Rose Leslie (Ygritte
from Game of Thrones) is probably the only person I could identify in this
hardcore Indie movie that aims to challenge Happy New Year this Diwali in
India. That being said, both Rose and
her opposite number Harry Treadaway come out of this otherwise disastrous
attempt at horror, unscathed in terms of questions regarding their
capabilities.
Honeymoon is the
story of exactly that – a Honeymoon. Bea
(Rose) and Paul (Treadaway) decide to tie the knot after a year of
courtship. Bea decides that the best
place for their honeymoon would be at a desolate border town where her family
owns an equally eerie cottage in the woods.
The cottage is a
good 10 minute walk from the nearest neighbor – Will (Ben Huber) – who runs a
restaurant that is shut for all practical purposes. Will and Rose – predictably – did their thing
in high school. But, predictably again,
Bea doesn’t have as vivid a recollection of what transpired.
To attempt to
make matters as eerie as possible, Will’s wife, Annie (Hanna Brown) makes an
appearance when the school chums have their own mini reunion. Annie is ashen white and petrified of
something that does little to calm the already aggravated situation that Will
and Rose find themselves in. In this mix
we have a perplexed Paul who really doesn’t know what the hell is happening.
Unfortunately,
the perplexed mental state, is not restricted to the cast and crew. Debutante director Leigh Janek doesn’t really
give the audience anything to look forward to other than predictable voltage
fluctuations and an intense beam of light that scans the cottage in the woods in
the middle of the night.
The attempt at
creating horror falls flat. Mind you, I am
one who is easily scared. But Janek’s
attempt would have made our very own Vikram Bhat really proud. The narration meanders aimlessly but is luckily
restricted to less than 90 minutes. The
dialogue doesn’t add to the interest levels either.
If you manage to
survive all the way, I can guarantee that the gross climax will definitely
succeed in disappointing you. On one
hand it is gory and on the other it is flat.
Honeymoon need not be part of your weekend itinerary. In fact you need not waste your time with it
on the small screen either. 2 on
10.
Watch the trailer
on http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1355328537/?ref_=tt_ov_vi
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