SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

daggersineyes I'm not a fan of Wolf Creek so the proud boast that this was done by the same people was not exactly a selling point for me. I thought I'd give it a go anyway because the reviews seemed reasonable. That was a mistake and I definitely wont be rushing to see anything else made by this guy. Fortunately I was skipping sections by about half way through and I gather from reading reviews afterwards that this meant I missed the slaughter of the kangaroo scene. I'm pleased about that but to the reviewer who thought it was real, yes we have a "humane society" and NO it would not have been real. You would not get away with mistreating an animal on film in Australia. Anyway - to the movie. It was dull & predictable. It dragged on and on with very little happening. There is no horror or suspense or anything. Just a bunch of irritating people annoying each other and the viewer. THe lead female actor over-acted so badly it was ridiculous and I wanted to slap that constant hysterical over-the-top behaviour right out of her. On the other hand she didn't have a great script to work with so perhaps she was over-compensating. I was also a bit dumb-founded by some of the character decisions. For example, your mate has serious burns to large sections of his body so do you race him to the nearest hospital to save his life and stop his suffering? Of course not. No, you stick him in the back of your car, drive to your house and leave him groaning in agony/dying in the car so you can take time out to yell abuse at your wife.... Really? And at the end of the film he's clearly shown as the good guy at the poor burnt bastards funeral while the wife is shunned. LMAO Funny set of values they got in that town. It was horrible. Don't bother.

Paul Andrews Coffin Rock is set in a small coastal fishing town in Australia where Rob (Robert Taylor) & Jessie Willis (Lisa Chappell) live together, their lives would be perfect except that after two years of trying Jessie has failed to become pregnant. Rob & Jessie decide to seek medical help & the first thing to do is check that Rob's spunk is up to scratch, he whacks one out at the clinic & leaves the sample behind to wait for the results. When the letter arrives Rob is too scared to open it & a big fight with Jessie ensues, upset & frustrated Jessie goes out drinking & ends up having sex with the younger Evan (Sam Parsonson) who has an obsession with Jessie & uses the tension between herself & Rob to get inside her knickers. Although Jessie regrets cheating on Ron life goes on, soon after Jessie discovers that she is pregnant but she is unsure if Rob or Evan is the father. Evan's already unbalanced mental state goes downhill fast & in a rage of violence kidnaps Jessie...This Australian & British co-production was written & directed by Rupert Glasson & is as dull a psycho sexual thriller that I have watched in a while, Coffin Rock just takes ages to do next to nothing. Although the posters & video artwork proudly proclaim that Coffin Rock comes from the 'producers of Wolf Creek' this is more of a slow burning drama that only really comes to life for the final twenty minutes & even then it's still pretty dull going. The best way to describe Coffin Rock would be a really bad Fatal Attraction (1989) rip-off with the main roles reversed, instead of the man having an affair & endangering his family life it's the female who has the affair & the main plot revolves around whether the baby is her husband's or one night stand's. I can't say I liked Coffin Rock at all, I thought the script was poor with a really plodding pace that kills any tension because it's just so slow & I thought the story was underdeveloped. There's never any reason given as to why Evan falls for Jessie, I mean he only sees her across a waiting room once & then suddenly falls in love with her, leaves his job, his home & moves near her to try & be with her which seems excessive for someone you have never even spoken to before. None of the character's are likable, from the rather possessive husband Rob to the nut-job Evan to stuck up friends & annoyingly grizzled locals who have never heard of razors before to the rather weak Jessie herself. The dialogue is sparse, the story never gripped or drew me in to it's world & just why the hell is it called Coffin Rock? While Evan's motives are baffling the film doesn't do a particularly good job of defining his character or making him menacing or scary or sympathetic, I mean most of the time he just talks to himself & in one bizarre scene starts sucking on a fish & bites it in half after someone calls him gay. As you would. Then if you manage to stay awake during this thing there is one final kick in the nuts as there is virtually no resolution to anything that happens, Rob & Jessie's relationship is left hanging in the air as the film just sort of stops.There is one moment that I found very silly in a film that takes itself so seriously, after Rob shoots his load into a bottle at the clinic he just slams it down on the receptionists desk & walks out! Wouldn't it have been better to hand it to the doctor? Could you just leave your bottle of man juice on the receptionists desk? I'm not sure I would appreciate it myself if I was working there for the minimum wage just answering the phones, you know what I mean? It's unhygienic for one thing. While some may find the Australian outback striking I found it boring, dull & grey with no need for the film to be set there anyway. Coffin Rock is maybe the first time Crab racing has ever been committed to film, I can't see the attraction myself but the locals here seem to like it. There's no real horror here, only one person dies & Coffin Rock is definitely more of a psychological thriller than straight horror. A boring one too. The whole film has very muted overcast colours which just adds to the overall dullness.Apparently shot in South Australia the film has nice cinematography, there's no fast editing or hand-held camera work & it looks fairly nice. The acting is good, everyone seems to be trying anyway.Coffin Rock is a really boring psychological thriller that really bored me, I found it a tedious & predictable waste of 90 minutes. I'm sorry but that's how I felt, so sue me. Unlikable character's, a snail's pace, no real incident worth noting & an unsatisfying none resolution means Coffin Rock just doesn't have much going for it as far as I am concerned.

trashgang Those Aussies, they surely know how to make a good movie. Remember Wolf Creek. this one is from the same producer and I can tell you, this surely hits again. It's not your typical flick with blood and gore, this one plays with your mind a bit more and it works better with the score they use. Made me think of the remake of Last House On The Left. The story line is simple. A couple would like to have a child but the man has some problems. He love his wife but he can't make a child. His wife adores kids and that's what we see in the first 10 minutes. Argue about what to do he goes to a clinic to do a research on his seed. So far so good but troubles between the man and wife still gets worser resulting in the wife going out for a drink. Wrong. A one night stand happens and the movie starts. It take a while before it really starts but be sure, it starts. The weird thing about this flick is the almost no use of the red stuff, even no gore but I assure you, if you are weak you won't be able to watch it. And not being made in the US gives us a not expecting ending. Again the last minute hits hard. It's a great movie, go get it.

mgar8599 I rented this film expecting a good thriller but I almost turned it off after an hour because nothing thrilling had happened! To give it its due, it did improve at that point but, as has been mentioned in other reviews on this site, it was too predictable. For me, the first hour was dull and could've been condensed to about 10 minutes and the final half an hour didn't do enough to rescue it. It was acted well enough but I didn't believe the relationship between Jessie and Rob - they just didn't seem like a couple (maybe it was their looks, I don't know). Anyway, I certainly wouldn't recommend this to anyone looking for an "edge of the seat" thriller that'll keep you guessing 'til the end cos they'd be sorely disappointed.