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Backcountry (2014)
Survive.
Director: Adam MacDonald, Rated R language,
gruesome bear attack
  Starring:
Missy Peregrym, Jeff Roop, Eric Balfour, Nicholas Campbell
"You
know we'll be lucky to see anything bigger than a chipmunk,
right?" - Alex
DML Rating:
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
- above average
Why watch this?
Several bad decisions lure a couple deep into bear country. Not
good.
Plot Summary: A city
couple, Alex and Jenny, take a camping trip deep into the woods.
Alex, who has hiked there once before, plans to propose to Jenny
at a secluded lake he remembers. Against the ranger's warnings,
they embark and soon find themselves lost. Alex can't find the
lake, and the couple starts to spat. That night, a large, hungry
black bear attacks their tent...
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Dad's Preview: This is one
tense, frantic film, though it starts a bit
slowly. When it does kick in, the mood grows more
ominous by the minute. We can sense that these two
ill-prepared campers are going to face serious
trouble. When they start squabbling, it only
feels more hopeless. Each new clue is revealed
foreshadowing their fate. The thought of camping in
the deep woods, where bears frequent, gives me the
creeps. |
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Thomas Michael;
IFC Midnight
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