Backcountry

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Backcountry

R

2014

1h 32m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

Adventure

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A couple (Missy Peregrym, Jeff Roop) on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.

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Tense, well-acted, and at once atmospheric as well as brutally impactful, Backcountry marks a memorably assured debut from writer-director Adam MacDonald.

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Geoff Pevere

Globe and Mail

Backcountry thrives in the close-quarter details: the verbal knife-pricks of a dying relationship, the jangling impact of the smallest sounds breaking silence, that dread certainty that you're completely lost and it's getting dark.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 28, 2015

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Linda Barnard

Toronto Star

MacDonald does quite well in his dramatic feature debut with solid performances from the cast. Backcountry is satisfyingly intense, although quite gory in patches.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 27, 2015

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

"Backcountry" inevitably brings on the bloody, but it finds atmospheric ways to depict how the bucolic hush of a nature getaway can morph into a survival nightmare for the unprepared.

Mar 26, 2015

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

The relational tension unnerves you early on and, while not entirely surprising, manages to showcase a threat of mother nature without demonizing the main threat.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 20, 2023

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Paul Lê

Bloody Disgusting

Adam MacDonald’s colossal debut features a unique ursine nightmare impelled by human error.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 21, 2023

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Jason Adams

My New Plaid Pants

Everything goes just the perfect amount of terrifying.

Jul 2, 2021

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Spike D

Takes an age for anything to happen, and when it does, the camera cuts and shakes about so much you can barely see the long-awaited action.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/08/24

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Karin S

There is palpable tension throughout the movie beginning between the couple and spreading to each one’s personal fears. Add in an unexpected stranger, a maggot covered deer carcass, bloody socks, and creepy night noises. The terror of the bear is gut wrenching. Really good horror movie not supernatural or murderous. Only wish the end could have been taken to what happened next.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/23/24

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Audience Member

Good…alot of gore and no character interaction toward the very bland end

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/07/24

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Audience Member

A lazy, boring, pointless, anticlimactic attempt to replicate the structure of Blair Witch and The Revenant while falling utterly short of both. Worse, this film claims to be based on true events, despite changing every aspect of the characters and events it is based on. Do yourself a favour and read about the true story of Mark Jordan and Jacqueline Perry, even YouTube video essays do a better job at conveying the events than this film does, while also being far more entertaining. Utterly terrible.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/29/24

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J L

Wow....this movie is gripping and also terrifying. Not a big budget endeavor which somehow makes the movie more believable and raw. Great script and acting set against the back drop of what should have been a thoughtful and heartfelt outdoor proposal in a place which had sentimental meaning to this couple. Extremely realistic, unexpected scenario, coupled with the fight for survival which will keep you on the edge of your seat. Great flick, not for kids.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/13/24

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Jelisije J

A standard survivor movie where a couple gets lost in the woods and must find a way to civilization in order to survive.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/09/24

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Synopsis

A couple (Missy Peregrym, Jeff Roop) on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.

Director: Adam MacDonald
Producer: Thomas Michael
Screenwriter: Adam MacDonald
Production Co: Fella Films, Téléfilm Canada, Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC)
Rating: R (Language|Gruesome Creature Violence)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Runtime: 1h 32m

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