No. 65. (2019) Locusts. July 14th.

Film No 65 (2019) July 14th.  6:30 PM  LUNA PALACE Leederville. 

Luna Revelation film Festival Perth Western Australia July 4th - 17th.

"You're the only person who had a chance to get out of this place". (Izzy says it how it is through her eyes after one of the film's shock revelations).

A lively addition to the contemporary Australian desert western (Razorback, Mad Max I, II, III etc) sub genre without a blockbuster feel. First time writer, producer Angus Watts, along with seasoned director Heath Davis (Book Week), has devised a wonderfully atmospheric, tense desert drama. My issue is, while Tarantino pulls off tricked up, unlikely scenes with humour and a touch of the absurd, Locusts wants to be taken more seriously. Watts, only marginally, pulls it off. What do I mean? Well when the setting is a tiny desert tin-pot town like Serenity Crossing with a nightlife akin to Kings Cross on a Saturday night and turnover of thousands of dollars; it's a long bow if you know what I mean. Australian international stars Jessica McNamee (Izzy) and Ben Geurens (Ryan) have great chemistry as the former lovers who have to deal with more than just their fragile emotions in a town where greed, revenge and violence rules and they are caught in the middle, not knowing who to trust. Locusts is entertaining, silly and you'll feel like wiping grit from your eyes for days after the screen goes black!  7GUMS.