Blackwoods (2002)

User Rating:

2.3/10   

Director:

Uwe Boll

Writers:

Robert Dean Klein (written by) and
Uwe Boll (written by)

Genre:

Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

Tried... Convicted... HUNTED!

Plot:

Matt (Patrick Muldoon) is haunted by the death of a girl from a car accident he caused years ago. Matt was drunk and as he reached for the car radio...

Plot Keywords:

Guilt | Car Accident | Motel | Backwoods | Flashback Sequence

Cast

Patrick Muldoon	...	Matt Sullivan
Keegan Connor Tracy	...	Dawn / Molly
Will Sanderson	...	Jim
Michael Paré	...	Sheriff Harding
Clint Howard	...	Greg / Motel Clerk
Anthony Harrison	...	Tall Man / Dr. Kelly
Matthew Walker	...	Pa Franklin
Janet Wright	...	Ma Franklin
Sean Campbell	...	Jack Franklin
Ben Derrick	...	John Franklin
Michael Eklund	...	Billy / Man
Samantha Ferris	...	Waitress / Beth
Patricia Dahlquist	...	Mrs. Sullivan
Kate Robbins	...	Housekeeper / Paula
Nathaniel DeVeaux	...	Doctor (as Nathaniel Deveaux)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and sexuality.

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

Canada | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Boll Kino Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG

Goofs:

Continuity: When Matt is spying on Dawn and her family, the initial camera shot from outside the home displays Matt on the right side of the window. However, once the camera changes to a position inside the home, he is shown on the opposite (left) side of the window. The camera then shifts to show the family, and when Matt is almost caught for making a noise he is back on the original (right) side of the window again.

Soundtrack:

Believe It Or Not

Inauspicious debut for Uwe Boll

Before inflicting HOUSE OF THE DEAD onto the world, in what the trade papers promise to be the first of several awful cinematic adaptations of video games, Uwe Boll made this cheap German-financed shot-in-British Columbia (though set in the U.S.) opus. The box makes it sound like another take on THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME, though only a few minutes of the movie towards the end could be considered so. The movie's more of a psychological thriller of sorts, trying hard to bring things together for a neat twist at the end, though the twist is one that's been used in several major Hollywood movies released in the past few years. It's a pretty dull and cheap affair for the most part, with a lot of unanswered questions such as that nude sequence near the end. Muldoon gives another sleepwalking performance that makes you wonder why he's a star even in the direct-to-video market. The movie's also not helped by Boll's *frequent* penchant for flashforwards (which naturally spoil some things to come), flashbacks (a number of which are not only repeated, but way too many times), and awful use of blurry slow-motion in these segments *plus* the "normal" parts of the movie! At least Clint Howard brings some welcome comic relief in his few brief scenes.