Courage (2009)

Courage: Directed by George Erschbamer. With Andrea Roth, Jason Priestley, Genevieve Buechner, Garry Chalk. An adventure story about Robert, Teresa and Christy Childs, an aspiring author and his family who crashes their boat during a storm and become stranded on a small rocky island in the middle of a treacherous river.Robert is hurt and Teresa and stepdaughter Christy 16, must set aside their troubled relationship if they are to survive. Together they care for Robert, recover supplies from their sunke

“I suspect like most people, I got conned into watching this because of Jason Priestlyu0026#39;s name.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eStill cute, but he pretty much phoned in his performance. Jerk. At least his character got a leg infection.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut his performance is stellar compared to that of almost everyone else involved in the project, from the writers to the director to the other actors, the cinematographer, the music, and the special effects group.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne sure sign of a crap movie is the fact that itu0026#39;s obviously made in Canada, and yet it supposed to be in some US town that nobody can name. Not on the public buildings, not on the police cars, nowhere. But, like every small US town, it does have a Scotiabank. Iu0026#39;m amazed they actually found a Washington license plate. Big budget, eh? u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI start out assuming that a movie will be a 7, and then I start moving the score up or down from there. This one quickly dropped to 6, which typically are B movies, and then to 5, which are things that are so bad they can hardly even be called movies. I didnu0026#39;t give it a 4 or less, because I donu0026#39;t feel that the filmmakers actually intended to maliciously insult the audience.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe only part that wasnu0026#39;t predictable was how awesomely bad the ending was going to be. I donu0026#39;t think Iu0026#39;ve seen anything more recent than the Gilliganu0026#39;s Island TV series that actually uses sped-up playback to turn a walking bear into a running bear. On Bear Island. Whatever.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf youu0026#39;re in Canada, and particularly in BC, you probably helped pay for this piece of junk, via its tax credits or film incentives. Are you having fun yet?”