"The Strange Ones"

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Look closely, what may look obvious on the surface may not be what is really going on beneath, and the innocent face may in fact hide dark secrets.

Nick (Alex Pettyfer) and Sam (James Freedson-Jackson) are two travelers making their way across the country. Telling those they meet like the staff member of an off season motel Kelly (Emily Althaus) that they're brothers off on a camping trip, it becomes clear that is far from the truth. Sam tells everyone his name is Jeremiah and he is plagued by nightmares whenever he sleeps to where he can almost see these images when he is awake. Nick takes Sam out to his father's old hunting cabin where they believe they will be safe until Nick is shot and Sam must leave him. Finding himself on a farm for wayward youths, the owner Gary (Gene Jones) sensing Jeremiah's (the name he gives him) is hiding something takes him in. As the days follow, the events of what has occurred start to come to light, but only Sam knows the shocking truth behind the rumors and assumptions.

While it was a challenge to follow with so many flashbacks making the events of the film look out of order, it is a deliberate attempt to keep the audience guessing who these characters are and the secrets they hide. The cameras used kept it to basic angles even a point where the camera was shaking because it was running behind one of the characters giving the feel that you are running after them, a simple, yet effective technique. This film was indeed "strange" but in a strange world such as this, it is not so strange that it can't be enjoyed by suspense thriller fans. A three G.M.Stars rating in my opinion, and that should be no strange surprise.

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