Sorry, this movie sucks

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I remember viewing this movie along with "Severance" which is both alike in many ways and as I started watching this I was purely hooked all the way through. At the start we get a group of young offenders in a prison and one of them commits suicide, after he is continuously bullied by his cellmates, the remaining inmates are then sent to an Island where they have to learn team building which was a little far-fetched and out there and then they come across a small group of girls who are also there for the same reason and both become targets of a psychopathic army man whose hell bent on killing them all and armed with vicious attack dogs.This movie was pure fun all the way through, okay the who dun nit angle wasn't hard to figure out but that didn't matter as this movie sustained suspense all the way through and it's unpredictable which is rare in horror movies these days and the death scenes are well thought out and very elaborate and those attack dogs were nasty and vicious and were well used, and this movie really makes the most of out of its eerie island setting and cleverly staged scenes in the woods and the cliffs and oceans. This movie has a definite height of realism to it despite the ridiculous reason that they were sent to the island, and this movie does build drama and suspense, the killer was spot on and a welcome change from the usual teen slice and dice, here we get an army guy decked out in camflourage and decked out with attack dogs which makes the chase scenes more nerve racking and exciting which does add a hint of intelligence to the proceedings, but my only complaint was that when the killer was finally revealed he was quite easily dispatched which was a bit of a downer.The acting was very good despite the fact that they were mostly underdeveloped but that didn't stop them from becoming interesting as we get a range of variety in the cast Sean Pertwee as the Prison guard gets a nasty death and gives a credible performance, as does Alex Reid she displays true strength and courage to her role and should've been in it more. Toby Kebbell as Callum was also rather interesting and added a sense of mystery to his role. Stephen Wight also did well at making his character unlikeable and believable as the movie carries on he becomes more and more unhinged which was exciting and Lenora Crichlow brought true charm to her role as Mandy and made decent for final girl material.All in all "Wilderness" is a decent survival flick slasher movie, that brings something a little different to the table and gladly it works as a whole.

For much of the movie, I thought it carried along rather well. However I had a huge problem with the ending. The implication was that the soldier who was hunting them was special forces,i.e., SAS. How in the world can we be expected to believe that a street punk could not be easily handled by an SAS soldier in a knife fight? I thought that there was a lot of potential in this movie. The build up was all quite good. But it just utterly collapsed into an absurd pile at the end for me. This super soldier who hangs out there, ingeniously picking them all off one by one. And a two-bit street punk armed with an ax is able to get the best of him? Please! I completely regret wasting my time.

Well, I can honestly say that the UK horror film "Wilderness," directed with some feverish intensity by Michael J. Bassett, follows on the heels of another great British-made horror film, Neil Marshall's acclaimed "The Descent" (2005). "Wilderness" has the same intensity, attention to story and characters, and propensity for gruesome special effects and gore that leave little to the viewer's imagination.I actually have no doubt in my mind that Bassett was in some way influenced by "The Descent" - my personal favorite horror movie so far this millennium - especially with its outdoors setting and a mindless killer chasing after tough, non-stereotypical young people. But what gets "Wilderness" points here is that it's while it's billed as a horror film, it's actually more along the lines of a gruesome adventure-thriller with some slasher movie elements thrown into the story for good measure - think the classic short story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell combined with "Deliverance" (1972), "Predator" (1987), the Japanese Manga series "Battle Royale" and any slasher movie about a revenge-seeking serial killer you could think of, and you get "Wilderness."Where "Wilderness" differs from "The Descent," aside from setting and characters, is that the film's "protagonists" aren't really protagonists. The film's main characters are a motley group of six juvenile delinquents, many of them violent offenders. How violent, you say? Well, one, Steve (Stephen Wright), is a violent, manipulative neo-Nazi skinhead sociopath, and his pal Lewis (Luke Neal), also a neo-Nazi skinhead, follows his every command. Another, Blue (Adam Deacon), is a rapist. Of course, there's also a weakling in the group, a sexual deviant named Lindsay (Ben McKay), who also gets bullied a lot by Steve and Lewis. Jethro (Richie Campbell) is the only black member of the group. And the newest member of this wholesome crew of violent youths is Callum (Toby Kebbell), a young man prone to uncontrolled bursts of anger and violence who is there because he committed a brutal murder.So, after one of them commits suicide in his bunk, the whole group is shipped off to a nearby island, where their supervisor Jed (Sean Pertwee, of Marshall's "Dog Soldiers") will hopefully teach these boys some dignity and respect through a little bit of hard labor in the forests of the UK. It turns out that they're not alone on this island, since Louise (Alex Reid, of Marshall's "The Descent"), also a juvenile corrections officer, has the same idea and is camped out there with her two young female charges Mandy (Lenora Crichlow) and Jo (Karly Greene). Soon enough, however, both groups come to realize that they are not alone on this island either, and that someone or something is hunting them down one at a time (and that maybe one of them is not who he/she appears to be either), and it soon becomes clear that the only thing that matters is survival, and getting off the island alive and in one piece, or die trying...Let me just say that "Wilderness" is most definitely not a movie for children. The fact that every time I've seen it on television late at night is proof of that. True to most horror films of late, "Wilderness" is extremely and ferociously (and sadistically) violent. But the gore is contrasted against a rather thrilling backdrop, cool story, and intriguing characters who don't deserve our sympathy, but somehow we hope that some - some is italicized - make it out alive and in one piece. Eventually, however, what the story boils down to is a case where the hunter becomes the hunted, and the characters are able to turn the tables on their hunters (if you've read Richard Connell's original short story or you've seen "Predator" for the hundredth time like I have, then you know what I mean).This turning of the tables on the antagonist can be a little bit hard to swallow, considering how it comes about and who it is that actually does the table-turning. This sudden change-of-character for one of the main characters is unexpected because none of them are really that well-developed to begin with, so the change seems a little bit forced and tends to cheapen what up until then has been a rather shocking, gripping, and steady-going thriller. There's also some cheeky teen romance-type stuff going on in here, too, which also seems a little bit forced and a little cheesy considering the film's atmosphere and elaborate setup.Lastly, there's also some ill feelings geared toward the film's ending, which is rather ambiguously optimistic. Strange, I know, but just see it to understand what I mean, and make up your mind about whether or not it ruins your late-night fun."Wilderness" is a great movie, with an interesting premise that stayed my interest a little bit by forcing us to root for under-developed characters and believe some rather stupid actions on their part. But the set-up, chase/action scenes, and gruesome special effects make this a particularly uneasy and gripping adventure-horror/thriller.7/10

In prison it's a dog eat dog world. Only the strong survive. This becomes clear when one of the boys at a prison for young offenders commits suicide. It's demanded that his cell mates are sent to an uninhabited island to learn about teamwork. The six boys and their prison guard will stay for a week with no contact with the mainland and outside world. But once on the island they find that they are not alone, and also that they are now hunted like animals. A history of violence gives you power over the weaker in a prison cell, but how far does it get you in the wilderness?The movie is a good work from the British film industry, if you like films like Dog Soldiers and Creep you will certainly enjoy this one. Unfortuanlly for me I have seen the Japanese film Battle Royale, and so have the filmmakers. There are plenty of situations through out the film where you feel like you've seen it before, and some scenes are a complete rip-off. I do recommend Battle Royale before watching this one, mainly because it's a better film. Not saying that this one is bad, it has it's moments.