The potential for a hollow kill fest becomes glaringly apparent as we get to know the rules of the beach through its myriad victims. Yeah, good luck huggin' this one out, folks. Unhappy couple Guy (Gael García Bernal) and Prisca (Vicky Krieps), along with their children Maddox (Alexa Swinton) and Trent (Nolan River), act as the story’s emotional center as we’re introduced to a cast of characters resembling one spectacularly screwed-up Gilligan’s Island. Soon after, they realize everyone on the beach (a group that includes three children) is suddenly aging at rapid speed.īased on the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Levy and artist Frederik Peeters, Old’s premise sounds like a Twilight Zone setup, and for the first 45 minutes or so, it plays like one. Though each of them attempts to go back the way they came, painful headaches keep them from getting far. Eleven hotel guests, headed to a picturesque nature reserve for a day oceanside, find themselves unable to leave a remote cove after a woman’s body washes up onshore. Night Shyamalan, visitors to a serene island resort become imprisoned by a mysterious force. In the latest supernatural thriller from writer-director M.
Old isn’t subtle - but a movie about a magic beach that makes you age extra fast doesn’t really have to be.
