A Cry in the Wild (1990)

Thierry Heigold 26.01.2015A cry in the Wild: movie critiqueThe movie "A Cry in the Wild", directed by Mark Griffith is a movie adaptation of the novel Hatchet with some variation. The main plot is that Jared Rushton (playing Brian) crashes in a lake in the Canadian wilderness after his pilot suffers from a heart attack, that kills him leaving Brian alone in the unattended plane. Brian survives the crash and lives through the dangers of nature until he gets rescued from a plane that has picked up his emergency message he sends with the help of the radio transmitter he finds in the emergency box that he rescues from the plane after it get's brought up by a tornado.I like the fact that Brian learns to find grubs by watching the bear. This is realistic and shows that Brian only survives by using common sense, especially because you see that Brian loses a lot when his actions aren't based on common sense. Also the meeting with the wolf is very realistic as well. Also, the fact that he talks with the gut cherries and imaginary people, show the influence of loneliness on on the behavior of the human. Also from what you can see in the movie Brian knows one thing or the other about surviving, which you can clearly see when he smears his face in mud as protection, or when he scares of the bear with fire, and still he isn't an expert which becomes clear while he builds the fire ore when he meets with the bear.Mark Griffith still missed some things, some of these things are that he takes a lot of times to build the shelter which makes him look like a total amateur, even though some other things show greater knowledge about survival. Another thing I dislike about the movie is that a lot of scenes are unrealistic for example the way the 2nd fight with the bear ends and that he finds the bear cubs on the next day. Also, I think that it would have made more sense to build the spear (which was much more elaborate than described in the Book) before the Bow and Arrows and I would think that Brian would have better things to do then keep exact count of his food supplies and that he would use the plane piece he finds for it. Also I would have shown more of the fool bird hunt then the first kill of one. What I really dislike is that Mark Griffith squeezed everything into such a short time as well as well as the fact that Brian is pretty careless when he unpacks the emergency box, which I don't like because I think that after all he's been through he would treasure every thing in the box.In my personal opinion the movie deserves 5 Stars of 10. My suggestion to making it better would be make a little more breathing Space and make unrealistic scenes more realistic.

Movie Critique "A Cry In The Wild"Mark Griffith teams up with actor Jared Rushton to portray Gary Paulsen's novel "Hatchet".The story is about a boy named Brian Robenson who survives a plane crash and learns to survive alone while changing dramatically throughout this interesting story. The movie states very clearly how frustrated and alone Brian feels. Jared Rushton is very good at acting out Brian's thoughts and goals after he lost hope of being rescued. It is also very clear for the audience, when Brian is angry. Mark Griffith really messed a few things up like changing the sequence of events in "Hatchet". He also changes many details of the book, which are often replaced by the same black bear. Also, there are many unnecessary props including: bear cubs, a piece of metal from the plane, worms, and a glass from which the pilot drinks. It is very hard to see Brian evolving in to the new Brian throughout the movie. Actually, he doesn't. He overreacts with things like his fire going out and his hatchet falling to the bottom of the lake. There are big gaps in between scenes, like when he suddenly is very good at archery. Gary Paulsen describes very clearly how and why Brian goes and gets the emergency pack from the plane, most of this was ignored in the movie. Mark Griffith and his team change everything and put it in to a different order. Also, it seems as if they ran out of time, since most of the important events are all seen in the last 15 minutes. It reminds you of somebody pressing a fast-forward button, and all the important events which are still to come are all shown to the audience at once, right before the movie comes to a surprising end that is not written about in the book. There are parts when you expect something exciting to happen, but the result is disappointing. All in all, "A Cry In The Wild" deserves 2 from 10 stars.The movie may have an exciting theme, but the content is not very interesting. Mark Griffith did not include enough important details, though he added to many things that did not correspond to the original story too earn it another star. A first step to more stars for the movie would have been to leave out all the bear attacks and put the events in to their original order so that it would resemble the novel "Hatchet" a bit more.

Movie Critic A CRY IN THE WILDMark Griffith teams up with actor Jared Rushton to create a movie Adaption of the novel Hatchet. The movie is called "A CRY IN THE WILD". In the movie Brian crashes and is trying to survive in the wilderness.Mark Griffith and his crew really capture how Brian is surviving. I like that because it goes into depth of how Brian is staying alive. I also like how it shows that Brian cares for the bear cubs. It is funny to see Brian try to fish. I really liked the part where Brian is fishing and falls into the water.Mark Griffith also messed up a few things in the movie. For example, a few hours after he crashed, a plane came by. In the book the plane comes after he has a shelter. He also finds the shelter later than in the book. When Brian goes to find food, he goes to where he can not see the lake. In the book, he never goes somewhere where he can not see the lake. A few days after he finds the shelter, he builds a giant wall around it with the help of rope. It is very unrealistic that he just suddenly has rope. Also, a bear comes to invade his camp regularly. It is pretty unrealistic that a bear would come again if he did not get anything from the first raid. When he has in the forest at night, he was ambushed by a bear. When he stabbed the bear, blood came squirting out in an unrealistic way. Earlier, he was "hugging" a bear. That was unrealistic. Then, he got a bow and arrows and was a master archer. Very unrealistic. At the camp, he suddenly has drums and plays on them. Where did he get them from? Also, the tornado was not on there, it was only a breeze. Not too realistic. Lastly, he does not build a raft to get the emergency pack.I would give the movie 4 stars. It was not the worst or the best movie I have ever seen. Mark Griffith could have made the tornado show more, show how Brian created the bow and arrows, and replace the bear with the moose.

I'm not sure why so many people thought this movie was bad, I thought it was a great movie. A great representation of the wonderful book Hatchet, which is one of my favorite books of all time. Jared Rushton does a great job as Brian Robeson, the boy trapped in the Northern Canadian Wilderness. He beautifully acts out the hardships and triumphs of the book Hatchet, and is truly touching to the heart. Shame on all the other reviewers for not just loving this true masterpiece of a movie from a great author, Gary Paulsen, who has written some of the best books I have ever read like Dogsong, Woodsong, and all the sequels to Hatchet such as The River and Brian's Winter. Once again this movie is a great representation of Hatchet, one of the best books ever written.