Director: Phillip S. Plowden
Year: 2020
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
Plot:
Heading out for a normal jog, a woman trying to make her way through the woods stumbles upon two men in a drug deal gone bad and begin relentlessly stalking and chasing her through the area, forcing her to rely on her traumatic past to overcome the adversity and get away alive.
Review:
By all accounts, this is a serviceable if uneventful effort. That this works through the constant build-up and escalation of tension throughout their encounters together which grows over the course of the film, featuring plenty of stellar back-and-forth battles that pit both sides getting the upper hand quite nicely. Seeing the brutality inflicted on both parties here, where every injury she gets makes a potentially crippling chance at getting out alive yet what she does back to them manages to give off some hope for her to actually survive. This set of intense and thrilling actions is a great touch for this one as it nicely matches the urgency to get out, and when combined with the impeccable technical work really helps this one stand out.
There are some big flaws to be had with this one, though. The biggest pressing issue is the fact that there’s very little originality or overall interest in what’s going on as the setup here is wholly cliched and been done numerous times before. Every real beat featured here will be quite easily identifiable and guessed at what’s going to happen as the entire premise is reliant on this one being quite stupid to put her in these situations. It just feels aggravating when most of the decision-making, including the very start where anyone that focused and determined would never get involved in something that inherently sketchy in the first place, must less continue on in the same direction with no one around. It’s definitely a detriment to this one and manages to hold it back quite a bit.
Overview: **/5
A technically-impressive and tense but formulaic and repetitive thriller relying on clichés more than anything, this is watchable but never rises above that level due to the presence of these issues. Give it a look if you’re a fan of these suspense-driven survival thrillers or find it intriguing, while those not into this style or turned off by the flaws should heed caution.
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