Cold Prey director Roar Uthaug's latest is a textbook case of 'out of the frying pan, into the fire'. The premise is simple. Escape (Flukt) begins with a family trying to escape the ravages of the black plague only to fall into the hands of a group of bandits. It doesn't go well for them.
Ten years after the Black Death ravaged the country, a poor family is on a journey to find better living conditions. On a deserted mountain pass, they are attacked by a gang of ruthless outlaws. They only spare the life of the nineteen year old Signe. She is taken captive and the gang takes her back to their camp. Here she learns that she is intended a fate worse than death. Signe understands that the only solution is to escape.
The first teaser for Uthaug's new offering turned up back in May and with the Norwegian release creeping up the full trailer has just arrived. Uthaug is widely considered one of the most technically proficient of Norway's young generation of directors, with his Cold Prey being largely responsible for kicking off the current run of Nordic genre film. Can he live up to his own history? Trailer looks mighty good.
Ten years after the Black Death ravaged the country, a poor family is on a journey to find better living conditions. On a deserted mountain pass, they are attacked by a gang of ruthless outlaws. They only spare the life of the nineteen year old Signe. She is taken captive and the gang takes her back to their camp. Here she learns that she is intended a fate worse than death. Signe understands that the only solution is to escape.
The first teaser for Uthaug's new offering turned up back in May and with the Norwegian release creeping up the full trailer has just arrived. Uthaug is widely considered one of the most technically proficient of Norway's young generation of directors, with his Cold Prey being largely responsible for kicking off the current run of Nordic genre film. Can he live up to his own history? Trailer looks mighty good.