Wrenn Schmidt, Aaron Staton, Pablo Schreiber, Jennifer Dubin and Cora Olson star for director Christopher Denham who also directed 2008’s Home Movie. Denham is an actor as well, having starred in films like Argo and Forgetting the Girl.
In the film, brothers Sean and Mike Neary, along with Mikes wife Wit, head out on a hunting trip that doubles as a distraction from their troubles at home. But ignoring the closed sign and heading deep into an overgrown nature preserve, they soon find their troubles are only beginning. When all of their gear is stolen, they immediately turn on each other.
But the hunted can only survive so long standing alone. Just when you think you have heard the story before, Preservation twists into a sharp and startling take on why we fight and, in our tech-obsessed age, what we have been missing out on in the great outdoors.
When I caught the film earlier this year, I found it to be an intense Eden Lake-esque experience. Except I liked this film more than that British film. I’ve always respected Denham as an actor and filmmaker and I’m happy Shock is backing the movie.
A January limited theatrical and VOD release is being planned. I’ll keep you posted.
