Hell

'Hell'A Vital Pictures Germany (in Germany) discharge of a Caligari Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Vega Film, SevenPictures Film, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR production. (Worldwide sales: Beta Cinema, Berlin.) Created by Thomas Woebke, Gabriele M. Walther. Co-producers, Ruth Waldburger, Stefan Gaertner. Executive producer, Roland Emmerich. Directed by Tim Fehlbaum. Script, Fehlbaum, Thomas Woebke, Oliver Kahl.With: Hannah Herzsprung, Lars Eidinger, Stipe Erceg, Lisa Vicari, Angela Winkler, Lilo Baur, Marco Calamandrei, Hendes-Peter Recktenwald, Yoann Blanc, Christoph Gaugler, Nino Boehlau, Ellen Schweiger, Lutz Pretzsch, Luca Winkler.Tim Fehlbaum marks his feature helming debut with "Hell," a tightly crafted publish-apocalyptic survival tale that comprises in conviction what it really lacks in originality. The storyline of the quartet fighting marauders while looking for water on the parched Earth from the near-future makes nods to "Planet from the Apes," "Mad Max," "Deliverance" and lots of other photos, but Fehlbaum does not claim that they can have reinvented the wheel. Rather, he's created a solid genre pic which will have strong legs in German-lingo areas along with a guaranteed presence in latenight fest spots, satcasts and ancillary. It's 2016, and also the world is really a desiccated wasteland carrying out a massive spike in climatic change. Individuals who survive are generally ingenious or violent, and often both. Marie (Hannah Herzsprung), her more youthful sis Leonie (Lisa Vicari) and b.f. Phillip (Lars Eidinger) have been in a sun-shielded vehicle going to the mountain tops hoping of finding water. In a destroyed service station, there is a tense standoff using the wiry Tom (Stipe Erceg) before settling right into a wary peace once they realize he's clever and practical. When Leonie is kidnapped in a roadblock, Marie and Tom set to save her, but Phillip discloses his cowardly character. The group is splintered, with Marie progressively desperate until she meets Elisabeth (Angela Winkler), a mature player who seems to provide succor within the backwoods. Not surprisingly, however, her farm is not quite the haven Marie thought. Fehlbaum shot some moments inside a burned-out forest in Corsica yet others inside a Bavarian woodland devastated by pests, and aside from turning heaven a blinding whitened, he needed hardly any f/x to offer the right look. Tension is definitely up, even though most genre-savvy auds knows when you should expect the surprises, the anticipation appeals to individuals primed with this kind of material. Additionally, Fehlbaum and the co-scripters fortunately possess a spontaneity, though a little more wouldn't have gone amiss. The stars are game, and provide their roles the correct quantity of conviction. A rather nervous camera keeps the right feeling of apprehension, as well as rapid editing in climactic moments. Pictures are removed of color, superbly ashen for any sun-bleached world.Camera (color, widescreen), Markus Foerderer, Fehlbaum editor, Andreas Menn music, Lorenz Dangel production designer, Heike Lange costume designer, Leonie Leuenberger seem (Dolby Digital), Hugo Poletti, Jan Illing assistant director, Lars Gmehling casting, An Dorthe Braker, Corinna Glaus. Examined at Locarno Film Festival (Piazza Grande), August. 3, 2011. Running time: 89 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com