Set in Scotland, Calibre features beautiful scenes of untouched and imposing nature. Something that will change their lives forever… What’s supposed to be a fun and exciting weekend soon turns into something else. Vaughn is about to become a dad and Marcus, an in-your-face businessman decides to take him hunting to bond over the weekend. Marcus and Vaughn are two best friends who are about to slowly drift apart as they’re starting new chapters in their lives. After all, this is a small thriller that should be a jumping board for everyone involved. They tried to combat this with various twists and turns and relatively succeeded. I also must admit that once the wheels have been set in motion you sort of knew how this is going to end. This movie basically puts you in the shoes of two guys in a pretty scary situation and you constantly keep thinking about what would you do in their situation. I should also mention Tony Curran and Ian Pirie, who played their roles pitch-perfect. Jack Lowden and Martin McCann are both experienced actors and they were terrific here. With very well-written characters there was a need for great performances from our main protagonists and they delivered. There were a couple of necessary suspension-of-belief moments but nothing that would ruin the viewing pleasure.Ĭalibre is a directorial debut for Matt Palmer and I recommend you keep an eye out for this young and talented director/writer. It’s palpably intense and the clever writing keeps you on edge as you’re following the story unfolding. The most important thing about these movies is the atmosphere and they really nailed it here.

They usually deal with familiar concepts and here we will be exploring the infamous city vs country folk paradigm. The characters are real and situations plausibly terrifying. Old school slow-burning thrillers with a simple and relatively engaging story. Movies like Calibre sort of disappeared after the nineties.

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