Movie Title : Out of the Blue (Aramoana) Release Date : Oct 19, 2007 Wide Genre Movie :Drama
Mpaa Rating : Unrated
Actors :Karl Urban,Matthew Sunderland,Lois Lawn,Simon Ferry,Tandi Wright,Paul Glover,William Kircher,Georgina Fabish,Fayth Rasmussen,Timothy Bartlett,Jacinta Wawatai
Out of the Blue, New Zealand writer-director Robert Sarkies' long-awaited follow-up to his 1999 feature debut, Scarfies, recreates the events that led up to and surrounded David Gray's November 13, 1990 mass murder of 13 locals in the town of Aramoana, New Zealand. Sarkies, however, approaches the material not as exploitation nor as an action picture, but -- like Terrence Malick in his 1973 true crime picture Badlands -- as an understated and detached drama. Sarkies uses a contemplative and reflective approach and a small-town pace and resists gratuitousness, intersecting several tales of casualties and survivors and downplaying the brutal violence. One story involves the contentious relationship between fiftysomething Jim (Timothy Bartlett) and his mother (Lois Lawn); another has a mom, Julia Anne (Tandi Wright) informing her daughter Rewa (Jacinta Wawatai) and her beau's children that they plan to share a house; and in a third, eccentric gun nut David Gray (Matthew Sunderland) cracks and guns down Julia's boyfriend, Gerry (Simon Ferry), in cold blood. These only represent the first three threads in a complex narrative tapestry; the story ultimately gives way to tense hours as the locals, realizing that a predator is on the loose and will kill anyone he can find, barricade their homes and cower in fear. Cinematographer Greig Fraser gives the picture a chilly, wintry aesthetic, rich with whites and blues. The film co-stars Karl Urban; Graeme Tetley co-authored the script with Sarkies. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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The usual dramatic affectations applied to such true-life material are largely absent; instead, Sarkies focuses on various quotidian elements that take on weight as the inevitable draws closer.David Fear-Time Out New York
Sarkies avoids the genre's conventional trappings and prefers instead to concentrate on the ways in which the people of Aramoana deal with the unfolding event.
V.A. Musetto-New York Post
Robert Sarkies' dramatization of that event is as sensitive to its subject as it is stark in its rendering.
Jack Mathews-New York Daily News
Without such thematic resonance, it plays like a more elaborate version of one of the dramatic re-creations seen on any number of true-crime television programs.
Frank Scheck-Hollywood Reporter
Like Steven Spielberg's historical epics, the film shows the nastiest incidents from a great distance, or cuts away before a bullet's impact to show an onlooker's shocked reaction. The director confronts horror without wallowing in it.
Matt Zoller Seitz-New York Times
There's some nifty soft-focus cinematography and fine performances, but otherwise, not much to resonate on this side of the pond.
Aaron Hillis-Village Voice
A claustrophobic dramatic reconstruction of a 22-hour shooting spree in the sleepy coastal town of Aramoana, New Zealand, that left 13 people dead.
Cath Clarke-Guardian [UK]
Brilliantly directed, thoroughly gripping thriller that is both deeply moving and genuinely terrifying -- this is one of the best films of the year.
Matthew Turner-ViewLondon
This is not a feel-good movie by any stretch, but it gets amazing marks on almost every front and really needs to be seen.
Christopher Null-Filmcritic.com
Harrowing and heartbreaking, this is the film of the week by many a mile. Despite playing in just a handful of cinemas, I urge you to track it down.
-Daily Mirror [UK]
A strong drama clearly dedicated to exploring its real life events, if not hugely memorable in its own right.
Steve Watson-Film4
Scrupulously avoiding sensationalism, the film concentrates much less on the killer, than on the other locals engulfed in the tragedy.
Thomas Dawson-BBC
The massacre still touches a raw nerve in New Zealand but, filming at a neighbouring town and informed by survivors' accounts, Sarkies manages both a sensitive and excruciatingly taut docu-thriller that's refreshing for the genuine weight of its tragedy.
-Total Film
In no way an easy watch, but as a meticulous record of a tragedy and the feats of bravery it inspired, this is an excellent movie.
Rob Daniel-Sky Movies
A haunting, uplifting and never-exploitative portrayal of a terrifying real-life tragedy.
Mark Dinning-Empire Magazine
Compelling but flawed.
James Bramble-Little White Lies
It's not to say that the filmmakers should have resorted to pulp dramatics, but in correctly straining to not exploit their subjects, they forgot to fill in the spaces left behind.
Chris Barsanti-Film Journal International
With his carefully controlled pacing and superb use of sound, Sarkies draws the viewer deep into the experience of a town caught completely off-guard by a kind of violence they could never have expected, and won't soon forget.
Ken Fox-TV Guide's Movie Guide
The persistent attack of the lone, merciless gunman is reason enough to keep your eyes glued to the screen.
Matt Pais-Metromix.com
Suggests a Folgers Crystals commercial with a body count.
Ed Gonzalez-Slant Magazine
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Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13-14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana, a small New Zealand seaside village. It came in the form of a lone gunman with a high-powered semi-automatic rifle. As he stalked his victims the terrified and confused residents were trapped in the village for 24 hours while a handful of under-resourced and underarmed local policeman risked their lives trying to find him and save the survivors. By dawn 13 people lay dead. This is a true story.TagLine Out of the Blue (Aramoana)
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