Stunning Canadian wilderness is the backdrop for Adam MacDonald’s much-praised Backcountry, a film which boils relationship and vacation tensions into anxiety of being lost and an apparently ultra-frightening bear attack. The thriller world premiered at Toronto last September and is now anticipating a March release. Find the official Backcountry trailer, below.
In Backcountry, which is based on a true story, “Alex (Jeff Roop) is a seasoned outdoorsman while Jenn (Missy Peregrym), a corporate lawyer, is not. After much convincing, and against her better judgment, she agrees to let him take her deep into a Provincial Park to one of his favorite spots – the secluded Blackfoot Trail. On their first night, deep in the forest, they have an unsettling encounter with Brad (Eric Balfour), a strange alpha male with eyes for Jenn who may or may not be following them. Alex’s desire to quickly reach Blackfoot Trail only intensifies. They push further and further into the woods, Alex stubbornly insisting that he remembers the way. After three days their path disappears; they are hopelessly lost. Without food or water, they struggle to find their way back, the harsh conditions bringing out the best and worst in them, pushing their already fragile relationship to the breaking point. When they realize they have entered a bear’s territory, being lost suddenly becomes the least of their problems.”
Backcountry is out this March 20th from IFC Midnight.
