climax and I ended up wishing for it to end. Not one to remember.
So far so good – this premise is serviceable if familiar, another in the sub-genre of 'road thrillers' following in the footsteps of Spielberg's DUEL, ROAD KILL and BREAKDOWN. The low budget and regional nature of the production promised to give this a decidedly British spin on proceedings, so I sat down ready to enjoy the movie. Unfortunately, as the story progresses, it falls apart completely, with plot hole after plot hole and silly coincidence after silly coincidence, until the film loses all grasp of reality and ends up as nothing more than a Hollywood-style B-movie.
HUSH has more ridiculous moments than most and these drag the plot down, leaving the viewer with too many unanswered questions. It feels like there were problems with production and bad editing is used to try and cover up these flaws – but it doesn't work. Neither does the casting of the wooden William Ash as the unsympathetic hero. Ash, a familiar face for British TV viewers thanks to his role in WATERLOO ROAD, has a single expression throughout the movie and is the second worst thing about the film – next to the script. I profess a certain enjoyment in watching him tortured in silly SAW-style scene, though.
In any case, the film runs out of steam long before the climax and I ended up wishing for it to end. Not one to remember.