Man Vs.

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Man Vs.

2014

1h 27m

Horror

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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Doug Woods, the host of a survival series, heads into a remote forest alone to film an episode. One night, he is awakened by a loud crash, and quickly realizes that he isn't alone.

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Brad Wheeler

Globe and Mail

While the film's woodsy frights build competently, director Adam Massey's lack of finesse prevents the viewer's imagination from running as wild as need be.

Rated: 1.5/4

Nov 13, 2015

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Anton Bitel

Sight & Sound

Mixing 'found' and 'objective' footage as blithely as it blurs genres, Man Vs. starts small before revealing the place of humanity in an unforgiving universe.

Jun 3, 2015

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C.H. Newell

Father Son Holy Gore

With nothing to justify all its slow meandering towards a lacklustre conclusion, Man Vs. is barely mediocre, and ultimately mostly a huge disappointment.

Rated: 2/5

May 5, 2019

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Di Golding

Dear Cast and Crew

Man Vs has a simple premise... a smart and tight script, shot economically with a compelling lead and blessedly sparing use of visual effects

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 10, 2018

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Norman Wilner

NOW Toronto

We get to the point where the movie has to do something, and that's when Man Vs. reveals its larger game -- and falls apart.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 17, 2015

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Chris Knight

National Post

Man Vs. is a prime example of less-is-more filmmaking, in which the slow build is achieved with little more than sound effects and decent acting.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 12, 2015

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Alex W

Excellent film. Great acting from the lead. On par with top-tier interesting sci fi and unusually good for horror. Worth a watch over 99% of movies, albeit not perfect.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/05/24

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Audience Member

This would make an interesting TV series. I find myself curious about what happens next.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

I was surprised at what I thought would be a b movie, turned out to be pretty damn good! The main character did a great job and I felt his acting was top notch. Pleasantly surprised by how good this was!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

Oh my god. This movie begins with an absolute stellar premise. It has a wonderful slow build with what at first seems to be a relatively underwhelming climax. A great psychological thriller movie for the majority of the movie and in the last about 15 minutes it goes off the wall batshiz crazy. I absolutely loved it. Just the pure insanity of this movies ending took it from a 3.5 to 5 for me. I was honestly ticked off that the first part of the movie was so slow when their ending was so wild. They ended up smooshing two movies into one with this movie and while I love both concepts so much. I was left wanting with the ending though. It feels like their should be a sequel to the movie they set up in the last 15 minutes. I do kind of wish they had left this movie ending at the final camp sit and then just done a sequel movie for the rest of it. Still though freaking amazing movie, amazing concept, incredibly good CGI considering the budget, and the main actor really caries the film. I will definitely watch this again and probably force some friend to endure it too. If you love dumb, low budget horror movies then this is absolutely the movie for you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

The build was great - the plot twist at the end was not!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

A thrilling enough experience with a genuinely intriguing end twist.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Synopsis

Doug Woods, the host of a survival series, heads into a remote forest alone to film an episode. One night, he is awakened by a loud crash, and quickly realizes that he isn't alone.

Director: Adam Massey
Producer: Leah Jaunzems, Adam Massey, Nicholas Tabarrok
Screenwriter: Thomas Michael
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 27, 2017
Runtime: 1h 27m

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