Tear Me Apart (2015)

Tear Me Apart: Directed by Alex Lightman. With Alfie Stewart, Frazer Alexander, Jennie Eggleton, Jon Campling. In the barren wastelands of post-apocalyptic England, two young brothers turn to cannibalism to survive only to fall for their prey, a teenage girl – and possibly the last female left alive.

“After a disaster that has destroyed civilisation two brothers have reverted to cannibalism to survive and one day they meet a teenage girl which causes emotional unrest between the siblings u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnyone else getting a little bit fed up with apocalyptic dramas ? You can see why theyu0026#39;re attractive to budding film makers because you donu0026#39;t need a big budget , just some rudimentary film equipment, a small cast and a screenplay. In the case of TEAR ME APART the problem lies entirely with the screenplay and sabotages any potential right from the outset. As someone who loves the works of authors like Wyndham and John Christopher I can tell the difference between a good apocalyptic drama and a bad one and the plot holes here mark it out as mainly a bad one . A father takes his two young sons from Scotland to Cornwall ? Why go all that way just to live in a cave since thereu0026#39;s plenty of caves in Scotland ? The younger brother is totally unaware what women are ? Let me see now – these two brothers eat random strangers in order to survive and during this considerable time not a single woman has ended up on the menu . By dropping hints at the backstory the story itself digs itself bigger and bigger holes u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is a great pity because thereu0026#39;s a good film trying to escape here somewhere. Thereu0026#39;s a refreshing lack of aliens, zombies and other monsters and instead the antagonists are simply other humans trying to survive in a cruel world. Itu0026#39;s also character driven exploring group dynamics and sibling rivalry and the small do the best with the often weak material especially Jennie Eggleton as Mollie . It also makes the incisive point about the human mind-set that weu0026#39;re all conservative by nature and will choose the devil we know. At the end of the day however the film doesnu0026#39;t really overcome the ill thought out opening spiel”