Backcountry Critics Consensus.

Written by Karin Crighton. transcript. Logo – Original. Share Tweet. By Ananda Dillon @anandawrites on March 17, 2015. Read Perri's Backcountry review from TIFF 2014; Adam MacDonald’s disturbingly brilliant feature directorial debut starring Missy Peregrym and Jeff Roop. Articles Slideshows English Articles. Written and directed by Adam MacDonald 2015, 91 minutes, Not Rated Movie premiered on March 20th, 2015. An urban couple go camping in the woods and find themselves lost in the territory of a predatory black bear. While Backcountry is a completely different beast of a film, it should be admired for how well it pulls off such a familiar genre. Backcountry is a new horror movie that finally nails a rare horror genre: the bear attack movie.

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Shaky cam is used to almost nauseating heights. Film Review: ‘Backcountry’ A couple of weekend backpackers face off against man and beast in director Adam MacDonald's accomplished, blunt-force wilderness adventure. Directed by Adam MacDonald. Instead it develops into a mishmash of different filming techniques.

Full Review C.H. Using scenery and only minimum amount of characters, it succeeds on creating the sense of isolation and overwhelming helplessness. Released by IFC Midnight. If Werner Herzog’s 2005 documentary Grizzly Man didn’t drive home the fact that bears in the wild are not our friends, then Backcountry will definitely get the point across. Backcountry movie review, this is a visual and aural piece of cinema that gets dragged down by its story. Movie Review: ‘Backcountry’ The Times critic Manohla Dargis reviews “Backcountry.” This review may contain spoilers. The best way to watch Adam MacDonald’s Backcountry is to go in not knowing anything about it. Newell Father Son Holy Gore Backcountry (Movie Review) March 26, 2015.

Backcountry is a good example how one simple premise can still be thrilling with clever production and a few grisly scenes. Backcountry has a consumer rating of 2.31 stars from 198 reviews indicating that most consumers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. The most common issues with Backcountry are around shipping times, which tend to take longer than expected by some customers. Jenn is able to get away and spends the last twenty-five plus minutes of the movie trying desperately to stay alive and get out of the woods without food, water, or a map. Backcountry Movie Review. After a long run of camp with films like Grizzly and Grizzly Park, Backcountry nails it with a unflinching and serious take on survival and forest horror. Celebrity Celebrity ... Backcountry Movie Review… With Jeff Roop, Missy Peregrym, Nicholas Campbell, Eric Balfour. Starring: A backpacking trip goes horrifyingly wrong when a couple strays off-trail. Backcountry Stories. Such a tragically ragged-on film. September 28, 2016 @ 12:22 am Bliz. Latest Movie Trailers Interviews Movie Review Videos Anchor Cuts Nettv4u Videos Sillaakki Dumma Videos Shortflims. Backcountry (Movie Review) Posted at 15:36h Tracy Allen cryptic rock, CrypticRock, Movie reviews, News, Reviews 0 Comments. I can handle the truth. Backcountry has a calming, scenic backdrop worth mention, though it isn't filmed with much more artistry than any other woods-set tale. Unfortunately the movie does not continue on with the tense, agoraphobic atmosphere it has created. BACKCOUNTRY is a bare-bones, low-budget, uninteresting thriller where a twentysomething couple gets lost in the woods on a distant hiking trip and face the threat of death from a bear and nature. Stories from real people who are blending the outdoors with the everyday, the latest information about gear we love, advice to get you into a new activity or take your passion to the next level, and trip reports to help you plan your next adventure. It’s all pretty effective but in the end, somehow empty. For a debut film, Backcountry is incredibly ambitious and most of that ambition is met with success. The best way to watch Adam MacDonald’s Backcountry is to go in not knowing anything about it. ‘BACKCOUNTRY’ – Movie Review In Backcountry, real-life couple Jacqueline Perry and Mark Jordan’s struggles to survive a bear attack in the back country of Missinaibi Lake Provincial Park are represented by fictional characters Jen (Missy Peregrym) and Alex (Jeff Roop). SHARES.

Once the frantic climax approaches, these laconic shots are interrupted by a shaky cinema verite approach that feels amateurish (I swear one scene was filmed with a go-pro), and fails to create it's desired panicked aesthetic. Backcountry is director Adam Macdonald's first feature length film and it is evident in the second half of the feature. Backcountry. But the point of Backcountry isn’t to get involved with the characters. BACKCOUNTRY is poorly made and has a strong humanist worldview with arrogant, hedonistic, unappealing pagan characters, brief but extreme violence and plenty of strong foul language. Movie Review: ‘Backcountry’ The Times critic Manohla Dargis reviews “Backcountry.”

Writer-director Adam MacDonald’s Backcountry is an intense thriller that may make you permanently postpone the camping trip in the woods you were planning on taking. transcript. Backcountry also ranks 9th among Camping sites. The husband may be cocky and naive, and handle the bear (and trip in general) in a less than optimal fashion, but Backcountry avoids the typical horror movie tropes of dumb decisions for the sake of protecting the plot.

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