synopsis

The concrete jungle

Synopsis

A young aboriginal man named Gerard, whose home is the wild and his job title is survival, left without guidance or a role model as his native family are killed in a tragic accident during the night. Set in Thailand, Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Gerard) is confronted by an upper class family, The McCarthy’s, on a safari holiday. They offer to home him and help him become a civilised member of the public.

In the months leading up to the accident, Gerard began to ask questions about what life would be like as a normal boy living in the city of New York, and his encounter with the McCarthy’s birthed a new path of re-discovery, to examine and experience a ‘normal life’.  But are the McCarthy’s intentions all good?

After a shave, shower and suitable clothing, Gerard has traded in his connection with the great Mother Nature, for a life he assumed to be lived like the great Gatsby. Little did he know that the family later would exploit his inexperience and naivety to their advantage? Later that week the McCarthy’s manage to manipulate him into believing his role in society as a new citizen is to serve his ‘masters’ (referring to the McCarthy’s), forming a very business relationship between Gerard and his new family.

We see Gerard doing garden work home alone with Mr McCarthy, and he approaches Gerard, crouches down and whispers in his ear, you missed a spot followed by a demonic cackle. This is one of the most intense scenes in the film as this is the first point that Gerard feels emotion, and we as an audience watch him break down and all the emotions he didn’t know he had came out in one episode.

An origanl narrative with an emotional twist makes this romantic drama a 5 star hit!