A group of college students travels to the cottage of their psychology professor Barren in an isolated island as a reward of their teamwork in the research of Barren. They expect to spend the weekend with lots of sex, but a serial-killer turns their party in a nightmare.
Wemple is speedily launching a trademark formula among modern monster movies — he marries the science of the mind with wild things that defy the basic laws of science.
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Swapnil Dhruv Bose
RTFilm ThreatMar 4, 2021
It beats us over the head with its platitudes while painfully pretending otherwise.
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Alix Turner
RTReady Steady CutFeb 18, 2021
A potentially decent film about tension between best friends, monsters in the snow, and alternate versions of what might have happened. The only clear message is don't take drugs.
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Joel Fisher
RTBattle Royale With CheeseNov 15, 2020
The Retreat may have taken on too much as by the end, the tone changes and disappointingly goes with what audiences may want rather than what would have served the story better.
