By Izabella Tulip-Parkin

PLOT

The film follows a story of a couple Jenny (Kelly Reilly) and Steve

(Michael Fassbender) who go to spend a weekend at a lake side, but

on their trip encounter a groups of rebellious teens. A set of events

go on leading to a horrific battle between the couple and the gang of

teens leaving Steve dead and Jenny to battle till the end.

Eden Lake epitomize societies fear of unruly teens and this idea that they can not be controlled.

It also bring up the issue that it is not just down to the child, but stems from the parents

themselves as you see in the final scene when Jenny is left to battle the parents of the gang of

children after they had found she had killed one of the teens.

To an extent I would say the film create quite an unfair stereotype of country men and women.

As we see in the scene when Steve and Jenny visit the town to go for breakfast there is an

awkward conversation between one of the waitresses with in the café. It was awkward in the

sense that the waitress judged as was rude to the couple as she new they did not live or come

from the local community. This moment conveys the stereotype that small community in the

country side are so close knit that they do not like people visiting from other places that they do

not like to mix with anyone out of the village.

Eden Lake’s main character Jenny (Kelly Reilly) to an extent challenges the final girl

theory. She does not follow the characteristics of being a virgin and she doesn’t fully

embody this idea of the final girl being curious and vigilant, but try's to ignore the

situation. However when it came to the climax of the film Jenny did take on her

masculine side to her character as she battle against the gang of teens and their

parents to the final minutes of the film. On the other hand (spoiler) she doesn’t not

live and get away as most final girls do although the film seems to hint until the last

few seconds that she will get away, but she does not.