However, in recent months, the output of the newest generation of such filmmakers was rather disappointing. Last years MUTANTES for example was, whilst visually striking, just a re-hash of long established zombie film clichés. it had a twist of its own, but nothing new to tell.
So ironically, LA MEUTE has something new to tell, but somehow loses the plot midway in.
It all starts out well enough: a young bad-assed girl rides through the countryside, picks up a hitchhiker, picks a fight with some bikers and soon is taken in by a depraved backwoods-family. So far, so well. The cinematography is striking as well and the film has a gorgeous blue/silver/chrome coloring to it that looks very neat.
Even better, halfway through, the director delves into Guillermo-del-Torro-esque surrealism and presents a pretty nice mythological twist, but instead of taking off from there, we are never presented with a true mythology, never really introduced to a backstory or anything that could elevate this from what it soon turns out to be - a generic shoot-em-up-thriller, with some nice moments, but in the end nothing unique. As the credits start rolling, I wondered just what exactly took place, if any of the unexplained twists really had a meaning to them and if there was more to it than somebody in front of word thinking "Heh, THAT could be a nice idea for a horror film."
The audience received the film a lot worse than I did - sadly, since LA MEUTE still has many things that elevate it above the generic US-shocker. However, I doubt the film is more than what it feels like - a film by a fan boy that will make fan boys raving about how it can be done better.
Rating - 6.5/10
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