The read
Audiences rate it 37 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hopes to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon after alienating the boys, Vic finds himself in desperate need of help and must rely on his students in order to survive.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes25%
Audiences rate it 37 points higher than critics do.
109 audience votes
Key crew
- Jeff BlecknerDirector
- Manya StarrWriter
- Ernest KinoyWriter
- Michael BoddickerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kevin BaconVic
- Sean AstinAlan
- Jonathan WardMitch
- K.C. MartelGeorge
- Matt AdlerChris
- Caroline McWilliamsVirginia Block
- Charles SiebertJerry Block
- Joseph PasserrelliStorekeeper (as Joseph Passerelli)
