

I found Calibre quite enjoyable for afternoon movie time on a Sunday.

Opening scenes made me lean towards the two being fools but it still made for great viewing. How the two friends become entangled in the ending is not rational, however, the way the story evolves is like the beat of a frantic drum.

For a Netflix thriller movie, this one should definitely be on your watchlist. Both sides of the field seemed to be inherently flawed. I found the whole movie unsettling never knowing who to barrack for. The town itself is beautiful and at odds with the story and the players within it. This gives the setting an extra bit of claustrophobia as things simply go from bad to worse. The characters in Calibre contain few people. With a nice sharp runtime of 101 minutes, there is just enough time to know what you need to know, feel it, and then it’s over. Opening scenes are so laden with emotion and bad decision after bad decision, that it’s hard to think about when the two friends will ever get a break. The whole thing plays out like a game of cat and mouse except without the cat. For starters, it says on the box - mystery and suspense, and for once it’s exactly what you get with this one. The film was released worldwide on 29 June 2018 by Netflix.
