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No character development.

No connections between flashbacks.

No drama.

Simply stupid ending.

A new German survival thriller on Netflix. The premise is simple: 5 guys on a trip in the jungle got hunted down by a mysterious hunter.

Most of the runtime was these guys running in the woods. The suspense relied on the mystery of the hunter, who was deadly and familiar with the territory. There were some scenes that worked, but for a lot of it I was bored because of how dragged the pacing was. However, I still want to see the justification for all of this.

And this is where the movie became just straight up stupid and nonsensical. In short, nothing paid off. First, there's flashbacks throughout the movie about the main guy. These flashbacks served almost no purpose and didn't change my perceptions on these characters much. They all fell into certain types of characters.

Second, and the most important of all, the reason that they got hunted was bafflingly unjustified that just pissed me off at the end. The final scene was just as random and gave more questions than answers.

Overall, it's almost like this movie exists to waste people's time. I just lost an hour and a half of sleep for this random bs thriller with almost no thrill. 3/10.

Slow, no plot, shallow characters, fast forwarded it from a point on. Complete waste of time.

Some people in the woods. Something bad happens. They're in peril and don't know why. A few shocks. Paper-thin characters yelling at each other. You've seen this before. The reason behind "the "hunt" is told in the most ridiculous manner. Late in the game, there is a development between two characters that doesn't really get resolved due to what I thought was an abrupt ending. Nice-looking quality to the movie, but you're much better off sticking with THE RITUAL!

Instead re-watch a movie that you like.

This has to be one of the worst movies I have watched.

And your thought would be something along the lines of: "Why did I waste my time with this?" or "How does Netflix greenlight something as bad as this?" or even "How could you make a movie even more pointless than this?".

These are all very valid questions, indeed. This film has very little to offer, most of it being utter disappointment and boredom. Add in stupid characters who are as flat as the writer's brain is smooth and pacing that makes a limping grandma seem agile.

Season with some awful camera work and a color palette that seems like they accidentally delivered the ungraded version for even more blandness and sprinkle some stock music with no meaning into this stew of talentlessness to have the complete experience: 87 minutes that you will never get back.

Stay far away from this and watch something good instead. For example, something this is miserably failing at copying: DELIVERANCE.

Please, do not waste your time. There are many films out there better than this one.

I want my time spent watching this rubbish back. Awful plot, idiotic characters, possibly the worse acting I have ever seen. Don't do it to yourself.

Ok, the story is been there, done that, but I really liked this movie and I completely don't understand all these negative reviews. Maybe Covid has affected people's opinions about liking films... There are a lot of open questions indeedn, but this movie kept me thinking and trying to fill in the blanks and the many questions about the why and what. I really liked the part of Roman as a kind of underdog. The cinematography is very beautiful, the music is top notch. This would have been a great mini-series, with two or three more episodes to explain some loose ends. But all in all, for me, this was a fine German film!

This German thriller follows five men hiking in the woods in Germany. They are there as part of Roman's stag do; also present are his brother, Albert and friends Peter, Vincent and Stefan. When they hear a distant gunshot they think little of it. When they return to the car a second shot rings out; this time much closer... Vincent has been hit in the arm. Is it the actions of a very careless hunter or are they being targeted? It soon becomes clear that it is the latter. They flee into the forest and hope to make their way to a road. The shooter has other ideas and soon things are getting deadly. The survivors desperately try to get away but the shooter always seems to catch up with them.

I rather enjoyed this. The plot may not be original but once Vincent gets wounded the tension quickly rises and as the film progresses it only rises further. Like all such films it requires more than a little suspension of disbelief; the shooter keeps finding the men, and they keep spotting the shooter, even though they are in a vast forest. The group inevitably make several illogical choices, and their loud arguing isn't a good idea, but who would be able to behave logically when a marksman is trying to shoot you? There are some flashbacks to previous events; notable involving Roman and his fiancée; these are fairly superfluous and detract from the story somewhat. The acting is pretty solid; it is a pity their characters weren't more likeable. The locations used are great; both in appearance and in creating the feeling that the action is taking place far from possible help. Overall not a must see but I thought it passed an hour and a half fairly well; worth watching if you enjoy the genre.

These comments are based on watching the film in German with English subtitles.

There's no new ground here, a bachelor party turns into a slaughter fest, as two brothers, and three friends venture into the wilderness.

I really do like atmosphere and tension as a rule, but this takes it too far, and apart from a few nice scenes, it drags on way too slowly.

The characters are all clichés, we have the family link, the quiet and scared one, the gay one, the cute one, and of course the angry one.

I watched it with friends, and they enjoyed it, I'm afraid I yawned through most of it, just too slow, the major plus point has to be the visuals, it does look very nice, but to reach the end, it's a slog. Worst of all is the embarrassing ending.

Once again I find myself struggling to find a good film on Netflix.

Maybe if it had been condensed down to 60 minutes, it may have worked a little bit better, unfortunately it's too much of a slog, 3/10.

This is one of those movies so bad that it's not even good/bad!

The five main characters are so annoying that you are actually hoping the protagonist will bump them off sooner!

In fact the best thing about the film is hoping and waiting for them to get shot!

Slow burn? Watching it is a slow death. A cat and mouse game that drags on and on and you'll guess the big reveal long before the end, if you make it that far without falling asleep.

Slow, boring and no logic. Can't imagine everything happened in a single day. The reasons behind the murderer it's simply stupid.

These characters are complete idiots.

Their decisions are absolute garbage. Until the literal last moment of the film.

I watched to the end to see who lives. None of the characters want their lives anyway. And their drama is unnecessary idiocy while they are being attacked.

Meanwhile, the reason for the hunt is the only plausible part of this film. And the solid acting carries the film.

Any Person who discovers a worst movie than this one, will get a noble prize.