This is the sort of film that is supposed to make you wonder what decision you would make in similar circumstances, the sort of film where mistake after mistake happens and you find yourself wondering aloud why the fuck anyone can’t just make a decent rational decision.
These are hardly a substitute for reasons of relatability. We know a few things about these characters before the events begin. The issue is that this is all balanced on the viewer's ability to relate to its main characters. There is a clarity of direction here by Matt Palmer that is enviable and he has crafted a nearly flawless film, technically speaking.
This is a film that strives towards solid execution over everything. Undeniably Calibre features fantastic performances, polished directorial movements and editing and out of this world sound design. Not that there's anything wrong with that. A tense thriller set in the Scottish countryside. It is not a unique tale nor is it even a blistering new twist on this well-trodden path. There they get drunk and mixed it up with the locals until mistake after mistake spirals them into nightmarish oblivion. Vaughn (Jack Lowden) and Marcus (Martin McCann) are just two lads who have been friends since military school who are taking a hunting trip to a nowhere rural part of Scotland where everyone knows everyone.
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