This film didn't work for me because it's hard to root for willful ignorance in movies. You want characters who give themselves a fighting chance.
I had to start skimming forward after the 3rd or 4th clueless moment, and when the guy said "it was a raccoon" (who ate their food) I'd had enough. They knew something much bigger was in the vicinity from several signs. The guy had already seen a bear track and failed to tell her (lost more respect in that scene).
Before the hike, he also scolded the girlfriend for bringing bear spray, a perfectly reasonable thing to carry. Him not wanting to accept the map offered by the ranger was an early blunder, though when the fishy stranger showed up at camp he seemed to have normal wariness. Not a consistent persona.
Also, when you look up the true story this was "based on," the woman actually died. Apparently that didn't sit right for plot reasons.
I had to start skimming forward after the 3rd or 4th clueless moment, and when the guy said "it was a raccoon" (who ate their food) I'd had enough. They knew something much bigger was in the vicinity from several signs. The guy had already seen a bear track and failed to tell her (lost more respect in that scene).
Before the hike, he also scolded the girlfriend for bringing bear spray, a perfectly reasonable thing to carry. Him not wanting to accept the map offered by the ranger was an early blunder, though when the fishy stranger showed up at camp he seemed to have normal wariness. Not a consistent persona.
Also, when you look up the true story this was "based on," the woman actually died. Apparently that didn't sit right for plot reasons.