When a family of four go on a road trip, a run in
with two familiar yet unfamiliar faces, changes their trip for the worse.
Coming Home in the Dark is an intense, bold, upsetting parable about coincidences, fate and upbringing, in this car invasion film like no other.
New Zealand Director James Ashcroft takes us on an immediately explosive, dark journey, and gives us the perfect midnight movie about one’s past carelessness involving children, and how that affects their own children years later. Hardcore to the max, Coming Home in the Dark is the best and possibly the only real car invasion film in recent memory. Having 80% of the film taking place inside of a vehicle, Coming Home in the Dark keeps you on your toes as it drives through the night of the New Zealand desert landscape, under the umbrella of shotgun rifles and unforeseen vengeance.
James Ashcroft’s debut knocks the gritty, cold midnight movie concept out of the park, while bringing us a tale of deep trauma, sorrow, regret and redemption; of the likes of director Jeremy Saulnier. As well as informing us of the real-life historic sex crimes of past educational institutions, that were meant for disenfranchised children who were abandoned by or taking from their parents.
Extremely well acted, expertly shot and absolutely unforgettable. Coming Home in the Dark will leave you as stunned as it’s characters and as sobered as it’s subject matter. 9/10.
- Maurice Jones
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