This film starts in a very beguiling way and indeed for for the first half an hour or so it looks as if it's going to develop into one of those films with at least one clever twist. But guess what? In the end every single character turns out to be the banal cliche they appeared to be at the beginning and the one potential super twist, Dirk, who appears to be a moron but may be something much more interesting, is just a moron. Indeed he simply stops appearing for the last ten minutes of the film. We last see him dumping yet another victims car in his favourite spot ( ah! Will that turn out to be a crucial mistake? Answer, no.) and sets off home on his bike. Meanwhile the juv female lead has decided to murder her Mum, and...The End?
I honestly believe this was going to have a much more interesting ending but someone ran out of nerve, or money, or something. It's the only explanation for the total banality of the plot..
Review of Coyote Lake
