Triangle

I watched this like a week and bit ago but I've just got round to posting about it. (I've just not been in the mood recently for some reason)

Anyway, Triangle is the next film from writer/director Christopher Smith following Creep (some effective parts but doesn't quite hold together) and Severance (the same but suffering from added Danny Dyer).

It is fair to say that the trailers for the film do appear to give away the major twist of the film, however the tale still holds some surprises. Following Jess (Melissa George) as she reluctantly goes on a sailing trip leaving behind her young autistic son, the film opens with a group of guys and girls nervously flirting as they sail. However things soon take a turn for the sinister as the boat is overturned and refuse is sought on board a mysteriously abandoned ocean liner.

The film is structured in three overlapping parts each one replaying the same events but from a differing point of view. Each one filling in some of the details of what is happening as we go along. The first part is full of questions as to what is happening, the second contains the not so secret big secret and you think to yourself "oh, is that it?" but it's the third time through that truly takes the tale somewhere a little unexpected and adds a nice dark edge to proceedings.

Now, undoubtedly if you look too hard there are various holes in the narrative and things that don't quite make sense. This is most evident in a couple of moments that make for a really nice visual but don't quite follow the rules of the set-up. (And to say more is to spoil them sadly)

So overall I do quite like the film, it's nothing that special overall but it is a clever little supernatural thriller with some nice ideas in it (goes to show you can make a strong effort with a cast of about eight and essentially a series of corridors as a set). The sort of thing that will really mess with your head if you see it by chance late at night but in the harsh light of the middle of afternoon doesn't quite hold together.

Tho' Cube style one of it's big advantages is it never commits to making clear why all this is happening leaving it open for the imagination to run wild.