Crossbow

2007 6.1 (13 votes) 0h 14m

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Aquarius Films
New South Wales Film & Television Office

A kid. His mum and dad. The sex and drugs. And the boy next door who watched the whole thing unravel.

Overview

In Crossbow the spoiler is right in front of you, there in the title. A crossbow is an anachronistic device and does not, at least in my mind, lend itself well to analogy or metaphor. In spite, or, more accurately, precisely because this ominous title hangs over the very start of viewing, the short film remarkably sustains a growing dread throughout its languid narration and slow-moving, though arresting visuals; maximizing its force not through the promise of surprise but through the inevitability of its conclusion.