ACOLYTES

     JOEL EDGERTON  MICHAEL DORMAN  SEBASTIAN GREGORY  JOSHUA 
     PAYNE  HEATHER MANGAN LAWRENCE

AS ADOLESCENTS, FRIENDS MARK AND JAMES (GREGORY AND PAYNE) ARE SEXUALLY ABUSED BY GARY PARKER (DORMAN), WHO HAS CONTINUED TO HARASS THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES.  ONE DAY, WHILE WANDERING IN THE WOODS, MARK SEES A MAN, IAN WRIGHT (EDGERTON) BURY SOMETHING.  MARK RETURNS WITH JAMES AND JAMES' GIRLFRIEND CHASELY (LAWRENCE) TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS BURIED.  THEY DISCOVER A BODY.  THEY THEN DECIDE TO BLACKMAIL WRIGHT INTO KILLING PARKER, BUT WHAT THE TEENS DON'T KNOW IS THAT WRIGHT IS A SERIAL KILLER NOT TO BE FOOLED WITH.
THIS IS YET ANOTHER WELL DONE AUSSIE THRILLER.  I HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE STORY AND PLOT, MOSTLY WITH THE PLAN THE BOYS COME UP WITH: IS IT POSSIBLE FOR TEENS TO THINK UP SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THEN BE ABLE TO PUT IT INTO ACTION?  I ALSO FELT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO ALLOW THE STORY TO MOVE FORWARD WERE A LITTLE TO EASY, IE, REALLY NOT NATURAL BUT HAPPENED ANYWAY.  THERE IS ALSO A SUB PLOT INVOLVING THE DISAPPEARANCE AND DEATH OF A TEENAGE GIRL THAT SEEMS TO BE THERE TO CONVENIENTLY DISTRACT THE VIEWER FROM THE TRUE STORY.  HOWEVER, I STILL THINK THIS IS A MOVIE WORTH WATCHING.
RATING  3 out of 5