The Lair (2022 film) explained

The Lair is a 2022 British action horror film directed by Neil Marshall and co-written with Charlotte Kirk.^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Charlotte Kirk as Capt. Kate Sinclair
• Jonathan Howard as Sgt. Tom Hook
• Jamie Bamber as Major Roy Finch
• Leon Ockenden as Sgt. Oswald Jones
• Troy Alexander as Trooper Dave Bromhead
• Harry Taurasi as Trooper Vince Hughes
• Mark Strepan as Corp. Kip Wilks
• Hadi Khanjanpour as Kabir Abdul Rahimi
• Kibong Tanji as Corp. Jade Lafayette
• Mark Arends as Pvt. Dwayne Everett
• Adam Bond as Pvt. Eddie Serano
• Alex Morgan as WSO Terry Johnson

Reception

The Lair received mixed reviews from critics. As of August 2024, the film holds a 35% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 20 reviews.^[3]

Variety wrote "There’s nary a dull moment, albeit no truly memorable ones either. It’s a movie more hectic than exciting, let alone scary. But it does move along at a brisk clip that attests to the director’s knack for staging and pacing splattery action."^[1] Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times wrote "The Lair doesn’t finish as spectacularly as it starts, but that just means it’s a good genre picture and not a great one."^[4] Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it "a good-enough horror/action hybrid", praising the action scenes and practical effects of the monsters but had a more mixed opinion on the acting and dialogue.^[5]

See also

• Monster film

Notes and References

1. Web site: Variety. 24 October 2022. 'The Lair' Review: There's More Guts Than Glory in This Military Monster Mash. Harvey, Dennis.
2. Web site: The New York Times. The Lair. 27 October 2022.
3. Web site: . The Lair Rotten Tomatoes . 28 August 2024.
4. Web site: 28 October 2022. The Lair - Los Angeles Times. 5 September 2023. Los Angeles Times.
5. Web site: . Abrams . Simon . The Lair movie review & film summary (2022) . 28 October 2022 . 28 August 2024.