One of my all time favorites.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

I was always led to believe this was based on true events, but if you read about it those events are more to do with changing the stereotypical 'bushman' from the friendly Crocodile Dundee type character to the more bigoted, wild characters that are apparently living in the bush.The illusion did give the film an extra edge of reality and therefore set it apart from other slasher type films. That being said, the acting is somewhat better than the usual slasher film, throw in the travelling and this becomes a much better quality film than the usual and is a recommendation.

Mick Taylor has his own funny and at the same time psychopathic style and gives us a couple of nice bloody scenes...but other than that , Wolf Creek is a movie that moves very slow , lacks of suspense and tension , has an abrupt end and brings nothing exciting in the genre..

I first saw 'Wolf Creek' when I was about 16 years old and it always stayed with me. I've since re-watched it and it's just as weighty now as it was when I first saw it 7 years ago. Whilst this movie might appear to be your standard slasher, it's much more terrifying for the simple fact that it feels so real. It's based on a true story, so it could be to do with that. But the idea of three backpackers going into the outback where they're unfamiliar with their surroundings and getting picked up by a seemingly friendly and helpful man who offers to fix their car for free is VERY believable. It almost feels like this is something that could happen to me or you or anyone else. There are no coincidences, the killer's actions are premeditated - he follows them, tampers with their car and then comes to their rescue at the appropriate moment so as to lure them back to his place. What's even more realistic is that the characters are suspicious and wary of this man, but are limited in the choices they have. They're stuck in the middle of the out-back with no car, no signal (every movie has to have at least one cliche) and no money, so have very little choice but to accept the help that's offered. Kudos to John Jarrat's performance as the antagonist, Mick. He really brings to life a terrifying killer that gives you the heebie jeebies just for seeing his face or hearing his voice. From the second we're introduced to him the tension is felt. The other performances, although not excellent, are decent. The violence is somewhat closer to movies such as Saw or Hostel, rather than traditional slashers such as Halloween or Friday the 13th, so gore fans will enjoy that. One particular scene that haunts me forever is the one where Mick severs Liz's spinal chord by twisting his knife into her back, which is capable of setting anyone's teeth on edge and making their insides churn.I like that the characters don't make foolish decisions and Liz in particular makes a damn good effort to escape and survive. All of her actions are justified and I found myself screaming at the screen every time her attempts were thwarted. It created a real sense of inevitability surrounding their fates. Mick was the one in control, he was the one that had the power and he exercised that throughout. The ending is a slight let down in comparison to the rest of the movie and feels almost too easy. Whilst the two girls, Liz and Kristy go through a living hell, are sexually assaulted, tortured, tormented and killed, Ben simply wakes up in cave with some angry dogs barking at him, stumbles out and eventually gets rescued. By having Ben as the sole survivor having been absent for the majority of the movie, is very unsatisfying because let's face it, he's done nothing to warrant his survival. It would've been so much more rewarding for the survivor to have been one of the girls instead, since they fought so hard to live. Or even better, they should've included Ben in the middle half of the film and had him going through the events with the two girls rather than being separated from them. Having said this, 'Wolf Creek' is still a very raw movie that struck a chord with me all those years ago and compelled me to re-watch it and come and write a review.

Signed up to write a review because this movie was so awful. We were excited to watch this with all the great feedback left about this film. We can't think of a time where reviews didn't give a good outlook on the movie. This one was a complete failure. Besides taking an hour to get to them being terrorized. There also were no scenes of them being tortured. Sick to our stomachs that we kept watching thinking something was going to happen in this movie. Want the short description. 3 friends go on road trip. Car breaks down. Stranger picks them up. Screaming ensues with little screen play of actual torture. Movie ends.