Should have just called this movie "The Foundation" lost respect for the writer trying to pass it off as a reboot. It's really a separate movie with no significant tie in.
992 Reviews
Same writer + woods doesn't automatically mean Wrong Turn
mikejos2824 February 2021
Flawed, but definitely watchable
IMDbKeepsDeletingMyReviews8 March 2021
First of all, don't listen to all the brainless ratings giving this one one or two stars, calling it garbage or awful. This is not a sequel to any "Wrong Turn" movies, it is a reboot. That doesn't have to mean that everything is the same as in the former installments.
And you know what? I actually commend the filmmakers for taking a different approach this time. Unfortunately, some seem to be that well-trained at accepting the same story with every reboot that they can't understand how someone can get a bit more creative for a change.
Don't get me wrong - this is not a great movie. Some would argue that it's not even a good one, but all I know is that this is at least watchable, unlike so many reboots and remakes - or Captain Marvel.
There is actually a lot happening, even if the film slows down a little too much at times. But the cinematography good, the soundtrack a bit generic but decent, the acting mostly pretty good - and there are some pretty gruesome deaths to behold, although never in a voyeuristic way.
Forget about the original and open yourself up for something new, I'd say. Give this one a chance and take the wrong turn.
And you know what? I actually commend the filmmakers for taking a different approach this time. Unfortunately, some seem to be that well-trained at accepting the same story with every reboot that they can't understand how someone can get a bit more creative for a change.
Don't get me wrong - this is not a great movie. Some would argue that it's not even a good one, but all I know is that this is at least watchable, unlike so many reboots and remakes - or Captain Marvel.
There is actually a lot happening, even if the film slows down a little too much at times. But the cinematography good, the soundtrack a bit generic but decent, the acting mostly pretty good - and there are some pretty gruesome deaths to behold, although never in a voyeuristic way.
Forget about the original and open yourself up for something new, I'd say. Give this one a chance and take the wrong turn.
Don't listen to the hardcore wrong turn fans
ben_liepins26 February 2021
Forget what people are saying about this film being garbage, we get they expected it to be a cannibal slasher like it's predasesors. It's a whole new movie, whole new plot. And it delivers really well. A solid 7. Just watch it for yourself and don't be fooled by the bitter reviews. It's a really good stand alone movie
Needs a different title.
pattyncd24 February 2021
Not Your Typical Wrong Turn
qpxeefvxe27 January 2021
I'll start by saying I was decently disappointed with this movie. Based off the trailer, going into this movie I was expecting the classic franchise based off of the Hilicker family, you know, the deformed freaks roaming the forest and trapping people for food and torture, however, this movie wasn't that at all. Wrong Turn 2021 took a new spin on things and although it was relatively interesting, there was no connection to any of the other movies. It was almost as if this was a completely different horror film simply titled Wrong Turn. There were few, if any, scary parts to the movie and most of the "horror" was just action and anticipation for what's to come next. Mimicking the original Wrong Turn franchise, the kills were great, gory, and brutal as can be. Although this movie was very fast paced and tense for a majority of it, it wasn't near as good as the originals and told a completely different story based on a different "family" with completely different characters. If you're going in to this movie hoping to see a return of the Hikickers or their offspring, I hate to break it to you, but this movie it not that.
Yay for the bad guys
davidowen-2365416 February 2021
Made by someone who wants to keep you off the AT :)
mlbsa24 October 2022
Did you ever wonder what happened to those friends who hid behind the chainsaws in the commercial? No, I haven't either but regardless they turn up in this movie and that made me almost turn this off. If you make it through the first 20 minutes or so that's when the action and suspense start to happen. Having not seen the original Wrong Turn movies I am only judging this movie on its own merits and I have to say despite all the moronic characters including the father (I mean who waits six weeks to go looking for your missing daughter?) it turns into a worthwhile survivalist, thriller movie with a nice twist at the end.
A Structural Mess of a Movie
Neon_Gold7 March 2021
This movie wasn't awful, to me at least. People seem upset about it because it is being marketed as a remake of the original movie. I have never seen the original so I can't compare however I do know that it is extremely different.
I actually think that would have solved a big chunk of the complaints if they had just called it a different name. Not wrong turn. It seems distinct enough for it to be its own thing.
For me, I appreciated the "twist" because it was refreshing. The way they handled it however was the issue. This movie was being pulled six ways from Sunday in every direction. It's is an absolute mess.
It tires to Villainise it's protagonists while making it's villains look good but then chickens out and just scraps it all for a boring story. It has really interesting ideas in here that it just puts out to die. I actually think that the big reveal in the middle of the fun should have been the end. It would have been a real guy punch and really shocking.
Speaking of endings, Jesus Christ this film has about 5. Mid way though the first act seems like a climax and I was like "no this can't be the end yet it's just started", then again the second act seems like a climax but where was still so much time left. Then you get to the real climax in the third act and it ends...oh no wait it doesn't it goes on again. So then it has this other ending tacked on but no wait that wasn't the real ending either so it carries on again then it finally has its ending and the title card appears....then it still goes on and had another final scene Immediately after the title card shows. That is just insane to me. It was just so structurally bizarre.
Even the beginning is strange and feels out of place and should be moved to else where in the movie.
This issue also reflects in the run time, this movie is too long for this sort of story. I think they just didn't want to cut things. There is so much that could have just been left on the floor but they wanted it all in, that's why it has 100 endings because I think they thought they were all too good to throw out.
You could maybe watch it but don't expect it to be like the others in the series.
I actually think that would have solved a big chunk of the complaints if they had just called it a different name. Not wrong turn. It seems distinct enough for it to be its own thing.
For me, I appreciated the "twist" because it was refreshing. The way they handled it however was the issue. This movie was being pulled six ways from Sunday in every direction. It's is an absolute mess.
It tires to Villainise it's protagonists while making it's villains look good but then chickens out and just scraps it all for a boring story. It has really interesting ideas in here that it just puts out to die. I actually think that the big reveal in the middle of the fun should have been the end. It would have been a real guy punch and really shocking.
Speaking of endings, Jesus Christ this film has about 5. Mid way though the first act seems like a climax and I was like "no this can't be the end yet it's just started", then again the second act seems like a climax but where was still so much time left. Then you get to the real climax in the third act and it ends...oh no wait it doesn't it goes on again. So then it has this other ending tacked on but no wait that wasn't the real ending either so it carries on again then it finally has its ending and the title card appears....then it still goes on and had another final scene Immediately after the title card shows. That is just insane to me. It was just so structurally bizarre.
Even the beginning is strange and feels out of place and should be moved to else where in the movie.
This issue also reflects in the run time, this movie is too long for this sort of story. I think they just didn't want to cut things. There is so much that could have just been left on the floor but they wanted it all in, that's why it has 100 endings because I think they thought they were all too good to throw out.
You could maybe watch it but don't expect it to be like the others in the series.
Don't listen to all the negative reviews
qasm-5590820 February 2021
I was almost put off watching this movie from reading a lot of negative reviews. It was a good job I ignored them. It was certainly a good, watchable movie. Now, If you're looking for a gory cannibalism movie and compare it to the original too much, you probably will be disappointed.. You need to take this movie as a stand alone film. It has a twist in it and takes a totally different direction (mind the pun) compared to the other wrong turn movies. I recommend watching it with an open mind, you might even enjoy it...
Feeling very torn...
travisthegrimm31 January 2021
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I just got out of seeing this and I am torn. It's a fun horror film, yes, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the Wrong Turn franchise. I kept waiting for the moment those favorite hillbilly cannibals of mine to pop up... and they never did.
I don't know if I just had different expectations and it was assumed this would be about something else entirely? But I feel like a clown for hyping myself up for this. Drove an hour and a half for this, hoping for the best and instead I got some weird mix of Wrong Turn, The Village and Tomb Raider???
If you're in it for the sake of Wrong Turn, just skip it. But if you want to watch a fun-at-times lil horror film than you'd probably get a kick out of this.
Sad times.
I just got out of seeing this and I am torn. It's a fun horror film, yes, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the Wrong Turn franchise. I kept waiting for the moment those favorite hillbilly cannibals of mine to pop up... and they never did.
I don't know if I just had different expectations and it was assumed this would be about something else entirely? But I feel like a clown for hyping myself up for this. Drove an hour and a half for this, hoping for the best and instead I got some weird mix of Wrong Turn, The Village and Tomb Raider???
If you're in it for the sake of Wrong Turn, just skip it. But if you want to watch a fun-at-times lil horror film than you'd probably get a kick out of this.
Sad times.
some interesting second half stuff
SnoopyStyle7 April 2021
Scott Shaw (Matthew Modine) is searching for his missing daughter Jen who was hiking the Appalachian Trail with her friends. The small town locals don't seem to care. Six weeks earlier, Jen and her five young friends suddenly get a flat tire. They arrive at the small town to start their hike and it goes downhill from there.
The kids are unprepared and a bit annoying. The rooting interest is a little thin. These characters get less and less appealing. One of them should be over-prepared and the movie can play around with that. They already touch on it with the girl changing the tire. It can add a scene where a character lays out the props with the possibility of them being used later in the movie. The first half is basic horror-in-the-woods movie. The characters are rather iffy. They're dumber than they should be. They are presented as smart young urbanites but a couple of the guys are as dumb as movie frat guys. The second half becomes a cult torture horror movie. It's better when the characters stop being so dumb. It's more interesting with a couple of interesting ideas. It does some really interesting stuff. If only the first half is as good, this would be one to build upon.
The kids are unprepared and a bit annoying. The rooting interest is a little thin. These characters get less and less appealing. One of them should be over-prepared and the movie can play around with that. They already touch on it with the girl changing the tire. It can add a scene where a character lays out the props with the possibility of them being used later in the movie. The first half is basic horror-in-the-woods movie. The characters are rather iffy. They're dumber than they should be. They are presented as smart young urbanites but a couple of the guys are as dumb as movie frat guys. The second half becomes a cult torture horror movie. It's better when the characters stop being so dumb. It's more interesting with a couple of interesting ideas. It does some really interesting stuff. If only the first half is as good, this would be one to build upon.
Instead of Wrong Turn, this should be called Wrong Decisions
Neptune16515 February 2021
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It doesn't even feel part of the Wrong Turn franchise, and everything that made the original decent is clearly absent here. Truly dreadful and it feels more like a Wrong Turn 7, an abysmal sequel that should never have been made more than a worthwhile reboot. If there is an opportunity for anyone to erase this from existence I really hope they do. Epic fail. But I'll try and give you one example of the terrible writing of this film. So one of the protagonists brutally bashes in one of the faces of these guys thinking they've killed his girlfriend. She turns up alive and well, so realizing their mistake decide in true horror movie fashion they're not going to say anything or go to the police when they make their way out and home. Did they forget one of their friends just had their faces crushed by a falling log 5 minutes earlier? What's their plan? To just go home and pretend like that didn't happen? Maybe just brush that off and make out like they never knew him or something? Terrible, lazy writing in an awful film. This is one example of a film, I mean you can like it on a personal level that's absolutely your choice. But there is no question whatsoever that this is objectively a terrible movie. There were many many things that made no sense.
The Hills have Rednecks
danielcereto13 February 2021
I'm a big fan of Wrong Turn series, I think they're quite good B-slasher movies. So, I was ready to watch at least something decent. I was wrong. This movie has nothing to do with Wrong turn. If the movie was called The hills have rednecks, nothing had change.
The movie is bland, the script unoriginal and full of cliches and the acting is extremely amateurish. Even the Fx's are bad.
So, if you're a fan of the original Wrong turn movies or good slashers avoid this one.
"If your off to the woods today, your sure of a big surprise"
Clive_W21 March 2021
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But this was no teddy bear picnic for anyone in the woods today.
Where to start, because certainly this film was a mixed bag, you've got some truly gruesome scenes, but the in between scenes do get a little slow, though this reboot does give a new take on the original franchise, replacing inbred hillbilly's with the foundation, who are basically a cult from pre civil war. The film was certainly enjoyable but the moments where the film kinda stalls has made me reflect more over the film itself. I would probably recommend this film as really for a horror film and for being a new take on the wrong turn series it definitely lived up to these points, but what bothered me were the slow points and the ending bit with the dream like sequence, if we'd cut the dream sequence before the actual ending I would have been happy. I would definitely have to say this reboot was welcome, I'm torn however over the star rating, whether a 6 or a 5.5, these are the moments I wish half stars were an option. Still all the same I would say to fans to check it out, see for yourself, and enjoy, have some popcorn kick back to a good horror.
Wrong movie not wrong turn
kelvinpalmer12 February 2021
BEST. ENDING. EVER!
RennerFilms16 June 2022
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I'm not joking.
As a "Wrong Turn" movie, this was awful. As a weird, cult-y drama (I got "Wicker Man" vibes), it was okay.
The acting was pretty bad, but the story kept me reasonably engaged throughout.
Then, during the coda, it looked like the movie was going to end a certain way and I was pissed. I was shouting at the screen: "You better not end now!! This is bull crap!!"
But it DID. The title card splashed on the screen. The credits began to roll.
I was furious. "Nooooooo!!"
BUT....
The film kept going. And something happened that changed everything.
Not gonna say what happened, but my son and I were rolling on the floor laughing.
I'm not sure that was the filmmaker's intention, but it worked for us anyway.
Maybe the best bait-and-switch I've ever seen. Was it Shakespearian? Nope. Was it brilliantly hilarious and absurd? Absolutely.
That final minute or so made the movie for me. Genius.
As a "Wrong Turn" movie, this was awful. As a weird, cult-y drama (I got "Wicker Man" vibes), it was okay.
The acting was pretty bad, but the story kept me reasonably engaged throughout.
Then, during the coda, it looked like the movie was going to end a certain way and I was pissed. I was shouting at the screen: "You better not end now!! This is bull crap!!"
But it DID. The title card splashed on the screen. The credits began to roll.
I was furious. "Nooooooo!!"
BUT....
The film kept going. And something happened that changed everything.
Not gonna say what happened, but my son and I were rolling on the floor laughing.
I'm not sure that was the filmmaker's intention, but it worked for us anyway.
Maybe the best bait-and-switch I've ever seen. Was it Shakespearian? Nope. Was it brilliantly hilarious and absurd? Absolutely.
That final minute or so made the movie for me. Genius.
Not like the original wrong turn
tailzx-802678 February 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I love the wrong turn franchise since I was a kid.. I obviously was very excited when I saw there's a new one! But it's not the same as the original.. No cannibal hillbilly people.. which I was waiting for.. Probably should've changed the name to something else and not link it to wrong turn..
This movie was not that bad tbh.. i quite enjoyed it.. it's been a while since I've seen something decent.. but definitely not like wrong turn at all..
This movie was not that bad tbh.. i quite enjoyed it.. it's been a while since I've seen something decent.. but definitely not like wrong turn at all..
Turn around.. and don't come back!
bentleyfold13 February 2021
Much love for the original Wrong Turn movies, was disappointed I managed to watch this without turning it off mid-way to go look at some paining I did throughout the day drying. At no point during the 100+ minutes did I feel anything other than a painful static noise in my head. If I could go back in time and poke a hot iron in my own eyes just to save a past version of myself from seeing this pile of utter nonsense I would most certainly not think twice. I would highly advise any fan of the original movies to stick to the original movies and give this a miss.
Different then the original and pretty good movie on its own
8512221 April 2021
Greetings fro Lithuania.
"Wrong Turn" (2021) is not a remake of the original flick from 2003. As a one who saw 2003 version many times back in the day, i was surprised that this 2021 version wasn't just a remake but its basically has little to do with the original. This one is way more toned down in reality, and had a pretty interesting ideas on its core. Sadly they weren't explored more, but i liked the idea of Foundation. I also like main valiant who seemed more human that many human but at the same time was doing some pretty heavy stuff.
Overall, "Wrong Turn" (2021) is definitely not a copy / paste of the original. Gone the "fun" slasher stuff i remember, and this one tried to do something more interesting with its villains - and i liked it. I also liked to see Pv. Joker with a gray hear. A descent flick overall.
"Wrong Turn" (2021) is not a remake of the original flick from 2003. As a one who saw 2003 version many times back in the day, i was surprised that this 2021 version wasn't just a remake but its basically has little to do with the original. This one is way more toned down in reality, and had a pretty interesting ideas on its core. Sadly they weren't explored more, but i liked the idea of Foundation. I also like main valiant who seemed more human that many human but at the same time was doing some pretty heavy stuff.
Overall, "Wrong Turn" (2021) is definitely not a copy / paste of the original. Gone the "fun" slasher stuff i remember, and this one tried to do something more interesting with its villains - and i liked it. I also liked to see Pv. Joker with a gray hear. A descent flick overall.
Only thing that shows in this movie is the Winnie young generation
bogota90923 May 2021
Movie had a decent narrative and the composer did a great job, but the acting was horrible, the direction was mediocre but the dialog shows how self entitled this generation is, brutal to watch completely and im 32 🤷
Pleasantly Surprised
nikkiinwanderlust22 August 2022
Listen, I put this on in the background while doing some work and thought nothing of it. I wasn't ever the biggest fan of the original Wrong Turn movies, so I wasn't expecting much. When I tell you about 25 minutes in I had to completely abandon my work because this movie had my full attention, the twist is a little "meh", you may miss the whole "cannibal mutant" aspect from the original films, but it is still more than worth a watch.
A solid turn in the script.
Fella_shibby19 February 2021
This reboot and the seventh installment of the series starts with the similar premise where a group of friends go hiking in the Appalachian Trail and inspite of being warned not to wander off, they find themselves captured by a very violent and hostile community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years.
I saw this without watching the trailer or reading anything bah it. I first thot that it might be the usual inbred cannibals eating human flesh and killing trekkers and city fellas but got pleasantly surprised. It has some brutal kills, tension filled moments but zero nudity. Daisy Head shud have been given more footage. I found her very hot due to her pouty lips and Angelina Jolie similarities.
I saw this without watching the trailer or reading anything bah it. I first thot that it might be the usual inbred cannibals eating human flesh and killing trekkers and city fellas but got pleasantly surprised. It has some brutal kills, tension filled moments but zero nudity. Daisy Head shud have been given more footage. I found her very hot due to her pouty lips and Angelina Jolie similarities.
Wokeness checkboxes
JonathanGrave1 September 2021
Checking wokeness checkboxes seems to be the only reason this movie exists.
The writing is quite bad. We don't care about the characters when they die since we know nothing about them, they all make unreasonable choices and they shout / scream at each other all the time.
Zero nudity, minimum gore, some deaths even happen off screen.
The vision of the original film is long lost.
The writing is quite bad. We don't care about the characters when they die since we know nothing about them, they all make unreasonable choices and they shout / scream at each other all the time.
Zero nudity, minimum gore, some deaths even happen off screen.
The vision of the original film is long lost.
Ugh.
RobTheWatcher27 February 2021
I'm very much a fan of the Wrong Turn franchise and that's why this movie pains me so badly. Awful acting, stupid decision making all sprinkled in with 2021 political and social justice related undertones. I gave this a 5 simply due to my love for the franchise and concept. An absolute failure
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