A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.
Acting
Burns creates a colonel you genuinely fear.
Direction
Grashaw's documentary-style realism makes it suffocating.
Editing
Flashback structure slowly poisons the present.
Director
Vincent Grashaw
P.J. Boudousqué
Brad Lunders
James C. Burns
Colonel Frank Reichert
Chris Petrovski
Gabriel Nunez
Octavius J. Johnson
Jonas Williams
Stephanie Simbari
Erin Rose
Scott MacArthur
Gillis
Raquel Gardner
Doris Lunders
Douglas Bennett
Dr. William Jenson
Tommy Nash
Powell
David Hill
Police Officer
Bailey Anne Borders
Holly
Nicholas Ashe Bateman
Josh Warrick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Inspired by real 'troubled teen' industries; the director researched actual abuse cases in wilderness programs that operated for decades with minimal oversight.
US
