Devil's Bridge (2012)

After reading the plot I immediately recognized it; those who wrote the reviews apparently never saw The Most Dangerous Game or Deliverance, both excellent and unforgettable films; although Deliverance takes place in the back country of southern U.S. and is about a canoe trip; most dangerous game is very clever adn I hink the plot has been used Based on those 2 films I recommend The Bridge

Films that give away the end right at the start better have a good excuse for doing so. Devil's bridge doesn't even have one for existing. The whole 'getting stranded in the midst of rural Wales' schnik has already been done in Inbred, and there it was a whole village of cannibals up against the out-of-towners. Here, it's just some bearded drunk with a gun hunting down three cheeky chappies from Essex... there's just no comparison.Particularly as in the other movie, the daft scenario is treated with the levity it deserved... whereas in this effort, it's played as serious as you could imagine. Only trouble is, this permanently soused gentleman with his habit of mumbling to himself and rubbish aim would not be a threat to anyone with a brain. And yet, the film has pretensions of being a classic cat-and-mouse type thriller. Nope. Not with these idiotic losers as our 'heroes', and certainly not with this joke of a villain.And to add insult to injury, the camera movement is so jerky throughout you'll probably need sea sickness tablets just to last the course. It it too much to ask to keep it stationary so we can understand what the hell's going on? Or are you trying to be all 'artistic' and 'gritty'? Epic FAIL on both counts there. Chris Crow is a great name for a director... can we give it to someone else?Oh silly me I forgot, there is a final, FINAL twist which a) is complete rubbish and b) I'd already figured out based on one line of dialogue early on. Now either I'm a genius, or the movie didn't hide it very well. Okay, both statements are probably true. Regardless, this is a complete non-starter by any definition, and a waste of a perfectly good coaster. 3/10

Just watched this in my hotel room. What a terrible film. The camera work is awful and the plot is predictable. A British Deliverance with so much potential, wasted. It's a low budget film, I get that, but that's the perfect reason to spend more time and effort developing the plot! Three English guys go to Wales for business. They end up on the wrong side of a mad Welsh guy called Bill. He is the best character in the film and gives the best performance. But that's where the positives end. Essentially, Bill ends up chasing these three guys through the woods. He catches one and kills him. Meanwhile, the other two have been running away for ages yet Bill somehow continues to WALK after them and is just behind them all the time! This happens throughout. Bill just walks, the guys leg it but Bill is always within shooting distance. Fast forward to the end (there's nothing else worth mentioning) when one of the three guys finally kills Bill. Bill is tough. He can take a few shots before a head shot kills him. The guy is at some police station where instantly you can tell the copper is just a weird as Bill. "He's bound to be Bills brother" I thought. I was right. Bills police man brother then shoots him. The. End. Give me back the last hour and a bit of my life! So frustrating was this film. ARRRGGHHH!!!

For the most part, this is a pretty good film.It's quite apparent that the picture was made on a shoe-string but let us not worry, because the film crew use what little they have to keep you gripped.Playing on many familiar strangers-in-a-strange-town themes, Devil's Bridge is menacing, gritty & dark. Just how you want it.There were moments (especially the ending) I figured were not thought-out as well as can be, but it doesn't matter because for 90 minutes the 3 main actors plus villain do a fantastic job of cat n mouse. As the film rolled on, each actor seemed to grow more & more comfortable within their role, at times, too believable especially for the deranged, psychotic farmer.No one-liners or Tarantino-style-rip-off speeches, just a pretty good parable painting a picture of very bad timing for three 30-something men with no respect for strangers.I doubt you'd be disappointed.