I thought the realistic portrayal of text-addicted teen girls not knowing the first clue about survival from mindless, heartless, motiveless killer was actually smart.
TOO MANY movies with a mostly female cast tend to turn the girls into Rambo or some more mature capable version of who we were introduced to; its unearned. The girls tried their best!
The first part I thought WAS really well done as cell phones may one day be seen as sinister as far as apps go. And in THIS FILM the phones cameras etc are all taken away by the psychologist adult woman running this GETAWAY PROGRAM RIVERBOAT& CAMPING trip (for internet addicted teens).
If NO TECH RULE hadn't been part of this program they are in- service wouldn't be there anyway. That's what EVERY OTHER film does to remove the usefulness of cell phones in emergencies. But once they set up camp things go from unsettling when 2 methhead hicks/ murderers lay anchor right beside their cruiser boat, to terrifying in good speed.
I could not believe the adult left after seeing what was/who in that boat!
Sure if the methheads are with HER they cant possibly hurt the girls so WHY not?! Wow.
They are in a much faster vessel and of course they show their work to the girls so there's no doubt that the ONE adult is not useful.
This is when the annoying screaming begins. I realise its trying to show how horrified they'd be but they all made SO MUCH noise that half of them caused their own fates. I liked the explanation for the girlfriend of the mansonish ex-con. It made more sense she was turned into a wraith. Meth teeth were well established. I was annoyed with the screaming but then overall it was tense enough, despite there being 40 of this type of seek & destroy campers/ hikers/ car breakdown victims horror.
If you DON'T watch lots of these THIS MAY really creep you out! Also never scream while running!! And shhhhhhh.
