One of my all time favorites.

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Sometimes going camping might not be the best idea. Especially if you pick the wrong spot. The movie tries to be smart about the beginning and the setting and it does work for a second. But you will get what they do with the two parties at the beach in no time. What you make of it and how you react to this is up to you (that's if you like the editing).The acting is decent, but the movie does feel to be longer than it actually is. Not really a feel good movie overall of course, but you'd wish it would speed up a little bit. It's predictable overall which I won't hold too much against the movie. But it is dreadful in a bad way and it doesn't really add anything new. So as someone else suggested, there are way better entries, with similar topics that are way better

You know how you can always tell a cheap movie? When opening scenes are dominated by either/both prolonged shots of trees either aerial or ground level and prolonged shots of car moving on roadway either car level w/occupants small talking or aerial. Talk about unimaginative filler! Then we have the stereotyped back country baddies. I'm sure you can visualize the typecasting already. Yes, people die as usual and someone escapes - as mostly usual. What's even cheaper, but thank goodness, is the producers didn't budget in any prosthetic scenes of the actual dispatching of a person - left to your cost saving imagination.

Well, I for one, quite enjoyed this movie. It was an unexpected pleasure. I didn't go in with high hopes and was pleasantly surprised.I think that what I enjoyed most about it was the fact that it wasn't full of Hollywood schlock. There were some intense scenes that I never would expect to see in a big-budget Hollywood film. I say kudos for straying beyond the norm in this regard.I've seen quite a few reviews that complain about the non-linear storytelling and use of flashbacks. I'm not sure what the big deal is. Lots of movies do this. It wasn't too difficult to understand what was happening.As for the ambiguous ending, I'm completely okay with it. It seems like some of those people that complain about open-ended endings and non-linear storytelling insist on having their entertainment spoon-fed to them. Personally, I like that I was made to think a bit about what might have been.I'm kind of hoping for a sequel; Killing Ground II: The Adventures of Ollie and Banjo. This one, of course, would be a family film about a toddler and a dog who travel around solving mysteries.

I think Damien Power is going to be and author/director to watch. I know a lot of folks have dismissed this work as formulaic, but I am prepared to defend this.I can munch through horror/thrillers like popcorn with not much effect. This one grabbed my attention and kept it pretty taut. There were few or no moments where I thought, "This w/couldn't happen." The actors didn't overplay their roles, no chewing on the scenery. In addition, there were a couple of scenes that really made me sit up and pay attention (no, won't say which).I found the plot plausible, the layout and filming teasing, loved the fact that not every detail and bit of gore required viewing, and the ending...SPOILERS:I loved that the ending was open-ended, leaving the viewer to wonder what decision they would make.