The description of this came across well to me since I am an outdoorsy person and enjoy a good bump-in-the-woods flick. Two brothers have grown up to be very different people, but once their father passes away they decide to take a hunting trip to honor him and spread his ashes... and along the way a demon shows up.
With the first scene, we see that Adam encountered a demon when he was much younger. This is referenced frequently, so we can figure it's the same one then and now. However, between the first few moments of tension and the last half hour or so, most of the dialogue is about the brothers fighting. Clint is his father's son, rugged and enjoys typically manly endeavors (he is also rough in his worldview, since he believes his brother might be gay for not enjoying hunting and uses language some may find offensive). Meanwhile, Adam is more intellectual and has refined tastes.
One of the plot issues in the film is that Adam is the one who asked to visit his brother, but he shows up late to dinner and after the meal he spends the remainder of the evening drinking with his buddies in the village. I think the movie would have made more sense if the two were closer and Adam showed more enthusiasm for the trip.
They expect to be out for 6 days in an area called The Plateau. They get pretty close by using an ATV, but Clint says they need to hike the final section. Near the end, Clint leaves his brother to return to his truck, retrieves the ATV, and drives back to the cave. But when Adam begs to hop on the ATV and leave, Clint says it's already out of gas. So that whole chain doesn't make much sense.
Another plot issue is that, despite reflecting back on times with their dad, and his apparent death, the point about them spreading his ashes is forgotten. In fact, I can't think of hearing them mention doing that through the whole film.
At various times, they hear noises in the woods, but it's not scary whatsoever. The occurrences don't build into anything until that last half hour or so.
From an outdoors/survival standpoint, there are clearly some problems. As an experienced outdoorsman, why doesn't Clint possess a rescue beacon of some sort so he doesn't need to rely on cell service? Why doesn't Clint bring along more gas for the ATV? How was Clint able to climb that large, steep rock wall - and, more importantly, get back down - in the dark aided only by headlamp? Why does Clint say it's going to be "very cold" but there's no snow or even frost?
Although, after all of that, I found it better than many movies in its class thanks to decent acting, pretty good scenery/settings, and well-shot videography. I also enjoyed the final couple of scenes. I wish they had done more with the creepy antler cave; the writer and producer could have extended that into more of an unwitting descent into this forbidden zone. And there were plenty of specific points on which some more clarity, or plain common sense, should have been applied. But it wasn't all bad and did contain some entertaining aspects.
With the first scene, we see that Adam encountered a demon when he was much younger. This is referenced frequently, so we can figure it's the same one then and now. However, between the first few moments of tension and the last half hour or so, most of the dialogue is about the brothers fighting. Clint is his father's son, rugged and enjoys typically manly endeavors (he is also rough in his worldview, since he believes his brother might be gay for not enjoying hunting and uses language some may find offensive). Meanwhile, Adam is more intellectual and has refined tastes.
One of the plot issues in the film is that Adam is the one who asked to visit his brother, but he shows up late to dinner and after the meal he spends the remainder of the evening drinking with his buddies in the village. I think the movie would have made more sense if the two were closer and Adam showed more enthusiasm for the trip.
They expect to be out for 6 days in an area called The Plateau. They get pretty close by using an ATV, but Clint says they need to hike the final section. Near the end, Clint leaves his brother to return to his truck, retrieves the ATV, and drives back to the cave. But when Adam begs to hop on the ATV and leave, Clint says it's already out of gas. So that whole chain doesn't make much sense.
Another plot issue is that, despite reflecting back on times with their dad, and his apparent death, the point about them spreading his ashes is forgotten. In fact, I can't think of hearing them mention doing that through the whole film.
At various times, they hear noises in the woods, but it's not scary whatsoever. The occurrences don't build into anything until that last half hour or so.
From an outdoors/survival standpoint, there are clearly some problems. As an experienced outdoorsman, why doesn't Clint possess a rescue beacon of some sort so he doesn't need to rely on cell service? Why doesn't Clint bring along more gas for the ATV? How was Clint able to climb that large, steep rock wall - and, more importantly, get back down - in the dark aided only by headlamp? Why does Clint say it's going to be "very cold" but there's no snow or even frost?
Although, after all of that, I found it better than many movies in its class thanks to decent acting, pretty good scenery/settings, and well-shot videography. I also enjoyed the final couple of scenes. I wish they had done more with the creepy antler cave; the writer and producer could have extended that into more of an unwitting descent into this forbidden zone. And there were plenty of specific points on which some more clarity, or plain common sense, should have been applied. But it wasn't all bad and did contain some entertaining aspects.