Desolation (2017)
A mother takes her son on a trip into remote wilderness to scatter his father's ashes; they must confront their worst fears when a lone hiker begins following them.
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The greatest movie ever made..!
Just perfect...
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
Hands down the worst movie I have ever seen. None of it is logical. Who hikes 4 days worth away from their car? Why don't they run? Do they all have arthritis (including the 10 year old boy)? The boy gets quite murderous a little too much a little too late. AND THEN they have to walk home? RIDICULOUS
I guess when you are setting out to make a "dead camper" type horror movie you should really pay attention to the impact the killer or stalker will have on the overall affect. We find out in the first few minutes that this mute dude seems like he got lost in the woods coming home from a rock concert and is to shy to ask for help finding his buddies. Any horror movie creep or killer that you feel like you could just walk up to them at any time and say hey $#@ head take a hike, is not very intimidating. I think had they cast a better stalker this movie would have received much higher grades.
This movie had some pretty decent acting from the two female leads, but I just can't get past the decision to make the killer just "some guy in the woods who wants to kill people."I guess the director thinks that it's mysterious or something to not give him any sort of background or motivation, but, to me, it's just lazy AF.I guess they were trying to lay hard on the whole mom and son coming together after the death of the dad thing, but, meh. That could be a PART of the movie, but to hang your hat on that without giving us anything that gives us any reason to care about what's going on is really just lazy.Also, leave the woods when a weirdo starts being weird.
I figured I'd give this movie a shot. Three words...waste of time. Sort of formulaic with a twist. If a weirdo is following you in the woods, why be so nonchalant about it. Head for home....quickly!!