Backcountry (2014)
Director:
Adam MacDonald
Tagline:
« Survive. »
Actors:
Alex
Jenn
Ranger
Brad
Man in Canoe
Rating:
(27’340 votes)
(27’340 votes)
Quotes:
« Alex: You know we'll be lucky to see anything bigger than a chipmunk, right?
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« Ranger: How're you doing?
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« Alex: Good, good, good. Uh, we're reserved. Under Louis.
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« Ranger: What's the name?
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« Alex: Alex Louis.
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« Ranger: [picks up book] Yeah, I saw you in here. You're ready to go, your canoe will be right down there by the water. Bring it back Monday at five.
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« Alex: That's right, back to work Tuesday.
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« Ranger: Need a map?
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« Alex: No, I'm good.
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« Ranger: [sets down a map] You don't want a map?
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« Alex: Nope, no. I know this park well.
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« Ranger: It's kind of end of the season, right? I mean, the weather can change on you. Just turn on a dime.
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« Alex: Less people.
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« Ranger: Amen to that. You mind me asking ya, Mr. No Map, where you're headed?
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« Alex: Blackfoot Trail. I can't wait to show her. First time here. It's gonna be awesome.
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« Ranger: I got some bad news for ya, I'm really worry about this but Blackfoot Trail's closed for the season.
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« Alex: Why?
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« Ranger: Had too, there were some yahoos ya know, tramping around, disrespecting everything. This is a treasured site.
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[Alex sighs]
« Ranger: I don't have to tell you I guess, and Parks and Recreation wanna keep it that way.
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« Alex: Look, going to Blackfoot Trail's kind of the whole point of this trip.
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« Ranger: It's five hundred bucks if you're caught up there, each. So that'd be a thousand bucks, expensive little camping trip.
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« Jenn: Alex, do you think it's a bear?
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Trailer:
Official Trailer
Runtime:92 minutes
Plots:
An urban couple goes camping in the woods and find themselves lost in the territory of a predatory black bear.
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 they realize they have entered a bear’s territory, being lost suddenly becomes the least of their problems. Terror, horror, will, and survival become paramount.
Couple Jen and Alex are looking forward to their backpacking trip through the Canadian outback, after walking to a scenic lake spot, they discover the lake is nowhere to be found. Eventually the pair becomes lost and with no map to guide them. As they keep walking, they find themselves face to face with a vicious black bear, the pair now must engage in the ultimate fight for their lives if they want to make it out alive
Official websites:
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CinemaQuebec – info, critiques, horaires, bandes-annonces (French Canada),
CINeol,
Collider – Interview with director Adam MacDonald,
Das DGF-Magazin – Article (2015/02/16),
Das DGF-Magazin – Article (2015/06/05),
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