Wilderness (2006 film)

Wilderness is a 2006 slasher film directed by M. J. Bassett and starring Sean Pertwee, Alex Reid, Toby Kebbell, Karly Greene, and Lenora Crichlow.

The film starts with the arrival of Callum at a small juvenile facility run by Jed, and consisting of Steve, Blue, Jethro, Lindsay, Davie and Lewis.

Davie's dad learns about the suicide and the group, along with Jed, are sent to an island for team building exercises.

They then meet a group of women, consisting of team leader Louise and her charges Jo and Mandy.

Jed discovers his emergency phone missing and blames the group for taking it, which angers Steve.

The dogs return and Steve and Lewis climb up the rock face to avoid them and the rest wading into the water.

Callum then walks to the islands highest point and holds the dogs head up trying to distract Davie's dad.

Davie's dad cuts Lindsay free and tells him to meet him by the boat, which Mandy overhears as she hides in the tree line.

The film was produced and distributed by a consortium of independents, and directed by M. J. Bassett, whose previous credits include 2002's Deathwatch.

[2] John Condit of DreadCentral rated it 3/5 stars and stated that it would polarize viewers into two camps: gorehounds and genre snobs.

[3] In a mixed review, Philip French of The Guardian compared it to Dog Soldiers and described its sense of justice as "arbitrary".

[8] Jeremy Knox of Film Threat rated it 3.5/5 and called it familiar yet "a cut above the rest".