Perry Kate
Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Evengyny
Thanks for the memories!
ScoobyWell
Great visuals, story delivers no surprises
Micah Lloyd
Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.
Gretchen
Riddled with implausibilities, Rogue River will not satisfy those who want to believe and its lack of character development those who want to care.Although there are ideas which contain potential, they are swiftly brushed aside before being explored to make way for the next method of torment. Outside of these details is a tired and predictable plot, which has its lowest point towards the end, where the escapees make an irrational decision with a consequence so obvious a flashing subtitle would've done just as well.Whilst the acting is not terrible, with little to flesh out but the usual hints at a trauma background leading to psychosis, very few of the characters' actions make much sense. The narrative is lazy even for those who are not deemed irrational.It's hard not to assume that most of the budget went on the helicopter for the opening aerial shots, which do a great job explaining the distance and evoking the depth of a history. The landscape is in fact the most promising part of this movie, with the closing shot - a lengthy, low angle retreat - almost a masterpiece in comparison to what led us there. It gives you the impression that the director really wanted to make a different movie.Rogue River is one of those films to watch whilst doing something else.
bowmanblue
Okay, so the premise is as old as the hills in horror movie history - girl-on-her-own gets lost in unknown territory and ends up being either hunted and/or captured by the locals.And there is nothing new here in Rogue River. However, I actually found I enjoyed (most) of it - which is more than I normally enjoy of this type of clichéd horror film.First of all, when you watch these movies, you normally ask yourself the question: What would I do in this situation? If you see the heroine running away from the killer when she could have just put a bullet in his head then you begin to lose interest and start to hate it due to its obvious lack of realism. At least in Rogue River, the heroine isn't completely stupid. She does make logical decisions and does her best to escape. Therefore I found it watchable and wasn't shouting instructions at my TV screen.All in all, it's worth a watch if you feel you can sit through another film like this.It's only real drawback was the ending. I won't say too much about it for fear of spoiling it, but, in my opinion, there were 'questionable' decisions made by the writers which I felt wouldn't have happened in real life. But, despite that, I did enjoy most of the film which, as I've said, is more than I normally do of films with such 'been-there/done-that' plots.
Stuart Denham
I have just had the pleasure of watching this wonderful film. I think if I ever see it again I may just implode with excitement.I know I ticked the spoilers box thing, but to be fair, not a lot really happens to spoil.She's really stupid, gets roped into things so easily she deserves her fate, she screams a lot, people get shot, more people get shot, totally bland sex scenes happen, ridiculous deaths occur, more people get shot, someone gets stabbed and then it ends.I can't actually bring myself to remember the plot - as there isn't one.Do not watch this film. I think it sounded pretty good as an idea, but was realised in such an awful way that every copy needs to be found, shredded, burned and then dumped somewhere on the dark side of the moon.
Christine_Plymouth_Fury1958
I try not to compare films with others and just watch it based on its own merit. Having said that, I thought the film was not as bad as most reviews made it out to be. The story had potential and the actors were quite convincing in their role.What lacked for me was the lead actress not being able to connect with the audience. I think one of the most important things that a protagonist has to do is to be able to establish some sort of rapport with the people watching the film, and this is something she failed to do with me. I thought most of her decisions were quite questionable, though I did like the ending.On its own, the story lacked some character developments and seemed to be "hurried", as if the writer wanted to get into the "action" real quick. The result was that the suspense did not build enough to put me at the edge of my seat, so to speak. There were a lot of instances for this, but the writer and director failed to deliver on this aspect.The cinematography is good though. Scenes were clear and the shots complimented the entire movie.All in all, it's an okay movie to watch if there's nothing else, but I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend it to friends.