The Wild
Directed by Jessica Kozak
After the death of their friend Bea, tight-knit friends Emilia, Finn, and Lucey attempt to reconnect on an annual camping trip, but things grow increasingly strange and uncomfortable in the isolated forest as their friendship unravels.
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- jackmeat7 października 2025My quick rating - 4.2/10. The Wild wants you to believe you’re signing up for a cabin-in-the-woods horror flick — missing friend, mysterious campsite, random woodsman named Zeke — but what you actually get is ninety minutes of unresolved friendship drama masquerading as genre cinema. The film opens with the tragic loss of Bea, the fourth member of a longtime friend group now reduced to Emilia (Sunita Mani), Finn (Kate Easton), and Lucey (Kayla Foster). Emilia insists they revive their annual camping trip, supposedly to heal old wounds. We get quick personality snapshots of each woman, enough to understand their dynamic, or more accurately, why they shouldn't be within five miles of each other. Credit where it’s due: these characters at least look like they’ve been camping before. They pack properly, pitch tents without screaming, and don’t treat nature like an alien planet. But emotional competence? Nowhere to be found. Within minutes of setting up camp, the passive-aggressive sniping begins, which begs the question — why did they even come on this trip? Shared grief? Tradition? A group suicide pact via bad vibes? Enter Zeke (Danny Deferrari), a wildly average-looking man who becomes the immediate fixation of all three women faster than mosquitoes to exposed ankles. They meet him in the woods, invite him for a drink (because inviting strangers into your isolated campsite always goes well), pull out the drugs, and — shocker — everything spirals. At this point, horror fans will be waiting for the real movie to begin. It never does. Despite being marketed as a horror film, The Wild is really a messy therapy session with pine trees. Instead of slashing, stalking, or supernatural shenanigans, we get monologues about betrayal, jealousy, and unspoken resentments. The closest thing to terror is secondhand embarrassment. The pacing drags like a rolled ankle on a hiking trail, and the so-called twist lands with a wet thud. Plot holes are sprinkled throughout like trail markers — easy to spot, impossible to ignore. The performances are serviceable, fitting for the modest budget, but no one elevates the material beyond “competent streaming filler.” There is a compelling idea buried somewhere in here — grief fracturing friendships, nostalgia masking toxicity — but instead of exploring that through tension and fear, the film just…argues in the woods for an hour and a half. At least director Jessica Kozak gave us an end to work with. It may not have floored me, but at least it gave the monotony of the rest a bit of closure. If you’re expecting horror, skip it. If you enjoy watching people who supposedly love each other slowly realize they don’t — well, you’ll still probably get bored before the credits.
The Wild Trivia
The Wild was released on 28 marca 2025.
The Wild was directed by Jessica Kozak.
The Wild has a runtime of 89 min.
The Wild was produced by Shannon Reilly, Chelsea Davenport, Kimberly Hwang.
After the death of their friend Bea, tight-knit friends Emilia, Finn, and Lucey attempt to reconnect on an annual camping trip, but things grow increasingly strange and uncomfortable in the isolated forest as their friendship unravels.
The key characters in The Wild are Emilia (Sunita Mani), Finn (Kate Easton), Lucey (Kayla Foster).
The Wild is a Horror, Thriller, Dramat film.
The Wild has an audience rating of 5 out of 10.