Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

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..

This is the single most horrible movie I've seen in a while. If you want some gruesome action and an actually mediocre horror movie just go (re)watch any of the Wrong Turn movies. If you still for some strange reason decide to watch this sh*t you could easily skip the first 30 minutes because NOTHING HAPPENS! Good luck!

The first half or so of 'Wolf Creek' is like one long, uninteresting introduction. For 45 minutes or so, the film consists of pointless dialogue and some shots of pretty scenery, and that's it. Nothing to even indicate that this is a horror film, nothing to build the tension, and to be honest, nothing to keep you from losing interest and switching off.After sitting through such a painfully dull first half of 'Wolf Creek', waiting for something to happen, the film picks up and starts to feel like the horror film it's advertised as. The second half of the film is successfully unnerving, with plenty of violence, gore and tension. But it's all too little, too late, and not enough to make up for the uneventful, lifeless first half of the film.Why not cut the film down and scrap some of the unnecessary dialogue that contributes absolutely nothing to the story? When it gets going, 'Wolf Creek' is a good horror film, but the film as a whole is tainted by such a dull and uninteresting first half.

WOLF CREEK is one of those modern-day, pared-down horror films that rely on action for suspense and deliver a new brand of extreme horror in which the terror comes, not from the supernatural, but from the sadistic mind of a relentless killer. What makes WOLF CREEK different is that it's Australian, which means it comes with its own distinctive visual flavour, and director Gary McLean is bright enough to make the eerie wilderness of the Australian outback a character just as important as the three protagonists of the story. An isolated landscape, full of rusting barbed wire, the lonely barks of solitary dogs, and a creepy giant meteorite crater, this is a film designed to put you off ever wanting to visit Australia ever again.The first half of the film is the best, a slow-burning build up populated by creepy cameo characters and an ever-increasing sense of foreboding. Rather than creating likable characters, McLean pretends the backpackers just as they are, so we get Nathan Phillips as a bit of a jock and Kestie Morassi as somebody incessantly whiny and annoying; Cassandra Magrath does better as the genuinely fragile Liz. Best of all, though, is John Jarratt, who gives one of the best bad guy performances I've ever seen in a movie; he's so evil because he's so NICE, and only by watching this film will you see what I mean. Jarratt is horrifying and far more frightening than Freddy or Jason ever can be.The film seems to have achieved some controversy because of its violent content, but in a world full of SAW movies, it's nothing much; a few flashes of brutal violence and a nasty stabbing, that's it. It's disturbing, though, because McLean is good at filming horror, building up the suspense incessantly before thumping you in the chest with something you don't want to see happen. The similarly-themed HILLS HAVE EYES remake and HOSTEL may have more bloodshed and depravity, but the more subtle terrors of WOLF CREEK are just as powerful as any big bucks horror flick with Hollywood's backing.