caspianminimal
The start out had a positive feeling. Like I was about to see what seemed like indie trash, but may actually be a complete delight.
As soon as they have the camp encounter it all goes downhill from there.
There really were some great opportunities in this movie to be interesting and genuine. But sadly it ended up just being a poorly crafted survival movie, with all the trademarks of a bad 80s horror.
This was nominated for an editing award.
Really?????
Plus the ending completely invalidates the whole film.
Basically a nothing film that could have been really good.
turbotonio
If a bear is stalking you and you are in your tent (and you have bear spray with you) why would you close up the tent as it approaches so that if it comes thru the tent and you need to use the bear spray everyone gets a full blast of pepper spray in the enclosed tent? "Lets wait until the bear comes inside our tent before we use the spray, cuz that'll work!". That's what this character does and it just ruins the building suspense. Theres such tension building, and then that happens and you think to yourself "oh come on!!!". They didn't even have the bear spray in hand when they knew the bear was just outside! You wait until the bear tears thru the zippered up tent to look for the bear spray? Instead of blasting it thru the opening as it's coming towards the tent, he zips the tent up so that if the pepper spray is used, everyone is getting it. After using it once the woman drops it and can't find it, while her boyfriend gets dragged outside and destroyed. Who would stay inside while a loved one is being attacked when you have bear spray? Just very hard to believe that people would behave that way (unless they really are that stupid- then they'd both deserve to be eaten). That scene just totally ruined a decent build up until that point.
williammbrown
Movie had intense moments and fair character development. Special effects were pretty good. Why the writer chose to portray him as a complete dumbass that got himself killed is beyond me. He actually wrestled this bear to save his girlfriend. He actually managed to fight off the bear and carry her back to the kayak. Unfortunately, she died from blood loss along the way. He was a hero, braver than most. The writer made him look like a complete waste of space.Shame on the writer for making this story into a "women rule, men drool" scenario. He did everything he could to save her and got 300+ stitches in the process. I will not be recommending this movie to anyone because of this.
LouAbbott
Overrated, and misrepresented. Note that "Horror" and "Thriller" are included in the "Genre" section of IMDb for this film. This is no horror story, and not much of a thriller. These mis-categorizations could be the reason for the many bad reviews. Simply put, this film is "not as advertised."
AD
