I watched this movie online, thank God, because I didn't actually pay to see the stupid thing. From the description, I thought it would be about an escaped murderer hunting a bunch of dimwitted petty cons through the forest, but the escapee died soon after the movie started. Instead, this bunch of petty criminals is pursued by a bear that behaves unlike any bear I've ever heard of, stalking people while they sit in a large group, and ripping a building apart (not a tent, people) to get to the people inside. All those Hollywood roars just made it even sillier, and since when do wolves go after humans, especially a human whose not even injured? I'm surprised there weren't evil squirrels bent on infecting these idiots with y-pestis.
None of the characters were likable, especially Bebe, who was so dumb I wanted her to die a gruesome death immediately. I was disappointed to see Glenn Morshower, who I've always liked as Aaron Pierce on 24, starring in this garbage. The dialogue can only be described as wooden. You would think that with a bunch of criminals out in a beautiful setting like this, that the screenwriter would have included the characters involved in some self reflection. But, you'd be wrong. All of these people were basically soulless; in a group like this in real life, I'd expect some would feel no remorse for what they did, but certainly some of them would have felt bad about it. So, I didn't care when any of them died, all in ways that were over the top gruesome, which is, I believe, the only reason this film was made. And if you were hoping for some beautiful shots of the woods a la A River Runs Through It, forget it; imagination in the cinematography department is as lacking as it is in the screen writing department. The conclusion was a bit clever-a very tiny bit-but other than that this movie amounted to what a bear does in the woods.
None of the characters were likable, especially Bebe, who was so dumb I wanted her to die a gruesome death immediately. I was disappointed to see Glenn Morshower, who I've always liked as Aaron Pierce on 24, starring in this garbage. The dialogue can only be described as wooden. You would think that with a bunch of criminals out in a beautiful setting like this, that the screenwriter would have included the characters involved in some self reflection. But, you'd be wrong. All of these people were basically soulless; in a group like this in real life, I'd expect some would feel no remorse for what they did, but certainly some of them would have felt bad about it. So, I didn't care when any of them died, all in ways that were over the top gruesome, which is, I believe, the only reason this film was made. And if you were hoping for some beautiful shots of the woods a la A River Runs Through It, forget it; imagination in the cinematography department is as lacking as it is in the screen writing department. The conclusion was a bit clever-a very tiny bit-but other than that this movie amounted to what a bear does in the woods.