TL;DR – There is an interesting story here, but the strong-handed visuals overwhelm the narrative and don't give it any space to land.
Outpost Review –
There are many ways that you can intrigue me to watch your film. It could be the premise, the director, the actor, or a scenario that just asks you to watch it. Today's film had the latter when I was asked if I wanted to see the horror directing debut of Brooklyn Nine-Nine actor Joe Lo Truglio? The answer to that question is yes, yes I do. Partly because of that premise, I also like watching debut works to see what new ideas they can bring to the medium.
So to set the scene, we open with Kate (Beth Dover) being attacked by an assailant. She keeps getting flashbacks to the event, seeing violence at every turn. Struggling, she turns to her friend Nickie (Ta'Rea Campbell) to get her brother Earl (Ato Essandoh) to let her stay in one of the fire outposts. Away from society, where she can recover, because the police have not found Mike (Tim Neff) yet. The walk to the top is rickety, but you can see for hundreds of miles. It is secluded, but maybe not secluded enough.
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