Before Dawn (Jordon Prince-Wright, 2024) wr. Jordon Prince-Wright, Jarrad Russell, dp Daniel Quinn; Levi Miller, Stephen Peacocke, Travis Jeffery, Ed Oxenbould, Tim Franklin, Myles Pollard, Noah D'Annunzio; WW1 on the Western Front; shot outside Esperance WA; release 4 April 2024
Luke Buckmaster:
The marketing materials for Before Dawn do a good job impersonating a bells-and-whistles production but the film itself is another matter: there were times, particularly early on, when I couldn’t help but think, “These are just actors performing in a hole in the ground.” You can feel Prince-Wright and his cast and crew bending over backwards to achieve things better resourced productions pull off much more easily, giving the experience a slight tang of desperation, and perhaps diverting attention from areas where it needed work – such as the script, which brings nothing really new to the table and lacks a compelling arc. The Guardian.
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Ben O'Shea, article in The West Australian, 23 March 2024.
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