Man Vs. (2015)
As host of his own hit TV series, 'MAN VS', Doug Woods is forced to fend for himself for five days in remote locations with no crew, food, or water, only the cameras he carries on his back to film his experiences. Doug's in the remote woods for a routine episode, until he's awoken by an earth-shaking crash. Things get weirder as it becomes clear Doug isn't alone. Someone or something is watching him.
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Very disappointed :(
Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??
Let's be realistic.
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
I was very pleasantly surprised with this movie. The beginning was well acted, just like I would perceive, some kidding around, a big RV advertising the reality show, the trip into the woods. The sound track was very appropriate I felt, kind of a feeling of unease, yet real. Diamantopoulos, with the lead role, was great. Acting, for the most part, on his own, he did a masterful job of transitioning from a "reality show" actor, to a person knowing something was wrong, but not sure what. Then, finally, understanding what he was up against, his, and the world's, ultimate survival.
This movie starts off interesting enough to keep you from turning it off, but quickly becomes unwatchable. The alone journey of one character was poorly written and the cgi at the end of the movie was so bad it makes you wonder why attempt this movie. I cannot fathom how one sits through this film and feels any type of satisfaction at the end.
Man Vs. is a Canadian horror movie that incorporates elements of found footage. It does this via its plot: Chris Diamantopoulos, who played Moe in the 2012 version of The Three Stooges (oh baby) has a reality TV show like Bear Grill-is-us (never seen it and can't be bothered to look up the actual spelling). He treks out into the wilderness and videos himself scraping the soot off of tree bark to use as toilet paper, foraging for nuts and berries, and hunting wascally wabbits. By and by he realizes that he's not alone in the woods and all that soot-scraping will not go to waste.It's a good movie except for its creature effects, which are CG. Have we learned nothing from Predator, you fools?! Makeup and animatronics always beat CG, always! (Whaps film with cane.) But the creature doesn't show up so often, so I guess it's kind of okay. Man Vs. is laptop-viewing quality on an insomnia night, yknowwhatimsayin? And it's Canadian, so ding-ding-ding A+ dood!
... but it is a pretty decent movie.Obviously, the budget for it was minimal. But a decent direction, good script and nice acting conspired to make "Man Vs." into a very entertaining survival film with some sci-fi elements.The location, main actor are perfectly chosen. The story moves at a good pace, we are kept guessing (as intended by the director) and the conclusion was also interesting.It is a lesson on how to make quality work with little money.It is much better than I expected. Give it a try