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      Survival Quest

      R 1989 1 hr. 36 min. Adventure List
      Reviews 44% 100+ Ratings Audience Score A sadistic paramilitary group terrorizes a party of wilderness campers during a violence-filled trek in the Rockies. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member ***Due to the recent RT changes that have basically ruined my past reviews, I am mostly only giving a rating rather than a full review.*** Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member An interesting action/adventure entry into Coscarelli's ouvre (this coming after Phantasm II). The film sets up its characters using High School cliches but soon all convention is thrust aside and Coscarelli turns up the action. The acting varies (Henriksen and Hammer are great) and the script gets pretty silly but overall this is a highly enjoyable adventure and holds up well after all these years. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member The bad news is the violence is surprisingly restrained given the fact it's directed by Don (Phantasm) Coscarelli. The good news is...Lance Freakin Henriksen. All in all not bad for a cheesy 80's action/adventure film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member From the director of Phantasm, a movie about going into the woods and being attacked by crazy people. I wish he had included the evil midgets from Phantasm. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Don Coscarelli made a name for himself as one of the most unique horror film directors of the '70's and '80's, but with "Survival Quest", he tries to do something a little different. It's bland, which is not something that you can say about his "Phantasm" films, and it's also a more character driven film than we're used to from the filmmaker. It sounds weird to say, but Lance Henriksen plays the most normal person in the film, but in this case, it works. It's a likable performance and the center of the picture. Indie queen and future Oscar nominee Catherine Keener keeps her talents well-hidden in her feature film debut, but she is kind of goofy-looking. I enjoyed the film despite of myself because as B-movies go, this is one of the better ones I've seen in a while. It takes a while to get going, as the first hour is virtually conflict free. But the characters are enjoyable and the film is never boring, and that kept me watching. Along with Keener, a young Dylan McDermott makes for a unusually mysterious hero. His badass, James Dean wannabe performance is hilariously misguided. Despite the overly simplistic plot and mostly no-name cast, there is some real suspense here and I was surprisingly captivated by this little movie. I had a lot of fun. "Survival Quest" is a pretty ordinary movie, but it gets a lot of mileage out of this well-worn story. Don't write this one off too early because Coscarelli manages to make the most out of this routine picture. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Youâ(TM)d never know this is from the man who brought you Bubba Ho-Tep and Phantasm. This movie is gay as fuck and plays out like New Age propaganda. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Kevin Carr 7M Pictures has the distinct feel of an action flick from the late 80s Rated: 2.5/5 May 18, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A sadistic paramilitary group terrorizes a party of wilderness campers during a violence-filled trek in the Rockies.
      Director
      Don Coscarelli
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Adventure
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Apr 10, 2007
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $29.5K