You won't be disappointed!

I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

I have to agree with the other, few, reviewers here....why this film has barely a "4" rating is beyond me. It's about twice that good. Not only is it an interesting story, the characters are well-drawn and complex, the action is very well staged and performed, and even the special effects are creepy and effective.Julian and John (Shane Dean and Slade Hall) are well-worn survivalists. Their idea of a kick-ass weekend is to walk for a few days into Arizona desert with nothing but a couple bottles of water. Julian seems to have taken these treks a bit more seriously over the years, and balks when John invites his younger loud-mouthed bud Paul (Cavin Gray Schneider) along for their latest adventure into the Arizona Coconino (?) forest (a new one on me, but a very cool location).There's good tension between them as Julian and Paul constantly tear-down and one-up each other with John desperately trying to referee. Much like "Deliverance," however, the trio encounter an unexpected turn of events that has them fighting for their lives for two-thirds of the film.I'd never seen any of these actors before, and I was extremely impressed with all of them, particularly Shane Dean's Julian, who takes a role that could have easily been written off into crazy-ville and instead makes it compelling and oddly tragic.What really blew me away were the dream and drug-infused (via peyote, of course) sequences. For a low-budget movie, these were extremely creepy and vividly rendered.The ending is chilling, and not easy to shake. The only minor quibble I have with the film is many of the insider survivalist techniques. They're not really "explained" very well, and there's ample opportunity to do so, given that Paul's character is a newbie.But this is a minor flaw in an otherwise trippy, tense experience.

the actors all showed incredible heart in this movie, I gotta say it was intense. Awesome, the characters were all on the money. Ending was crazy but I saw it coming from way back. the main guy looked like the dude from hit-man and the crazies, Tim Olpyant or something. I'm high. kinda scary just to think about what could happen if you go to the woods with a stranger and things get twisted and you gotta go to war. See who da man be! Right... so its awesome just don't be a weeping willow and you will enjoy it. Some folks might want to go ahead and stop it when there's only like 2 mins left, completely different feel. Is this 10 lines yet, Christ!

Well, this film had me wondering at first, but then given the survival tactics which Im aware of having worked with special forces, everything was dandy, the suspense was there, the survival tactics were correct, and the suspense was there.Everything was going swimmingly throughout the film, even the hallucinations were realistic, and applauded, but the end of the film, what was all that about.?!? It really let the whole thing down in my opinion, and I have been on set with many a film, and was completely stumped at the ending of this film.If more time was spent on the story, especially the ending, this film could of ranked so so much higher.!

I had the opportunity of catching an advanced screening of this and was pleasantly surprised. We've all been duped before by fancy trailers and poster art so I went into this one with some hesitation. It lived up to the hype.From the first frame you know this isn't the same indie film that we've seen for the past ten years. The cinematography (it was shot on the same camera as Greenzone) is undeniably the best I've seen for under $100,000. It's not just the look either, it's the feel. The film is more of a throwback to when indie film was a mentality more than a genre.I can't say I would recommend this to everyone. It was a slow burner, pacing comparable to Moon or Transsiberian, with well placed punches of action throughout. That said, I wasn't bored for a moment. The characters and story kept me invested without unnecessary blood or nudity.Deadfall Trail will be a film you either love or hate. I can imagine the divide occurring within the last act when the film takes a surprising turn.I give it 8/10 and will definitely be seeing this again at the Phoenix Film Festival in April.Chris Heck