Based on a true story which was widely talked about in France;for people who do not know about this strange disappearances,there are lines at the end of the movie which informs them:as they know nothing about what actually happened to them (only one body was found), the screenwriters had a free hand to build their story.
On the plus side ,they took advantage of the stunningly beautiful landscapes ,filmed with taste :a splendid cinematography;the first half is,by and large ,successful ,if we except the inevitable love relationships and other bickering ; the scene on the footbridge climaxes the movie,and without the intervention of a bandit ,of a villain ;definitely not for people who suffer from vertigo.
Things begin to deteriorate at the beginning of the second half although it begins well enough with the mantrap scene ,where the enemy remains invisible , and anguish is created by the huge trees towering over the unfortunate victim's head.
Afterwards ,it's downhill :it's another horror movie ,with all its clichés:the least one is to make a man of nature a poacher/monster (a hackneyed trick since the much better" deliverance" ); the screenplay which was clear,becomes muddled , and one does not care anymore about the hikers ;as far as Anton is concerned , no clues about his past,which must have been less rosy than those of the five French ramblers .No explanation for his terrifying face .He was born a monster ,wasn't he?
On the plus side ,they took advantage of the stunningly beautiful landscapes ,filmed with taste :a splendid cinematography;the first half is,by and large ,successful ,if we except the inevitable love relationships and other bickering ; the scene on the footbridge climaxes the movie,and without the intervention of a bandit ,of a villain ;definitely not for people who suffer from vertigo.
Things begin to deteriorate at the beginning of the second half although it begins well enough with the mantrap scene ,where the enemy remains invisible , and anguish is created by the huge trees towering over the unfortunate victim's head.
Afterwards ,it's downhill :it's another horror movie ,with all its clichés:the least one is to make a man of nature a poacher/monster (a hackneyed trick since the much better" deliverance" ); the screenplay which was clear,becomes muddled , and one does not care anymore about the hikers ;as far as Anton is concerned , no clues about his past,which must have been less rosy than those of the five French ramblers .No explanation for his terrifying face .He was born a monster ,wasn't he?