Wilderness therapy is a controversial form of treatment for those suffering from behaviorial disorders, substance abuse issues, and more. Writer/director Spencer King can speak from experience, and he put those experiences into his new film, The Wilderness, a new drama that boasts Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) and Oscar-nominated director Amy Berg (Deliver Us from Evil) as producers. Punch Drunk Critics is happy to debut an exclusive clip from the film ahead of its release on October 17th from Dark Star Pictures.
The film stars Hunter Doohan (Wednesday), Lamar Johnson (The Last of Us), Sam Jaeger (The Handmaid’s Tale), and Aaron Holliday (Cocaine Bear), along with Matt Gomez-Hidaka (Eddington), Liana Liberato (Scream), Sean Avery (Oppenheimer), Vinessa Shaw (Hocus Pocus) and James Le Gros (Drugstore Cowboy).
SYNOPSIS: A group of troubled teenage boys are kidnapped from their homes and taken deep into the unforgiving Utah desert, where they are forced into a brutal and secretive “Wilderness Therapy” program. With no contact with the outside world, their only way home is to earn the approval of the enigmatic program director—whose motives are far from therapeutic. As the line between rehabilitation and manipulation blurs, the boys must decide whether to survive the program or escape it.
