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Synopsis: An urban couple go camping in the Canadian wilderness - where unimaginable beauty sits alongside our most primal fears. Alex (Jeff Roop) is a seasoned outdoorsman while Jenn (Missy Peregrym), a corporate lawyer, is not. After much convincing, and against her better judgment, she agrees to let him take her deep into a Provincial Park to one of his favorite spots - the secluded Blackfoot Trail. On their first night, deep in the forest, they have an unsettling encounter with Brad (Eric Balfour), a strange alpha male with eyes for Jenn who may or may not be following them. Alex's desire to quickly reach Blackfoot Trail only intensifies. They push further and further into the woods, Alex stubbornly insisting that he remembers the way. After three days their path disappears; they are hopelessly lost. Without food or water, they struggle to find their way back, the harsh conditions bringing out the best and worst in them, pushing their already fragile relationship to the breaking point. When
Director(s): Adam MacDonald
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
62
R
Year:
2014
92 min
776 Views


I'm gonna get some more wood

before it gets too dark.

Okay, I'll come help you.

No, no,

I'll be back in a sec.

Okay. Yup-

(bird squawking)

- Hello?

-Whoa!

(indistinct conversation)

(Jenn):
Yeah, so it was deep.

(Brad):
Huh,

that's weird, I don't, I...

It must have been on the...

(indistinct)

(Jenn):
No, I don't think so.

(Brad):
I got the bee.

(Jenn):
That's a

really weird story.

(Brad):
I did,

the honeycomb's enough.

(Jenn):
No, I know you didn't...

Hey.

This is Alex.

Alex, this is Brad.

Brad, rig ht?

Yeah, hi, how are you?

I'm good, thanks.

Were you just walking by, or...

Oh, yeah,

I was coming up the trail

and ran into your

friend here and

she invited me up for a chat.

Yeah, turns out that

he also grew up

in the park, or the woods,

and he's got

a ton of fish,

so I thought maybe

we could all have

dinner tonight.

Couldn't eat them

all if I wanted to.

I mean I could try, but...

I just gotta put

a shin on, all right?

(Jenn):
All right.

(Brad):
So you were saying?

(muffled chatting)

- Jenn!

-Yeah?

Could you come help

me here for a sec?

Sure.

- What's up?

- Come on in.

Okay.

What?

You comfortable with this?

What, him?

Yeah, I don't know,

this guy could be...

I was talking to him for like

10 minutes, he's great.

He's great, hmm,

well he's a liar.

Why is he a liar?

Woods?

What, the woods of Ireland?

- Come on, come on.

- What's that have to

do with anything?

Did you invite him or

did he invite himself?

I did.

You want me to uninvite him?

No, we can't do that, can we?

I can do that, I can

do that, it'd be really

awkward, but I'll do it.

You'd never be able to do that.

What do you need help with?

I obviously don't need help.

I guess it wasn't

obvious because

you told me to come in here.

Know what,

I don't wanna bother y'all,

so probably better if I just be on my way

and have a nice trip.

Oh no,

no, no, stay.

No, no, no,

you're gonna stay and you're

gonna have some dinner with us.

Yeah?

Yeah, it was just a

misunderstanding, that's all.

All right then, let's do it.

(shudders)

You wanted fish.

Thought it was illegal

to fish these lakes.

Grandfather law.

So that's when

an old law applies

to existing situations, but then

a new law applies

to all future ones.

I know what a

grandfather law is.

Okay, So"!!-

Lawyer.

Yeah, I got that.

(chuckles)

What about you, Alex?

What do you do?

Well, right now my buddy has

a landscaping business,

so I'm working with him.

You Mexican?

I didn't mean anything by that.

It's just I thought that's a job

that the Mexicans do here.

Well what he does

is pretty high end.

And actually he's starting

a new company soon,

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Adam MacDonald

Adam MacDonald (born May 16, 1977) is a Canadian actor and film director. He is known for his role as Josh MacIntosh on the CBC show Being Erica, for his starrings role as Peter McGregor on Wild Roses, and Detective Steve Peck on Rookie Blue, and for his guest-starring roles in several other shows, including Murdoch Mysteries, and Republic of Doyle. He also starred as Nick McAllister on the short-lived supernatural show Vampire High. more…

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