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Wilderness

  • 2006
  • R
  • 1h 33m
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6.1/10
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Wilderness (2006)
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Juvenile delinquents are sent to a small British island after a fellow prisoner's death, where they have to fight for survival.Juvenile delinquents are sent to a small British island after a fellow prisoner's death, where they have to fight for survival.Juvenile delinquents are sent to a small British island after a fellow prisoner's death, where they have to fight for survival.

  • Director
    • M.J. Bassett
  • Writer
    • Dario Poloni
  • Stars
    • Sean Pertwee
    • Alex Reid
    • Toby Kebbell
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    10K
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    • Director
      • M.J. Bassett
    • Writer
      • Dario Poloni
    • Stars
      • Sean Pertwee
      • Alex Reid
      • Toby Kebbell
    • 79User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
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    Sean Pertwee
    Sean Pertwee
    • Jed
    Alex Reid
    Alex Reid
    • Louise
    Toby Kebbell
    Toby Kebbell
    • Callum
    Stephen Wight
    Stephen Wight
    • Steve
    Luke Neal
    Luke Neal
    • Lewis
    Ben McKay
    Ben McKay
    • Lindsay
    Lenora Crichlow
    Lenora Crichlow
    • Mandy
    Karly Greene
    • Jo
    Adam Deacon
    Adam Deacon
    • Blue
    Richie Campbell
    Richie Campbell
    • Jethro
    Stephen Don
    Stephen Don
    • Dave's Father
    John Travers
    John Travers
    • Dave
    George Shane
    • Governor
    Gordon Fulton
    Gordon Fulton
    • Boat's Captain
    John Rea
    • Counsellor John
    Ryan Hendrick
    Ryan Hendrick
    • Paul
    • (uncredited)
    Nathan Hughes
    Nathan Hughes
    • Inmate
    • (uncredited)
    Anthony McKenna
    • Inmate
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • M.J. Bassett
    • Writer
      • Dario Poloni
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    • Goofs
      When Callum is chasing Davie's Dad with the Crossbow. As he slides down the cliffs while following him the Crossbow goes from being cocked, to de-cocked, and back to cocked again.
    • Alternate versions
      The distributor had requested the film be considered for a '15' when it was seen by the BBFC in the UK, but the language in the film was considered too strong for '15'. The distributor chose to reduce the very strong language in the film's final edit, leaving a single use of 'c**t' where there had originally been four uses.
    • Connections
      References Battle Royale (2000)

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    7/10
    An effective thriller.
    Wilderness is an effective and brutal thriller/horror movie. The premise is straight forward- a group of juvenile offenders and their keeper out on a camping trip are picked off one by one by a mysterious and ruthless killer with a crossbow a pack of attack dogs and a skill for booby traps. It is brutal, violent, fast moving and visceral. It is quite well made- the tension and pace never drops, which is essential for this kind of movie and there is a gritty, unremitting feel to the movie which works in its favour. The deaths are unpleasant and violent and the characters aren't likable keeping it somewhat unpredictable as to what is going to happen, who is going to die and so on. Wilderness doesn't hold back in terms of the violence and nastiness but still keeps, for the most part a gritty realistic vibe and it works.

    The movie shows you don't necessarily need likable characters but only believable ones to make a movie work. The more likable characters are only more likable by comparison i.e. they are only cowardly or selfish as opposed to being sadistic and cruel. The one character that seems like they may actually be competent and a decent human being is out of the picture comparatively early on. This comes across as lot more credible than those movies which contain groups of supposedly hardened criminals or delinquents who prove to be suitably heroic and noble and band together when it comes to the crunch. The characters here aren't over the top nasty either- they are full of petty meanness and posturing, selfishness and banality without being irredeemably evil as you would probably expect such kids to be in real life. The acting, mostly by fairly unknown young British actors is pretty good and low key- the Brits are generally better at this sort of thing. This gives the film its grittier edge and helps make it a little bit less predictable than it could be. Okay, the designated hero is obvious from the get-go and it isn't too unexpected when most of the unsavoury cast is wiped out but it isn't cloyingly obvious all the way through that things will happened the way you would predict in accordance with movie conventions.

    The movie is not without flaws. The plot isn't always particularly believable or fresh. It seems strange that there is on one prison guard with this group of about ten juvenile offenders out on a supposedly deserted island and the killer seems almost too effective is dispatching his prey although to be fair it works for the movie in terms of the scariness of the villain and some explanation is provided for his skill in this regard. Toward the end when the hunter and his motivation is revealed he is far less effective a bad guy, his motivation and presence slightly contrived (Though still plausible) and he suddenly seems to become a lot less competent in order for him to be defeated. It might have been better if the makers had left the killer a mysterious motiveless figure. There are a few times when the movie does seem to go a bit too far with its nastiness, the flip side of the movie slack of restraint. The way in which some of the gorier death scenes, such as the first dog killing, are lingered on is a bit too much and toward the end some of the character's abhorrent behaviour comes across as a bit much also (Okay we already knew these guys were scum, can we get on with it).

    On the whole a slick, well made and exciting movie which is both helped and hampered, but mostly helped, by it's willingness to be mean spirited and harsh.
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    • Release date
      • August 11, 2006 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Cacería
    • Production companies
      • Momentum Pictures
      • Baker Street
      • Ecosse Films
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    • Budget
      • £3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $566,098
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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