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Liv(JessicaHenwick)andHanna(JuliaGarner),twoCanadianwomenonvacationinAustralia,runoutofmoney.Desperate,theytakeajobbartendinginaremotedesertOutbackhotel,onlytorealizethey’vestumbledintoasun-struckpatchofHell-on-Earth.Writer-directorKittyGreenadapts,withco-screenwriterOscarRedding,atruestorythatstartsasafeministparableanddevelopsintoatauthorror-thriller.BothGarner(reunitedwithGreenaftertheirstunningTHEASSISTANT)andHenwickareriveting,asisHugoWeavinginanall-too-briefrole.GreenandcoscreenwriterOscarReddingdon’tidealizetheirheroinesinthepoliticallycorrectwayyoumightexpect:LivandHannaareneitherGirlScoutsnorvictims.Asthethreatofmisogynistviolencerises,drinkbydrink,scenebyscene,Greendeepensthefilm’scoretheme:uglybehaviorandcasualdisregardforotherhumansishighlycontagious.