Baltasar Korm�kur, whose survival films (Everest, Adrift) have made him one of the genre's reliable craftsmen, delivers a taut psychological thriller set in a luxury underground bunker where the survival threat turns out to be the other survivors.
Underground Tension
Shelter follows Emma (Shailene Woodley), a climate scientist who takes refuge in a high-end private bunker after a global catastrophe warning � only to find that the curated group of survivors has been selected according to criteria that turn out to be deeply sinister. Korm�kur excels at confined-space tension, and the bunker setting provides him with a claustrophobic geography he uses expertly. Woodley has rarely been better � her Emma is smart, observant, and increasingly certain that the real threat is not outside the shelter but inside it with her.
"Korm�kur constructs tension with the methodical precision of a master. Woodley's performance is the film's moral compass � and it needs one."
� Hollywood ReporterThe Verdict
A solid, efficiently made psychological thriller that succeeds in keeping its audience uncomfortable. The 63% RT may undersell a film that delivers genuine suspense and a strong central performance.
Baltasar Korm�kur, whose survival films (Everest, Adrift) have made him one of the genre's reliable craftsmen, delivers a taut psychological thriller set in a luxury underground bunker where the survival threat turns out to be the other survivors.