We saw Backcountry on Netflix, and it is an effective enough one-trick pony. Unlike The Ruins movie we reviewed earlier, there are no super-natural elements, the threat is just a plain ol' bear. I laughed and cried, and sometimes it wasn’t ironic!

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Backcountry Synopsis

Backcountry is the 2014 story of a woodsy kind of guy named Alex (Jeff Roop) and his urban girlfriend, Jenn (Missy Peregrym), who are heading into the woods for a late-season camping trip. It’s directed and written by Adam MacDonald.

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Early in
the movie, we meet a Park Ranger (Nicholas Campbell) who warns the couple that they should probably
bring a map and look out for inclement weather, but Alex don’t need none of
that shit! He’s a man’s man who knows these woods like the back of his country,
and he don’t need no stinking map.

As the
couple heads into the woods they quickly end up with more camping trip than
they bargained for.

Backcountry Review

Backcountry is a one-trick
pony that relies on a surprisingly well-grounded theme - The woods are scary,
and so are wild animals.

Most of the
movie left me scratching my head and rewinding to try to make sense of dialog
or acting that didn’t seem to fit the situation. Why are they worried about a
single snapped tree? Why didn’t the movie make a point of that tree before it
was snapped to show the audience that this is certainly out of place?

Lots of
little details like this made the movie a little frustrating for me. 

Overall, I
do appreciate the simplicity of this movie and its premise and the stakes. It
was fun to watch with a friend and plays on a very reliable fear, being alone
in the woods at night.

Score for Backcountry

6/10

Spoilers for Backcountry

Backcountry is a barebones kind of movie. Lots of it
is composed of vaguely wandering through the woods, with little to no dialog. There
are only four characters in the movie, our two protagonists, the park ranger at