codeymac Review of Force of Nature: The Dry 2

Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024)

Film about people who know nothing about backpacking

[2/10 · 7 May 2024]

As someone with basic backpacking knowledge, this film is rough. My patience had been worn thin multiple times. Why do they all have 60L packs but don't have their own shelter or water filter? At the beginning of the hike, a tour guide takes their cell phones then leaves them by themselves with just a map? Their on a corporate retreat yet no one has a sat device? There is a decent character back story with Eric Bana's character, but the disjointed timeline with the entire plot makes his backstory fall flat. This isn't a thriller or a mystery. It's a film depicting how ignorant you can be while on the trail.