Best movie of this year hands down!

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

I saw this movie once before, a few years ago and I really enjoyed, I was so shocked when I saw this movie for 50p in a shop! This movie as some of the most vile nasty humans, who are criminals and very unlikable assholes, so when they do die, you don't really care. You just want them to die in the most gruesome way possible.This movie was really clever with the whole camouflage scenes, I found those scenes a little creepy , as you have no idea where he is.Some of the death scenes were really well made, it's amazing how they did that, very gory and gruesome when the dogs attack and the other Booby traps were really good as well.The twist near the end was seeable as it was not a really a shock at all and I found the ending a bit silly, it's didn't really fit in with the plot the movie at all.The acting was really good, the deaths were gruesome and nasty evil bloodhound teens had what was coming for them.(Yes I was rooting for nasty dogs (Yes I am dog lover)even these dogs seem nice then humans. 7 out of 10

A group of bang-up young lads, whose hobbies are drug-dealing, rape, murder, psychological torture, Nazism and juvenile delinquency, go on a backpacking trip to a remote ex-army island together with their happy-go-lucky special-cases caretaker, Jed (naturally played by Sean Pertwee, the Brits sole horror star). Supposedly alone on the island they fortunately stumble upon a couple of equally nice girls, who are all too open to share the island (and their very doubtful virginity). Even more luckily it turns out that apart from them the island has it's own drunk, who loves getting beat up, as well as a murderous special ops with four blood-crazed dogs. This means the boys are in for the funnest game of their lifetime: kill or be killed.A bit of "Lord of the Flies" with a survival thriller twist to it "Wilderness" is a surprisingly gripping experience. Much owed to the absolutely excellent cast with special kudos given out to Luke Neal and Toby Kebbell, as well as the director Michael J. Bassett, who has proved to be a remarkably capable actor's director. Both "Wilderness" and his debut "Deathwatch" (both survival horror movies) show immense talent to exerting the best out of his cast. Without a single note wrong throughout the movie you can forgive it's script inadequacies as well as some occasional sub-par cinematography.The bones and flesh popping out here and there throughout the movie are found lacking and seem to plastic, but nonetheless the gore should satisfy the most disgusting needs. The biggest fault does however seem to lie with the ending itself - the overwhelming feeling I had was that the scriptwriter had no idea how to roll the credits and went for the obvious, if lame and abrupt outro.Also what is it with black guys and horrors? I've had an intense horror-filled week behind me and in every single movie they are always the first to die! Really people - stop it already!

Wilderness is directed by Michael J. Bassett and written by Dario Poloni. It stars Sean Pertwee, Alex Reid, Toby Kebbell, Karly Greene, Stephen Wight & Lenora Crichlow.After the suicide of one of their inmates at a British male young offender institution, a group of teenage offenders and their prison officer, are sent to a remote island for outdoor rehabilitation. Once there, tho, they find that they are not alone as two young female offenders and their officer are also using the island for the same purpose. A battle of the sexes is the least of their collective worries, however, because someone is stalking them. With only one thing on their mind; to kill them all.Chances are that if you pull ten reviews off of the internet for Wilderness you will find in most of them references to Scum, Dog Soldiers, Battle Royale and Deliverance. Which while it comes across as lazy pigeon-holing, is a fair enough point to make. However, Wilderness, while not being as good as any of those film's, deserves to be allowed to stand on its own two feet with survivalist heart proudly beating in its chest. Yes the story is a touch derivative, but Bassett's film is pleasingly nasty and serves the gore hounds well. After the set up introduces us to the inmates of this wing of Moorgate Prison, where the moody Callum (Kebbell) walks into a den of bullying and suicide, it's clear that these are not characters we are meant to like. This collective bunch consists of robbers, murderers and sex offenders. As a group of people they are as unlikable as it gets, this works a treat once we get to the island and things start to go belly up as they come under attack from an unseen assailant and start to turn on each other in the process. Who do you root for? Eh? Exactly.With the characters' struggle to bond together to survive, we have the reason why Wilderness should be fairly judged on its own terms. Leaving aside for the moment that it contains inventive and grisly deaths, that it thrusts these young hot-headed adults into a Lord of the Fliesian (there's another one for you) type situation makes for a fascinating watch. Particularly as the sense of dread that lands on the island with the protagonists never leaves the film. There's also a wry observational arc on the British institutional system, we may be ducking from crossbow bolts and snarling German Shephard's, but Bassett and his team are not just about the blood. No sir. Even as Poloni's misanthropic script starts to bite hard, there's still some humour to be found, while Alex Reid's (underused but making a telling mark) tough female ex-soldier is the smartest character in the film. To call this a blood for bloods sake movie like some critics have is just unfair, since some thought has gone into making it exactly not that.Bassett considerably improves from his debut horror picture, Deathwatch. But Wilderness does have problems to stop it from being a top tier British horror. There's bad decisions made with a couple of the most interesting characters and the reveal of the killer is far too soon. There's also some pacing problems that are further highlighted by some of the average acting from the lesser principals left to carry the story. However, steering us away from dwelling too long on the young bucks caught in the headlights is Kebbell, who oozes charisma as Callum, the character is in truth not fully formed (his moody past is only briefly touched upon), but Kebbell plays him smart yet dangerously feral; a leader in waiting indeed. But it's Wight's turn as a bullyboy Nazi that runs away with the film. He's as dangerous as the person hunting them down, the last person you would want to have to rely upon in a crisis. He is a vile and nasty piece of work that Bassett enjoys playing the audience's sympathies with.At times brutal and even unforgiving as a human interest piece, Wilderness is a far better survivalist horror than some would have you believe. 7/10

Wilderness starts in Moorgate Prison for young offenders where a lad named Dave (John Travers) is found dead one morning in his dorm after having slit his wrist's during the night. The Guvenor (George Shane) isn't happy & is aware that Dave had been bullied & abused by other unmates so in his anger he sends these other inmates on a free holiday to a picturesque isolated island just off the coast for some fun (some punishment!). Prison guard Jed Walker (Sean Pertwee) gets the job of babysitting them but things get out of hand when the mutilated body of a tramp (Colin Nicolson) is found, one of the inmates Callum (Toby Kebbell) is accused but the group quickly discover they are not alone on the island as some unseen psycho killer begins to pick them off one-by-one...This British production was directed by Michael J. Bassett & I have to say that I was impressed with Wildnerness, I didn't think it was perfect but it's certainly an effective little British horror flick with an edge. Wilderness is a well put together sort of mix of survivalist, horror, action, thriller & teen slasher film all rolled into one & it's very similar to Severance (2006) another British survivalist horror film made the same year but without the comedy elements. Wilderness takes itself very seriously in fact, there's a fairly disturbing opening sequence showing the bullying & subsequent suicide of a young offender in prison (with which his tormentors are given a free holiday for as punishment!) & it's fairly grim going right through until the end with some brutal murders, some really unlikable character's who do some really nasty stuff & a pretty bleak atmosphere. The film has a good pace, there's plenty going on & there's some very memorable moments here but it's not perfect, the fact that all of the character's are so unlikable is a problem because you end up wanting them to die rather than rooting for them & I was disappointed by a fairly lacklustre twist at the end & an all too predictable killer.The film looks good & there's none of that awful slow-motion, fast-motion, quick cut editing, shaky hand-held camcorder cinematography or any colour bleaching which is great, it's nice to see a film shot pretty much 'as is' rather than have lots of pointless & often annoying post-production techniques inserted. There's some nice gore here too, there's a fair amount of blood splatter, someone is shot with arrows, dogs tear the side of someone's face off & bite his chest & stomach open leaving his insides hanging out, there's a severed head on a spike, there's a slit throat, a guy has his foot sliced off by a bear trap, there's a severed arm, there are stabbings & the violence levels are up to the required standards. There are one or two really great scenes here, the bit when Callum stands looking around by sees nothing then moves away only for the leaves on the ground to move or when the killer slashes someone's throat from behind without them even noticing them there are very effective.With a supposed budget of about £3,000,000 this was shot in Scotland & Nothern Ireland here in the UK & the locations are nice enough. The acting is pretty solid although some of the accents are a little off putting & feel very forced & at times dubbed. Sean Pertwee is the only cast member of any real note here.Wilderness is a very good film that will have most gripped, the plot is good & the action & gore is great. Definitely well worth a watch as far as I am concerned.