Rent Fall (2022)

Vertiginous excitement - Fall review by Alphaville

Two women get stuck on a 2,000ft-high tower and you’ll want to keep watching to see if they can get down. It’s so brilliantly filmed that you’ll swear the tower exists, even though a 60ft tower was the max that was used during filming. It’s also shot outside, in the desert, to give it extra authenticity. As a two-hander (mostly), you’d think the situation would pall, but these women are resourceful and the plot keeps moving.

There are a couple of downsides. Any climber will tell you that some of the rope work is dodgy and one of the women is initially an irritating vlogger for whom everything is cool or sick. Fortunately she soon drops this persona. All in all, a great example of how to make a low-budget film look good and really work.

Annoying cast but cool tower - Fall review by JD

The tower for the most part is pretty cool and imo steels the show.

But then it could of been better. Firstly it utterly defies physics and there is no attempt to hide this. Also, the wind is incredibly still and the tower doesnt so much as wobble an inch. They do a great job of making something really scary - not scary at all.

The main cast are also extremely annoying. One being your typical, unlikable 'influencer' The OTT nature of the character and the constant use of her phone feels like the film was wrote by a 60year old with the thought this would appeal to the younger audience.

The other girl just feels sorry for herself right upto the end. Yeh we get it - we dont need to be reminded for 80mins non stop.

Thanks to the tower its just about watchable, if extremely silly.

And of course there is a twist, but its been done before in a similer style of film and it doesnt really have enough substance to have you thinking about it.

STUNNING FILM FOR THOSE AFRAID OF HEIGHTS. - Fall review by GF

I found this engrossing from start to finish as I am averse to heights and for me this was scarier than any horror film i have seen recently. The way in which the characters try and adapt to their circumstances and attempt to find a rescue plan is extremely well thought out. If you liked this try Free Solo - a recent winner of best documentary at the Oscars. It's a real life story of a climber planning to go up a sheer cliff face without a rope.