Charismatic Nolan Bentley wakes up in the middle of a remote forest, tied to a tree with no recollection of how he got there. With his time relentlessly running out, a mysterious stranger appears and he must finally reckon with the demons of his past and fight to survive to find a way out of his nightmare.
Acting
Weston's unraveling is genuinely uncomfortable to witness
Cinematography
Forest becomes suffocating character, not backdrop
Sound
Every snapped twig feels like gunshot
Director
Marc Schölermann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Schölermann previously directed Medical Examiner episodes, explaining the clinical fascination with bodily suffering.
The 90-minute runtime mirrors Nolan's supposed time limit, a structural gimmick that mostly works until the third-act expansion.
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