LAURA IVEY

WALKING OUT (2018)
Starring Matt Bomer, Josh Wiggins, Bill Pullman, Alex Neustaedter and Lily Gladstone. Directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith.

Fourteen-year-old David is on his annual visit to rural Montana to see his brooding, off-the-grid father, Cal. Separated from the comforts of home, David is reluctant and resentful as Cal plans the boy’s first big game hunt. As the pair ascend into the wilderness, Cal tried to connect with David by recounting the story of his own first kill, on his last hunting trip with his now long-dead father. After their trip is disrupted by a chance encounter with a grizzly bear, a wounded Cal realises they must both rely on David’s strength and resilience to survive.

REVIEWS Walking Out - Part survival drama, part coming-of-age tale