After the deaths of three children suspected to be killed by wolves,
a writer is hired by the mother of a missing six-year-old
boy to track down and locate their son in the Alaskan wilderness.
Atmospherically dark and violent drama with great landscape
cinematography and excellent cast ultimately disappoints by refusing to
give any explanation or sense to what's going on.
After reading the book that does deliver more explanation to the plot and motives of the protagonists and rewatching the movie it is obvious that it was deliberately made to leave the audience puzzled.
A Los Angeles screenwriter relocates with his wife to her
hometown in the deep South, where, while tensions build between them, a
brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.
Superfluous and miscast remake of a controversial classic neither reaches the original's nastiness nor adds any new perspective; James Woods' performance is remarkable as he's obviously just playing himself.
Maltin**: "Remake...resetting it in the American South. That change, the reduction of violence, and efforts to make the characters more "relatable" and contemporary (especially Bosworth) grind off the sharp - and significant - corners. Result is bland and forgettable, despite Woods' excellent performance."
After the deaths of three children suspected to be killed by wolves,
a writer is hired by the mother of a missing six-year-old
boy to track down and locate their son in the Alaskan wilderness.
Atmospherically dark and violent drama with great landscape cinematography and excellent cast ultimately disappoints by refusing to give any explanation or sense to what's going on.
