Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

chillhono I liked the dog and the scenery, that's about it. The rest of the movie was slow moving and boring. No real plot. Just an annoying couple out in nature constantly arguing and screaming at each other. I didn't understand what was with the other couple that was there with the van except that they liked to argue as well. They never explained what happened to their friends that they were supposed to meet up with, and who was trying to kill them with the arrows?? I assumed local natives or whatever, but it was never revealed. I kept waiting for them to stop arguing and for something to actually happen..but nothing did, just a bad bad movie with a bad ending. Basically it was a lame attempt of a movie about natures revenge at humans who mistreat it or whatever.

festeredblacklungs I watched this movie late one night when I couldn't find anything better and the thing that seems to stick out to me the most about it is, it's utterly confusing.The synopsis on the movie read that it was about a couple going camping and suffering nature's wrath, and yet they seemed to be much more dangerous to nature. I should read off the list of offenses. They:Ran over a kangaroo, Sprayed an ant's nest with poison Shot at some ducks, Shot a dugong, Smashed an eagle's egg, Ran over a crab, Shot at an owl, Left a dog to die a slow death in a car.The list of Nature's supposed offenses:Attack by an eagle (just a few scratches), Biting ants (no allergic reaction either), Invaded campsite for food.Otherwise, the couple got lost, was constantly fighting with each other, discovered a murder-suicide, and spent part of the time paranoid about a dead dugong supposedly making its way towards them. And to do what, exactly? Was something supposed to be scary about doogans besides the way they look? Aren't these the same animals that are dying off based on slowness and their own stupidity? Aren't these the same creatures known as sea cows because they live on sea grass?The couple dies in the movie, but natural causes had nothing to do with it. The wife is shot in the throat by a spear of completely unknown origin, a metal spear, by the way, and the husband is ran over by a truck as soon as he finds an actual road. None of the suspenseful moments had decent pay off and some were just down right senseless. It seems to me that nature wasn't anything but a victim of this annoying couple and their endless quibbling from beginning to end and they themselves were just victims of pathetic irony.I just don't get it. Maybe there was something I missed that went completely over my head. Or maybe the screen writer failed to make his or her actual point.

dovesrun I love Jim Caviezel having seen him in The Passion, Count of Monte Cristo and Bobby Jones. So I thought I'd rent this movie. What a waste of time and money. And I'm so disappointed in Jim. I would love to ask him - what was he thinking? The movie was terrible. I never did understand what the purpose was. It was physically painful to see Jim smoking, drinking and cussing. He was poorly cast in this movie. And the wife was a shrew. The only bright spot in the movie was the dog and then they left her in the car! If I had seen it in the theater, I would have left worrying about what happened to the dog. This movie must have had a terrible writer and director. All of the actors should have run far away. Save your money and time. My time would have been better spent getting a root canal.

lastliberal I knew I would regret this when I found that the DVD title (Nature's Grave)is different. I would never have tuned into Long Weekend, especially if I knew it was a remake. At least the first one supposedly had some naked charlies; not in this one. In fact, I find it difficult to understand the "R" rating.It stars James Caviezel, better known as Jesus in that movie I would never watch. He is a real jerk. You might use a stronger word. Let's just say that spending a couple of days with him in the wood would indeed be a long weekend - a very very long weekend. You would be tempted to pick up one of his toys and use it.His wife is Claudia Karvan, nice looking, and supposedly one of Austrailia's best actresses. I have not seen her before, though I am tempted to get her first film, Down Under. She was clearly the superior actor in this movie.This was not a horror film. The only instance where is could have been called horror, was too funny. It had to do with a Manatee.Bottom line: two people hate each other and agree to get away for a weekend in the woods with another couple. Other couple doesn't show, and you are stuck with someone you hate. He is a supreme jerk that has no respect for nature or the environment. He gets what's coming to him.