Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
James Marsden | ... | Rowan | |
Thomas Jane | ... | Beckett | |
Piper Perabo | ... | Michelle | |
Scott Glenn | ... | Sully | |
Michaela McManus | ... | Kaley | |
Billy Bob Thornton | ... | Douglass | |
Adam Beach | ... | Johnny Cadillac | |
Kelly Curran | ... | Amber | |
Reese Alexander | ... | Gerry Smith | |
Luisa d'Oliveira | ... | Zoe | |
Sean Owen Roberts | ... | Franco (as Sean O. Roberts) | |
Bill Croft | ... | Pike | |
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Mariel Belanger | ... | Mary Cadillac |
Mark Acheson | ... | Dooly | |
Michael Jonsson | ... | Patrick |
Two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in the Alaskan wild. They set out on a two-day hike and are stalked by an unrelenting grizzly bear.
The cast was a definite appeal for me: James Marsden, Piper Perabo, Billy Bob Thornton, Thomas Jane and Scott Glenn are all actors that I enjoy usually.
And although they aren't terrible I don't think any of them shine in their roles, but then they didn't have much to work with; the characters are all pretty flat with little to no character development.
The script is not well-written (to put it mildly) in fact it reminds me of the typical creature feature that SyFy channel mass-produces by the dozens every year, but with better acting and better music.
Extremely clichéd and no real suspense, I mean there were attempts at suspense but it all felt pretty flat just like the rest of the movie.
PS, Piper Perabo plays a deaf-mute woman so she has no dialogue, in case you were like me looking forward to see her act again she does so just by gestures and facial expressions.
I recommend Backcountry aka Blackfoot Trail instead.