The Lair (2022 film)

The Lair
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNeil Marshall
Written byNeil Marshall
Charlotte Kirk
Produced byDaniel Conrad-Cooper
Kwesi Dickson
Jonathan Halperyn
StarringCharlotte Kirk
Jamie Bamber
Jonathan Howard
Hadi Khanjanpour
CinematographyLuke Bryant
Edited byNeil Marshall
Music byChristopher Drake
Release date
  • 25 August 2022 (2022-08-25) (UK)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Lair is a 2022 British action horror film directed by Neil Marshall and co-written with Charlotte Kirk.[1][2]

Plot

Cast

  • Charlotte Kirk as Capt. Kate Sinclair
  • Jonathan Howard as Sgt. Tom Hook
  • Jamie Bamber as Major Roy Finch
  • Leon Ockenden as Sgt. Oswald Jones
  • Troy Alexander as Trooper Dave Bromhead
  • Harry Taurasi as Trooper Vince Hughes
  • Mark Strepan as Corp. Kip Wilks
  • Hadi Khanjanpour as Kabir Abdul Rahimi
  • Kibong Tanji as Corp. Jade Lafayette
  • Mark Arends as Pvt. Dwayne Everett
  • Adam Bond as Pvt. Eddie Serano
  • Alex Morgan as WSO Terry Johnson

Reception

The Lair received mixed reviews from critics. As of August 2024, the film holds a 35% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 20 reviews.[3]

Variety wrote "There’s nary a dull moment, albeit no truly memorable ones either. It’s a movie more hectic than exciting, let alone scary. But it does move along at a brisk clip that attests to the director’s knack for staging and pacing splattery action."[1] Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times wrote "The Lair doesn’t finish as spectacularly as it starts, but that just means it’s a good genre picture and not a great one."[4] Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it "a good-enough horror/action hybrid", praising the action scenes and practical effects of the monsters but had a more mixed opinion on the acting and dialogue.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Harvey, Dennis (24 October 2022). "'The Lair' Review: There's More Guts Than Glory in This Military Monster Mash". Variety.
  2. ^ "The Lair". The New York Times. 27 October 2022.
  3. ^ "The Lair | Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  4. ^ "The Lair - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  5. ^ Abrams, Simon (28 October 2022). "The Lair movie review & film summary (2022)". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 28 August 2024.


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