The Desperate Hour – Watch Naomi Watts in the trailer for the new Phillip Noyce real-time thriller

Unfolding in real-time, The Desperate Hour (previously called Lakewood) is a new thriller from award-winning director Phillip Noyce.

Recently widowed mother Amy Carr (Academy Award®-nominee Naomi Watts) is doing her best to restore normalcy to the lives of her young daughter and teenage son in their small town. As she’s on a jog in the woods, she finds her town thrown into chaos as a shooting takes place at her son’s school. Miles away on foot in the dense forest, Amy desperately races against time to save her son.

Hillary saw the film at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and you can read her review here.

The also stars Colton Gobbo and Sierra Maltby.

The film hits US cinemas, on Digital and On Demand February 25.