Hoaggie and Jill do their best to reassure Maika and Jordan by remaining calm, handing over their car keys and cash without hesitation.
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But that happy portrait is shattered the instant two strangers amble onto the scene out of nowhere.Ĭasually removing a rifle from under his coat, Mandrake ( Daniel Gillies, a TV veteran of The Vampire Diaries, Saving Hope and The Originals) does all the talking, while his hulking sidekick Tubs (Matthias Luafutu), who is of Maori descent like Jill and her boys, says nothing as he helps himself to their food. They take a hike in the mountains and then choose a spot by a pretty inlet for a picnic, posing for a family photograph to capture the moment.
The second is an abandoned Mercedes left by the side of the road, an open passenger door creaking on its hinges in the breeze.Ī Wellington schoolteacher nicknamed Hoaggie (Erik Thomson), his wife Jill (Miriama McDowell) and her affably bickering teenage sons Maika and Jordan (Billy and Frankie Paratene) all seem content enough enjoying what one of the boys refers to with a hint of snark as “the road trip experience.” Even getting pulled over for speeding doesn’t dampen the mood for long. The first is a magnificent sunrise with a lone figure sitting in silhouette on a hill overlooking the horizon. Ashcroft and DP Matt Henley foreshadow the lurking menace in two succinct opening shots that reveal relatively little.
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