Marcus hides the bodies and they drive off, hoping to claim that they were hunting in another area. Vaughn wants to tell the police about the incident but Marcus convinces him they will be arrested as murderers. The boy's father arrives and, in a fit of grief, picks up Vaughn's gun and points it at him but Marcus shoots the man. On the hunt, the pair happen upon a deer in a clearing, and Vaughn aims at a doe’s head but it suddenly turns, causing Vaughn to shoot and kill a boy, unseen behind the deer. Vaughn realises he has forgotten ammunition for his rifle, so Marcus lets him borrow one of his guns, despite this violating the strict firearm laws. On the way, Vaughn deduces Marcus has used cocaine and chastises him. Vaughn and Iona nearly kiss but Vaughn mentions his pregnant fiancée, so they have another drink instead.Įarly next morning, Marcus rouses a hungover Vaughn for their hunt. After dancing and drinking, Marcus leaves with Kara, despite being warned to stay away. They spend the evening at a village pub, where they meet Logan, a community leader who bemoans the village's weak economy and two young women, Kara and Iona. Plot Īn aggressive Edinburgh businessman, Marcus, takes his boarding-school friend, Vaughn, whose fiancée is newly pregnant, on a weekend hunting in the Scottish Highlands. The film is set in Scotland and concerns incidents on a hunting trip to the remote Scottish Highlands, and stars Jack Lowden and Martin McCann. It also had a limited release in select Curzon Cinemas in the UK from 21 October to 16 November 2018. After a debut at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, it was released on 29 June 2018 on Netflix. Anyone expecting a thriller packed with gore and mayhem will be disappointed, so be prepared for a movie that rewards patience and a close attention to small details.Ĭalibre‘s moments of outright violence are sparing yet pack a hefty punch above all, it’s an absorbing, gripping story that shows, quiet convincingly, how one horrible mistake can lead to another, until the web of deceit becomes a tangle that’s impossible to escape.Ĭalibre is available to watch now on Netflix.Calibre is a 2018 British thriller film written and directed by Matt Palmer. Told with a brutal efficiency that makes the most of its low budget, Calibre is a terrific drama-thriller about suspicion and gnawing guilt. Running at a lean 100 minutes, Palmer’s film gives us the measure of these characters in a short scene or two: one particular sequence in a busy pub, where we’re unsure of who knows what about whom, positively hums with quiet menace. Tony Curran, meanwhile, is equally good as one of the pillars of the village community, while Ian Pirie is flat-out scary as his older, more intimidating brother. Lowden and McCann are difficult to fault as the two leads – particularly as they grow increasingly haunted and cornered by their own misdeeds. Gradually, Vaughn and Marcus’ character flaws are laid bare, from the former’s easy-going tendency to cave into the wild ideas of his friend, to Marcus’ appetite for drink and drugs at the same time, we see how an increasingly impoverished part of rural Scotland reacts when a pair of wealthy out-of-towners start disrupting their way of life. In his debut feature, Palmer confidently balances our sympathies, between the two leads – who in essence are anti-heroes at best – and the assorted beer drinkers, farmers and hunters who make up the supporting cast. Thereafter, Calibre takes on a vaguely Kafka-esque air, as Vaughn and Marcus try to hide the fallout of their fateful trip to the woods from the locals.
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