Liv(JessicaHenwick)andHanna(JuliaGarner), twoCanadianwomenonvacationinAustralia, runoutofmoney.Desperate, theytakeajobbartendinginaremotedesertOutbackhotel, onlytorealizethey’vestumbledintoasun-struckpatchofHell-on-Earth.Writer-directorKittyGreenadapts, withco-screenwriterOscarRedding, atruestorythatstartsasafeministparableanddevelopsintoatauthorror-thriller.BothGarner(reunitedwithGreenaftertheirstunningTHEASSISTANT)andHenwickareriveting, asisHugoWeavinginanall-too-briefrole.GreenandcoscreenwriterOscarReddingdon’tidealizetheirheroinesinthepoliticallycorrectwayyoumightexpect:LivandHannaareneitherGirlScoutsnorvictims.Asthethreatofmisogynistviolencerises, drinkbydrink, scenebyscene, Greendeepensthefilm’scoretheme:uglybehaviorandcasualdisregardforotherhumansishighlycontagious.
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