Welcome to Movie Shortens. Follow us today to a 2014 Canadian nature–survival horror film
called: Backcountry. Before we start, be aware: there are spoilers!
As this story begins, we see Alex and his girlfriend Jenn in a parking garage preparing for
a camping trip. They drive through the city to the campsite, listening to the radio along the way.
After a few questions from Jenn, Alex begins to brag about his survivalist talents,
and they both laugh, enjoying the joke. Alex puts in a music CD that he enjoys but Jenn
absolutely hates. Alex sings the song through and Jen can't help but smirk at his antics,
even joining in albeit mockingly. Stopping at the entrance to the camping grounds,
the couple goes and meets with Ranger Carl to register their trip. Carl offers Alex a map,
which he denies. Carl asks again, warning Alex of the potential dangers of the time of year they
chose to camp. Carl asks Alex where the couple are headed and informs them that Blackfoot Trail,
their destination, is closed due to other campers mistreating the area. Alex insists on going and
Carl reminds him that there would be an expensive fine for being caught in the area. Carl gives
the couple a medical kit and they leave. Later as they begin to unpack, Alex chastises
Jenn for her excessive phone use. They then take a picture to commemorate the start of their trip.
The couple sets off across the lake, taking in the beautiful scenery. Once they reach land again,
Alex accidentally drops their canoe on his foot, but he walks it off. He gives Jenn the whistle
from the medical kit, and Jenn shows Alex the bear mace that she had purchased a few days earlier.
He also finds a road flare in her bag and mocks her for bringing it along.
They continue along a trail in the forest, and Jenn is visibly nervous about her surroundings.
Alex tries to reassure her they won't come across any danger and they continue on taking rest stops
and admiring the nature around them. Sometime later, they set up a quick camp
and Alex sets up a fire. He reminds Jenn of a swimming hole they saw a little while back,
wanting her to join him inside. Jenn reluctantly joins Alex to go swimming
as they jump in and enjoy their time. Afterwards, Alex goes to get some more wood for the fire. Jenn
wants to join him but he turns her down. Alex chop some wood for the fire and comes back to
the campsite to see Jenn talking with a Hiking Guide named Brad. She invites Brad to dinner,
and Alex goes to get changed. Alex asks Jenn if she is comfortable having Brad around
and she says that she is. Jenn then admits she was the one to invite Brad, and they get into
an argument, and Jenn leaves the tent. Brad tries to leave the couple but they
insist he stay for dinner. They both watch as Brad cleans the fish they're about to have for dinner.
That night during dinner, Brad asks what Alex does for a living. Alex tells him and then Brad makes
a slightly racist comment about his job. Jenn goes off to get some potatoes for their dinner,
and Brad reveals that he gives tours around the Backcountry. Alex asks how much a tour would be
but only gets an ambiguous answer from Brad. Jenn comes back with some potatoes, and Brad goes to
relieve himself on a tree right by the fire. Brad asked what the couple are going to do the
following days on their trip. He tells Alex that if he was Jenn's boyfriend he
would take her to see some better spots. Brad continues to hit on Jenn
asking her if she would want him to come along as a guide. She turns him down, and they eat dinner.
Brad finally leaves but not before confronting Alex about his initial reservations about Brad
joining them. Brad presses Alex to answer him, and Alex turns away Jenn who tries to defuse
the situation. Brad leaves but not before handing Jenn some of her underwear. Alex
confronts Jenn about inviting Brad the first night of the trip and she apologizes. Bread
goes off to get his axe leaving Jenn alone. The next morning Alex makes Jenn breakfast,
and they continue on their trail. Alex explains the history of Blackfoot Trail,
and paints her romantic picture of the scenery they will witness. Jenn makes jokes about Alex
and his exuberance for nature, and his overall nerdiness. They reminisce on time spent together,
and as they are walking, Alex notices a fresh bear print on the ground. He decides not to tell Jenn,
and they keep moving forward. As they progress, Alex certainly turns off the conventional trail.
Jen questions this, but he claims this is the path to their destination.
Jenn reluctantly follows along, and they continue on their hike. Alex stumbles over something on the
path aggravating his injury from the canoe. They set up camp during the night, and Alex
checks on his foot injury which is causing him immense pain. Jenn grabs the medical kit
and begins to clean the wound. Alex laughs off his wound as Jenn continues to bandage it. She
gives him a fresh sock and they go to bed. Later on Jenn wakes up hearing some noise
outside their tent. She tries to wake Alex but fails. She hears the noise again and finally
wakes up Alex, who dismisses the noise as acorns falling on the tent. They hear a louder sound,
wondering if Brad has come back to find them. They listen for a little while longer, and when they
do not hear anything, Alex tries to reassure Jenn, telling her to go back to sleep.
The next morning Alex and Jenn see a broken tree in front of their tent hinting a large animal had
been nearby. Jenn tells Alex she wants to go home, but Alex begs her to stay, promising she'll love
their end destination. They kiss, and continue on their hike, debating different music artists.
Alex stops finding some Wintergreen on the ground and offers Jenn some to eat.
She laughs but turns it away. She notices a certain smell in the air, and alerts Alex,
but he reassures her it is nothing important. Jenn goes to find the source of the smell,
and Alex follows. They come across an eaten deer carcass, and Jenn walks away disgusted.
As they traverse deeper into the forest, Jenn struggles to make it through the terrain.
She falls down on some animal waste and becomes frustrated,
even snapping at Alex when he tells her they have finally reached their destination.
Alex helps to clean Jenn's face, and they continue on the final stretch of their hike. They finally
reach the summit and as they go to look over what should be a lake they realize, horrified,
that they are at the wrong location. Jenn's panic grows as Alex claims he was 100% sure of where he
was going. Jenn asks for a map and Alex admits that he does not have one, thinking he didn't
need it. Jenn reminds Alex that he is claimed to have done this trail many many times, even just a
year or so ago. Alex admits that it has been much much longer since he has last been on the trail,
which sends Jenn scrambling to find her phone. Alex also admits that he had Jenn's phone out of
her bag back at the car. She's angry at him, claiming she wanted to have the phone just in
case of an emergency. He admits that they have traveled far since his initial realization.
Jenn freaks out reminding Alex that not only do they not have a map or phone,
but they are completely alone as well. Jenn is still furious, demanding to know
why they couldn't have just had a regular camping trip. She piles on claiming that Alex always tries
to impress her and show off. Alex shoots back that he wasn't, but Jenn finally admits that
she never wished they came on the camping trip, calling Alex a loser. Alex reveals he was going to
propose to her, and walks away. Later Jenn tries to apologize, and they prepare to set up camp.
As Alex is hiding their food in a tree, he hears something out in the forest, but ignores it.
The next morning a bear paces outside their tent, sniffing and poking around. Neither of the couple
are roused by the bear and it ends up leaving. When they wake up, they see that their food
has been eaten. Alex blames the raccoon for taking their food, and they pack up camp and leave.
Making their way down the trail, Alex finally admits that they are truly lost.
They continue blindly along not knowing if they're heading in the right direction.
They soon stop for a break, Jenn notices a bear bed right beside where they have stopped. She
suggests that they make it as far as they can before nightfall, and Alex follows her.
During the night, the couple realizes they have essentially run out of food as well,
safe for half of a protein bar and a bit of alcohol. They have a drink, and Alex apologizes
again. Jenn reminds him that things could be worse, and that they have each other. The kiss,
becoming intimate, but are interrupted by loud noises around their camp. Alex yells
out hoping to scare the animal away. The couple goes back to their tent, and Jenn reassures Alex
that he has scared off the animal. The next morning, Alex reassures his
girlfriend that everything will be okay with their relationship, and they kiss. As Alex opens the
tent he sees a bear extremely close by. He tells Jenn to stay quiet, watching the bear draw closer.
Alex scrambles to find his axe, but realizes it is not inside the tent. Jenn readies her bear mace
as the bear approaches the entrance of the tent. The bear rips through the tent, injuring Jenn.
Alex defends Jenn against the bear, but he is bitten on his leg. Jen sprays the bear with her
mace causing it to temporarily retreat. Jenn tries in vain to wrap Alex's injury as
he screams in agony. Alex fears he will die, but Jenn does her best to reassure him otherwise. The
bear comes back to the tent, dragging Alex away and killing him. He yells for Jenn to run away,
and before she finally runs, she grabs his engagement ring.
Jenn sprints through the forest trying to find her way out. She trips and falls hitting her
head on a rock, knocking her unconscious. She soon wakes up, and begins screaming in vain for
help. She finally takes out the engagement ring, and she puts it on, mourning Alex's death.
Hearing the bear in the distance, Jenn continues on her way, despite her injuries. As dusk begins
to fall, she finds a tree to climb and rests there for the night. Jen is woken up to the sound of a
helicopter, and she screams for help, but they can't hear her. She cleans her wounds in a nearby
stream, and finds some Wintergreen nearby to eat. Yet again the bear approaches and she takes off
running with the bear chasing after her. Jenn comes to a waterfall and descends down
the right side. She slips and falls injuring her leg. She makes the splint out of nearby branches
and continues on. Jenn continues through the night using her road flair as a light.
The next day she finally stops, succumbing to her injuries and fatigue.
Jenn wakes up and slowly continues on until she finally reaches their canoe they had left behind.
Jenn paddles across the lake until she finally reaches their starting point, collapsing. Brad
is just ahead of her preparing to guide a group when he sees Jenn and rushes to her aid.
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