The Hike (2011)

After about forty minutes of total boredom and nothing gripping or any thing mildly interesting going on,both my wife and myself concluded that this must have be an extended episode of 'Hollyoaks'.Everything about the film was poor, the plot, the script, the dialogue, the wooden and truly unconvincing acting. Even if you swapped those women for the Spice Girls an episode of Thunderbirds would have been more gripping, captivating and attention grabbing than this film. Literally it should have taken a 'hike'.

I watched this last night on the Horror Channel, UK. An hour and a half of complete nonsense.Totally unconvincing story, extremely poor acting and none dimensional characters. The script feels like it has been written by a 10 year old kid. The story does not make any sense. Why a group of killers are out in the woods waiting for poor, unsuspecting hikers is beyond me.The lead male and co-writer Ben Loyd-Holmes cannot portray a menacing killer, in my opinion.I have heard quite a lot of hype about Zara Phythian, but after watching this film it must all be hype. Her performance was dire. She was monotone, even when crying and upset. Admittedly she had her work cut out due to the dreadful dialogue and script in general, however she just didn't seem to try and act. I know she comes from a martial arts background but that doesn't mean to say that she cannot put on a performance...even her fighting was unconvincing. Some of the cinematography wasn't bad but on certain points, such as the action scenes the cinematographer decided to shoot right up close so you couldn't see what was supposed to be happening.People have been going on about there was a twist at the end....there was no twist, it was so predictable and you could see it coming a mile off.The film is very lazy, in writing, acting and directing.Please, please, please DO NOT BOTHER WATCHING THIS!

The only thing i like this movie was, there were some beautiful scenes captured.However, there is some problem, incomplete scene about how the man was captured. A major problem about the movie is, the plot doesn't make any sense. It is out of human basic survival instinct. When being threatened to death and having so many chances to kill the man, the woman chose to run away, and her background was a soldier. That's just nonsense.Another nonsense part is since David likes Charlie, why would he want her die and leave the body in the tent without taking any care of.

It starts of well and then? well...it turns into a sexist porn/horror movie. Unpleasant to watch and very gratuitous, its such as shame as it starts off well. I am not sure who this film would appeal to, it has strong female characters that are reminiscent of the women from The Descent, but is horribly sexist to the point that any female viewer would want to turn it off. The men are ridiculous unbelievable characters, and if they appeal to any viewers then I suggest they seek specialist help. Some of the acting is very poor, especially from the women and that makes it hard to watch. I would avoid at all costs/