To set the scene you need to know I got this movie as a DVD for around 18 cents. Furthermore I found out this movie is banned in Germany. So I went into this movie expecting a cheap, gory but in the end probably stupid movie that would be okay but I'd probably not watch again.
I was pleasently surprised to find out this was actually a good movie. Not great, but good enough to keep me watching.
Wilderness is about a group of male inmates in a facility for criminal youths who are sent to a "deserted" island to maybe start behaving better. First they find out for some reason a second group, a group of girls who are there for similar reasons. Soon after they find out there is someone else there, with a crossbow and bloodthirsty dogs.
Like I said, it's not great, it's not new. But what it wants to do it does well. The story is compelling and fun, the characters are stereotypical but still fun. Of course there is a "love story" and a "villain" in the group, but I think they are all well portrait and don't feel forced.
I really enjoyed this movie, maybe thanks to my low expectations, or maybe it is because I'm a horror fan. But I was compelled and couldn't stop watching, even though when I started it I didn't even feel like watching a movie at all. So I'm rating Wilderness 3.5 out of 5 stars and a like. That might seem high, but that's how I feel, even 2 days removed.
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