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The Ritual
Actually, the supernatural entity of this film take care not only its
followers but the film itself. After millions of horror / thriller
films set in the woods and after a billion films that talk about evil
gods, we are faced with another story on the same subject. Really awful
in the last years of the second decade of 2000, right ?. For some
reason we do not feel like rejecting "The Ritual". Yes, of course, the
script is absolutely not surprising, the title already explains what it
is and the finale is a big classic. But there is a way to tell, a way
to shoot (cinematography and special effects included) that at least
entertains the viewer, giving him little twists. After several films in
collaboration with other directors, David Brockner puts his hand to the
novel of the same name by Adam Nevill, with the screenplay by Joe
Barton and at the cinematography, true jewel of this film, is placed
Andrew Shulkind. A story already seen, as mentioned, that tells us
about a holiday of four friends in the forests of northern Sweden (the
film was shot in Romania). Four friends united by the memory of another
friend killed a few months earlier in a robbery. Everything goes well
until one of them is injured on the knee. To let him to take the
shortest road the group decides to take a shortcut. And as we all know,
it's something NOT to do. On the new path the four begin to witness
unexplained phenomena, nightmares, inevitable, including. The bodycount
begins to increase in number and explodes when the four reach a
village. The villagers sacrifice lives to ingratiate themselves with
the forest creature, a Jǫtunn, a giant, who protects them. One of the
four is saved thanks to a sign on his chest that identifies him as one
who can "honor" the monster. Natural that then he ... well you know. A
dark cinematography and a lively direction that manages well to
highlight the most exciting moments, are accompanied by an expert and
appreciated cast (Robert James-Collier, Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali) and the
whole saves "The Ritual" from getting lost in the dense vegetation of
monsters and evil Gods.
