Every thing has come full Triangle

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Triangle is an awesome hidden gem that ran about $12 million, but delivered much more than the typical low budget slasher fare. With that said, the movie has a horrible cg ship is prominent, but is only seen few times. Fortunately by the end of the movie there is a sequence that makes up for the hideous ship, plus the movie itself washes the pain away.

Mellissa George stars, and her awesome legs are visible for 90% of this crazed adventure. The leg statement is essential because they acted as a good tension reliever during the journey of murder and mistrust. I just wonder who they’ll get to play her part in the remake which is guaranteed to happen since nobody watched this movie. Mz George did a great job and honestly, when the other shoe drops and another British property is converted to American I wouldn’t mind seeing her again.

In a nutshell, Triangle is a reverse ‘Groundhog’s day’ due to its similar core concept that never felt gimmicky, and worked well with its basic ‘slasher’ themes. The strength of Triangle rested mainly on the shoulders of its intelligence, and its ability to tell the audience what’s happening without clunky exposition. Rarely have I watched a movie of this sort that made me think (even if for 2 seconds), and even though I did predict where things were going from the first bit of foreshadowing, surprises were still abound.

Director Christopher Smith has directed two prior movies called ‘Severance’ and Creep’, so now I’m going to catch up while anticipating his next project. Talent aside, a large part of this movie’s quality also emerges from the fact that it came from those Kooky former colonial master across the pond. With no involvement from Hollywood, it’s no wonder this came together without much cheese other than the cheesecake.

This movie isn’t perfect by any means, and it does take ideas and cues from past greats, but who cares if it works well. Its kinda like the videogame ‘Darksiders’, it may be every game ever made combined, but what does it matter if it’s done masterfully. I would say see it for yourself and whether you love it or hate it, in the end it can’t be as bad as watching ‘Blindness’.


Hyakkimaru