A father's quiet retreat to the woods with his two children turns into a fight for survival.
Barricade is a 2012 action thriller directed by Andrew
Currie and stars Eric McCormack. It's also a film from WWE
Entertainment and there's not a single wrestler in this film. We could
have used the Rock rushing in and whipping somebody's ass.
Terrence
Shade (Eric McCormack) has decided that he needs a getaway with his two
kids. His wife died a year earlier and she wanted to have a white
Christmas at the cabin but Terrence kept making excuses to get out of
it. Now she's worm food and the family makes the trip. After arriving
there strange things begin to occur and a blizzard strands them. Shade
is sure something is trying to get into the house and barricades them
in.
This is not a bad film and it's not a good film. It falls somewhere in
the middle. Average. Eric McCormack's performance as a terrified father
is actually not too bad. The child actors also do a pretty good job.
The film is very dark. I don't mean dark as in the content but dark as
in you can't see what's going on at times. It does help to establish a
certain type of
atmosphere for the movie but I feel it distracts in this case. It does
have a little twist at the end so I won't ruin the ending. The film is
watchable and if you catch it on Showtime feel free to give it a view.
