![]() ![]() The debut feature of writer/director and horror film curator Matt Palmer with its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in the Best of British strand, Calibre is a spiralling descent of bad decisions from the moment the pair arrive at their destination, mistakes made and their repercussions as Marcus desperately tries to protect himself and his best friend in an indefensible situation because “the alternatives are unthinkable.” Hungover and catching the hair of the dog, Vaughn carrying an unfamiliar high-powered rifle having left his own ammunition back at the hotel, the pair head out into the dense forest, the tall mountains beyond and the mist burning off as the winter sun rises, never thinking that there might be others in the forest besides them and the innocent wildlife. ![]() They arrive and set about drinking and mingling with the locals, some welcoming, such as Logan ( Defiance’s Tony Curran) and his cousin Al ( The Awakening’s Cal MacAninch), some perhaps too welcoming, such as Kara and Iona ( Rillington Place’s Kitty Lovett and Being Human’s Kate Bracken), whose interest in the outsiders does not sit well with the regulars at the bar who feel they have proprietary rights over the lassies. There are some moments which are easily seen and understood long before they arrive: school, graduation, friendships, engagements, children, but it is the moments which nobody could predict which are the big ones, which test the bonds and boundaries of friendships and push even the strongest to the limits of what they can and cannot do to protect themselves in the worst situations.įriends since they met at boarding school, Vaughn Carter ( Dunkirk’s Jack Lowden) and Marcus Trenton ( The Rezort’s Martin McCann) drive out from Edinburgh on a weekend shooting trip in Culcarran, Vaughn kissing his pregnant fiancé goodbye before she crawls back beneath the duvet even though his mind remains with her while Marcus looks ahead to the hunt.
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