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‘Unlocked. Unleashed.”
The Lair is a 2022 American science fiction action horror film about half-human, half-alien creatures known as Ravagers.
Written and directed by Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, The Descent, The Reckoning, Hell Boy).
The movie stars Jonathan Howard (Thor: The Dark World, Skylines, Godzilla King of Monsters), Charlotte Kirk (The Reckoning, Oceans Eight), Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica), Leon Ockenden, Mark Strepan, Hadi Khanjanpour, Harry Taurasi, Kibong Tanji and Troy Alexander.
Plot:
Sergeant Tom Hook is tasked with leading soldiers to find Lt. Kate Sinclair, a Royal Air Force fighter pilot shot down in Afghanistan. Sinclair, pursued by insurgents, finds refuge in a long-abandoned secret bunker and unwittingly releases a deadly man-made biological weapon – half-human, half-alien and hungry for human flesh – the Ravagers.
Hook and his team, accompanied by a handful of British SAS troops must save Sinclair from the insurgents, and more importantly from the Ravagers before they overrun the area and potentially the world…
Writer-director Neil Marshall has said “It’s great to be back in the thick of the action with such a stellar cast and crew, and I’m thrilled to be shooting in Budapest again. This movie really captures the mood and intensity of my early work, not to mention the blood and guts. I think horror and action fans are going to get a real kick out of The Lair. “ He has since described his latest film was “The Dirty Half Dozen meets The Thing.”
Reviews:
“The Lair is a return to Marshall’s action/horror roots. There’s the claustrophobia and below ground creatures of The Descent plus the gore, wit and camaraderie of Dog Soldiers. The sustained rat-a-tat of machine gun fire in the finale may well be rattling around your head for hours after the film finishes.” Britflicks
“The Lair is an explosive horror adventure which further cements Neil Marshall’s position as one of our generation’s finest action horror filmmakers.” 4 out of 5, Dread Central
“Zulu is an obvious influence here (character names are lifted and shifted from that film to this one), and a midpoint assault on the outpost is the movie’s highlight. While the climax never reaches the same level, enough prosthetic make-up FX work splatters across the screen to send everyone home happy.” Electric Shadows
“It’s notable that the best bit, the tense opening half hour, has very little dialogue and is played mostly straight. Still, by the end, I’d warmed to its ridiculousness. Visually, it’s impressive – with immersive sets and fantastic shots of the landscape […] Plus there’s only so much you can moan about a lack of intelligence in a movie where people with machine guns fight monsters.” 3 out of 5, Horror Cult Films
“I think it’s a lot of fun as well as heavy on the violence and gore. The pacing works with the right amount of tension without cheating the audience out of action. The characters are great (I’d want Layfayette on my side any day) and the dialogue and decisions they make are authentic and reasonable…” Horror DNA
” …it’s basically a matter of not getting too attached to anyone since they’re liable to get gutted or gored to death, and noting that no faction in the film has much of a grasp of tactics (every side takes needless casualties) but the stunt and special effects teams are having a ball showing how badly everything can go wrong. Marshall clearly loves schlock, and does the requisite nods to the ‘80s with a Thing-like alien autopsy…” The Kim Newman Web Site
” …there’s never any sense of tension or escalation, it’s just attack, pause, attack, pause, attack, until the movie ends.In fairness, Marshall does pull off the occasional fun gory bit – a face getting ripped off here, a surprise attack from behind there – but they’re not enough to make up for the relentless tedium elsewhere.” 2/5, Nerdly
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Release date:
The Lair had its world premiere at the 2022 Arrow Video FrightFest in London on Thursday, August 25, 2022.
In the US, The Lair will be released by RLJE Films theatrically, On Demand (VOD) and on Digital on October 28, 2022
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