Crossbow
10/06/2007
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.
Drama
Movie Information
Joel Edgerton
as The Dad
Lisa Chappell
as The Mum
Cy Standen
as The Kid
Mirrah Foulkes
as Cop #1
David Michôd
as Narrator / Lounge
Luke Doolan
as Lounge
Nash Edgerton
as Forensics
Dan Roche
as Cop #2
