Review of Backcountry (2015) by Nick Schager for Village Voice — 17 Mar 2015
Writer-director Adam MacDonald's direction creates an ominous sense of rural-nowhere isolation, and his script avoids contrived banter while shrewdly suggesting it's headed toward horror before unexpectedly veering into survival-story territory.
Nonetheless, such misdirection can't compensate for hopelessly routine action.
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This review of Backcountry (2015) was written by Nick Schager and published by Village Voice on 17 Mar 2015.
Backcountry has generally received mixed reviews.
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