Summaries

A group on an Outward Bound-type adventure runs across a paramilitary team with a sadistic leader who has harmful intentions towards anyone who may find themselves in their path.

An urban group on an Outward Bound-type adventure find themselves in a dangerous situation when they run across a paramilitary training team using live ammunition and a sadistic leader who has harmful intentions towards anyone who finds themselves in his path.—Rickinator

A bunch of city slickers from different backgrounds go into the wild mountains to be one with nature, but basically to have a good time. However, a paramilitary group has chosen the same time to go camping. When one of the soldiers thinks their boss has been killed by one of the city slickers, he coaxes his team into exterminating all of them. They will have to rely on their wits and on each other in order to survive.—Steve Richer <sricher@sympatico.ca>

There are two sets of campers on California's Sierra Madre Mountain. One group is the Blue Legion, a gun-happy squad of teenage boys under the command of survivalist Jake Cannon. The other group, Survival Quest, is a sort of backpacking self-help group led by gentle mountain man Hank Chambers. The Survival Quest group includes smart-aleck Joey, fragile divorcee Cheryl, and alienated convict Gray. Through various exercises and object lessons, Hank teaches his crew how to work together. Jake is harassing the Survival Quest group. When a viciously ill-mannered Blue Legion member named Raider ends up shooting Hank, this angers Jake to no end. While Jake was harassing the Survival Quest group, Jake actually wanted no one to get shot. Jake starts beating Raider up, and Raider responds by shooting Jake and blaming it on the Survival Quest group. Now led by Raider, the Blue Legion plans to kill the Survival Quest members. Cheryl is now in charge of the Survival Quest group, because they think Hank is dead. They work together and race through the wilderness in an attempt to get to the nearest airstrip, while Raider and his group follow them with every intention of killing them.—Todd Baldridge

Details

Keywords
  • mountain
  • snow adventure
  • survival
  • man tied up
  • group
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Adventure
Release date Nov 9, 1989
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Lone Pine Creek Waterfall, Whitney Portal, California, USA
Production companies Starway International Inc.

Box office

Gross US & Canada $62683
Opening weekend US & Canada $29453
Gross worldwide $62683

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 36m
Color Color
Sound mix Ultra Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

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