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The acting in this movie was okay but it's a shame the actors had so little to work with. While Percy Hynes White as the younger brother (Caleb) may not be as well known as Tom Holland (who plays his older brother Brad) I actually think he was the better actor of the two in this film. Holland's basic mood and expression for 3/4 of the movie was dour, sullen, and grumpy, while the younger brother character seemed much more like a real kid.
The problem I have with this movie is that the plot just kind of moves along til it ends, with no resolution. The boys drive away in a truck while leaving their emotionally-troubled (and dangerous) father behind in a snowy forest while the cabin they had been staying in burns to the ground. So where will dad go to get out of the weather? Will anyone come back for him? Or does he deserve to die and freeze in the cold snowy forest?
Who knows? We sure don't. The movie ends without any sort of resolution. I would have liked to have SOME outcome to it all, whether I liked it or not. But at the point where that situation could have been handled in another few minutes of story, the closing credits came onto the screen.
The acting in this movie was okay but it's a shame the actors had so little to work with. While Percy Hynes White as the younger brother (Caleb) may not be as well known as Tom Holland (who plays his older brother Brad) I actually think he was the better actor of the two in this film. Holland's basic mood and expression for 3/4 of the movie was dour, sullen, and grumpy, while the younger brother character seemed much more like a real kid.
The problem I have with this movie is that the plot just kind of moves along til it ends, with no resolution. The boys drive away in a truck while leaving their emotionally-troubled (and dangerous) father behind in a snowy forest while the cabin they had been staying in burns to the ground. So where will dad go to get out of the weather? Will anyone come back for him? Or does he deserve to die and freeze in the cold snowy forest?
Who knows? We sure don't. The movie ends without any sort of resolution. I would have liked to have SOME outcome to it all, whether I liked it or not. But at the point where that situation could have been handled in another few minutes of story, the closing credits came onto the screen.