WRONG TURN
MPAA Rating:
 for strong violence and gore, some language and drug use.Producer’s Synopsis: A wrong turn leaves a group of young people trapped—and hunted in the West Virginia wilderness.
Starring: Eliza Dushku, Jeremy Sisto, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Desmond Harrington, Lindy Booth | Directed by: Rob Schmidt | Produced by: Robert Kulzer, Erik Feig, Brian Gilbert, Stan Winston, Brian J Gilbert | Written by: Alan McElroy, Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Lawrence O'Neil | Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Year of Release—2003
"…Simply put, if you've previously seen one such picture like this before, there's no real need to catch this one, as it brings absolutely nothing new to the genre. If you're unfortunate enough to head down the path of seeing this film, that will be the only "Wrong Turn" you'll likely take that day."  
As this is a 'high concept' film I am not going to spend much time on the plot, so pay attention, this will be quick: Young people stray from the well-trodden path, young people get eaten. See, the lesson is not complicated. Talking of uncomplicated things, a quick word about characterisation. There is none. Brooding hero, beautiful but tough as old
boots heroine, incidental and dispensable friends of the above. And the bad guys... inbred deformed cannibal hillbillies. There is no sex on-camera... There are moments of genuine edge-of-your-seat terror in the film, mostly provided by the the unmitigated evilness of the three hillbillies. These are hideously deformed, and superhumanly single-minded, with a taste for nubile young rock-climbers. The action takes place in an unending forest in West
Virginia, where the beautiful people are picked off (and presumably brought home for stewing) one by one. There is a lesson to be learned, however... two survive the ordeal, both relying on a mixture of gutsiness and stickability to get through it. Those who die, with one exception, do so unheroically. The violence is sudden and bloody, but unapologetic in its hamminess. It's stomach-churning at times, but only momentarily so, as the action rattles along without a backward glance. In general, I found it harmless horror. The only people who can rightfully complain that they
were severely offended by this film are inbred West Virginian Hillbillies. Violence: Extreme / Profanity: Moderate / Sex/Nudity: None / |
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