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Till Death Movie Storyline. Emma (Megan Fox) is stuck in a stale marriage to Mark and is surprised when he whisks her away to their secluded lakehouse for a romantic evening on their 10th anniversary. But everything changes the next morning when she finds herself handcuffed to Mark’s dead body. Trapped and isolated in the dead of winter, Emma has to survive, she must fight the mysterious killers coming to finish her off.
Till Death is a 2021 American horror thriller action film directed by S.K. Dale in his directorial debut, from a screenplay by Jason Carvey. It stars Megan Fox, Callan Mulvey, Eoin Macken, Aml Ameen, Jack Roth, Stefanie Rozhko, Julian Balahurov, Lili Rich, Teodora Djuric.
Till Death was released in the United States by Screen Media Films in a limited amount of theaters on July 2, 2021, and was simultaneously released on video on demand. The film received generally favorable reviews, with highlights to Megan Fox’s performance and S.K. Dale’s direction.
About the Story
The opening moments of “Till Death” introduce her to us next to a man she’s in deep conversation with; clearly, a romantic interest. It sounds awfully like a goodbye bid between the two after what appears to be a fruitless relationship with no viable avenues. The reveal arrives before we can mistakenly identify this young man as Emma’s husband—he is Tom (Aml Ameen), a rising star at Emma’s husband Mark’s (Eoin Macken) law firm that she is having an affair with; on her wedding anniversary, no less. The scandal!
As expected, Mark is nobody’s fool even though he pretends (initially anyway) not to know about his wife’s affair. So it’s all loaded gazes and pregnant silences at first, with one especially awkward anniversary dinner during which “Till Death” unsubtly telegraphs the kind of man Mark is. You know, someone who patronizingly calls his wife “Pumpkin”
So far, so Patrick Bateman-esque, feels entitled enough to tell her what to wear and overpoweringly whisks her away to a far, secluded location as an anniversary surprise, completely blindfolded. The dynamic between the two is painfully yet aptly cringe-y—he demands and she doesn’t protest, often reminded about her days as a struggling photographer before Mark supposedly “rescued” her.
But Emma proves soon enough that she is no damsel in distress. After she wakes up at the lake house the morning of a manipulatively romantic night with Mark, and watches in horror as her husband vacates the supposedly perfect picture, she rises to the occasion, searching for a way out of the entirely empty house Mark has cleared of all helpful tools and sharp objects.
It wouldn’t be fun to reveal how he makes an exit (although that’s sort of the premise here), but suffice it to say that Emma, bruised and bathed in blood, finds herself chained to and dragging around her poisonous marriage for long stretches of time, both literally and metaphorically.
Once her eventual assailants show up searching for some diamonds promised to them by Mark—the duo are Callan Mulvey’s deadly knife wielder Bobby Ray and Jack Roth’s reluctant villain Jimmy—she has to not only outwit the pair who are out for blood, but also to maneuver the cracks of her harsh reality.
Till Death (2021)
Directed by: S.K. Dale
Starring: Megan Fox, Callan Mulvey, Eoin Macken, Aml Ameen, Jack Roth, Stefanie Rozhko, Julian Balahurov, Lili Rich, Teodora Djuric
Screenplay by: Jason Carvey
Production Design by: Nikola Bercek, Orlin Grozdanov
Cinematography by: Jamie Cairney
Film Editing by: Alex Fenn, Sylvie Landra
Costume Design by: Irina Kotcheva
Art Direction by: Ivan Ranghelov
Music by: Walter Mair
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, grisly images, and language throughout.
Distributed by: Screen Media Films
Release Date: July 2, 2021 (United States)
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