Rabbit – Movie Review
ABC Film Challenge – Horror – R
Director: Luke Shanahan
Writer: Luke Shanahan (Screenplay)
Cast
- Adelaide Clemens (To the Stars)
- Alex Russell (Unbroken)
- Joe Bird (Talk to Me)
- Veerle Baetens (Mother’s Instinct)
- Jonn Pasvolsky (Mortdecai)
- Sarah Brokensha
Plot: After a vivid dream, Maude Ashton returns to Adelaide, certain she now knows the whereabouts of her missing twin sister.
Runtime: 1 Hour 43 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Rabbit starts when Maude (Clemens) has a vivid dream about her missing twin sister Cleo. They have become so vivid she decides to return to her home town in Adelaide to see how the investigation is going. Maude teams up with Ralph (Russell) and Detective Henry (Pasvolsky) to follow the lead from Maude’s dream.
However, as Maude dives deeper into trying to uncover the truth, she finds herself facing an uncomfortable world. Each path presents a different danger and one she isn’t prepared for.
Verdict on Rabbit
Rabbit is a mystery horror following a woman who starts having dreams about her missing twin. She returns home to investigate only to find herself drawn into a strange world that she isn’t prepared for.
This movie takes us down a strange journey as Maude must deal with searching for the truth. It goes down a path which becomes something you never expected. However, certain choices can become overly complicated and not everything seems to click in the world expect. It ends up becoming a movie we could have seen a lot more from, to give a more rounded story.
Final Thoughts – Rabbit is a strange film that doesn’t quite connect.
