Wilderness Details

Complete Rubbish

I can't believe I went against the ratings and still rented this movie, I just wish I could give it a lower rating then 1 star.

The problem was I had seen the trailer and thought it looked great, but the acting is no better then you would expect from a daytime soap, and although it looks like a horror, the deaths have about as much realness to them as a old school hammer horror, and also you kind of want them all to die.

My advice is, steer well clear of this film, unless you've run out of drinks coasters.

[Highly rated reviewer]

One man's wilderness is another man's theme park

Wilderness is an effective and brutal thriller/horror movie. The premise is straight forward - a group of juvenile offenders and their keeper are sent to a wild desolate island as a sort of punishment. After the first night one of them disappears and the killing begins. It is brutal, violent, fast moving and visceral.

In Wilderness you can expect the usual flawless performance from Sean Pertwee, and Stephen Wight does extremely well (very bright future ahead, me thinks). It is very gritty and the gore is quite spectacular.

Although the film is very entertaining, it does have its shortfalls. There are no real surprises and the fact that one man was 'supervising' half-a-dozen or so violent inmates doesn't quite compute. Although the movie was fairly intense it could, and should have been more so. You can see obvious Dog Soldierisms but fails to compare and the conclusion was a little disappointing.

Overall, I thought 'Wilderness' was generally very good, but it could've been quite a bit better. Glad I've seen it and would recommend anyone that hasn't, to do so.