To me, this movie is perfection.

So much average

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

I have to say that I love John Jarratt. His appearance as the bad guy in the WOLF CREEK films has given him a cult following, and this infamy led him to make SAVAGES CROSSING, a low budget thriller written by Jarratt and his wife, starring Jarratt and his real-life son, Charlie. It's a bit of a family affair, but sadly one that turns out to be distinctly average and rather a let down compared to the intensity of the WOLF CREEK movies.The light plotting sees a group of characters assembled and stranded at a remote diner during a stormy night where the torrential rain has made the only road going in or out impassable. The characters are largely uninteresting here, but Jarratt holds the attention as an ex-con who has unfinished business with his estranged wife and kid. What follows, though, despite best efforts, is strictly routine, and there's little of the suspense you'd expect from the premise; no edge of the seat stuff. It's also surprisingly tame.It goes without saying that Jarratt is hugely entertaining, as is ever the case, and he's well matched by NEIGHBOURS star Craig McLachlan who is a welcome presence as the square-jawed heroic type. But the story seems to go on forever, repetitively going back and forth while depending on the characters making dumb decisions to spin things out a bit further. It tests the patience instead of testing the viewer's nerves.

A flash flood in Australia cuts off a small handful of people in a remote roadside diner . A man called Phil enters and threatens his estranged wife Sue and the stranded drivers realise they're in a desperate struggle for their lives This is a low budget Aussie thriller with a very small cast and a limited number of sets . This isn't enough to condemn the film as a failure of course but if you're making something along the lines of THE OLD DARK HOUSE then you'll need to make sure you're bringing something new and appetizing to the table and this is where SAVAGES CROSSING fails to a very large extent . What happens for most of the time Phil played by John Jarrat swaggers around over acting to high heaven telling people if they don't tell him where his wife is he's going to have to kill them Another minor annoyance is Craig McLachan as the hero of sorts Mory . McLachan was once a household name in Britain and Australia twenty years ago due to his starring roles in NEIGHBOURS and HOME AWAY while like so many Aussie soap opera stars had a side line as a pop singer and he does the incidental music here on a soundtrack that is rather intrusive . He doesn't make much of a hunky hero either in a film that feels something of a wash out which is appropriate since it revolves around a flood

Savages Crossing is a micro-budget horror flick written by John Jarratt and his son and it really is just an exercise in vanity. Jarratt had a fleeting glimpse at resurrected stardom with Wolf Creek and so he's essentially written himself another psychopathic lunatic role in a similar vein. But hey, the movie works. The first 10 minutes are woeful (and unnecessary) as its shot in day light and the lack of budget shows, but once night falls and the rain pours, Savages Crossing has a great atmosphere and performances. Craig McLachlan is actually really good as the 'take- no-sh!t' country farmer and in my opinion he steals the show. Its not great by any means, but certainly worth a look.

The Savage thing here is this movie it's not a horror 3.3 I think is overly Generous it's worse than any Michael Bay film I've Ever watched you may think "Oh come on it can't be that bad" let me count these waysThe Actors are horrendous it may be the scriptwriter or the poor way this movie was made but I wanted to see them get killed we have a horrendous overacting mother and an underacting teenager 2 girls who must've been hired off the street because this is the only reason as to why anyone would be in hereWhen I wanted to see them get killed I couldn't because the villain is afraid to use a gun let me read that to you again THE VILLAIN IS AFRAID TO USE A GUN The Dialogue only deserves a few words because I have seen better dialogue come out of 6-year-olds you get such dialogue as this "don't touch her or else""Or else What?""I'll Swear to god"yeah and that's them doing their best but it can't be for 6-year-olds because they overuse the F-word especially a copThe Villain has no motives and introduced as to the mother knowing he's out via phone call and the 2 words "he's out" and shots between the mother and son and the villain walking in slow motion through a city street seriously IN SLOW MOTION.The Characters: The mother is a private person for no reason with her wimpy son and the 2 girls who appear in the so-called wrong place one does nothing but cries throughout the whole movie from when the villain appears to the end of the movie the other calms her down I wondered when the scared-to-use-a-gun villain kills them I was angry at the end when he didn't there are the 2 people who own the bar the woman just serves them and tries to come at the villain with a baseball bat and doesn't the man who I mistook for Crocodile Dundee (and I'm Australian) and they do nothingThe sound is so bad every time it rains it sounds like somebody is using a bug zapper to make the noise collide with the ground