The Ranger
Directed by Jenn Wexler
After a run-in with the cops at a punk show goes sideways, Chelsea and her pals flee the city in search of a place to lay low. Running to the security of Chelsea’s old, abandoned family cabin in the woods, they fall under the watchful eye of an overzealous park ranger who holds a secret from Chelsea’s past. Set to the beat of a killer punk soundtrack (Fang, The Avengers, The Grim, Rotten UK and more) and presented in eye-popping neon colors, Jenn Wexler’s debut offers a modern take on survivalist horror that both celebrates and subverts the genre’s tropes with equal parts humor, glitter and gore. A SHUDDER ORIGINAL. Contains strong language, violence and gore.
Teen punks on the run face off against an unhinged park ranger with an axe to grind.
Cast: Chloë Levine, Granit Lahu, Bubba Weiler, Jeremy Pope, Amanda Grace Benitez
Member Reviews
So much was half-baked, from plot stuff to character stuff to aesthetic cohesion…but mostly points off(/skulls off?) for, at times, many times in fact, NUCULAR LEVELS OF CRINGE
No likeable characters and a predictable, unoriginal plot. I'd pass on it if I could rewind time.
well that was different but I thoroughly enjoyed it 👍
Not bad, gory and all.
As an NPS Ranger AND a USFS Ranger (see a lot of my fellow rangers reviewing this movie, hi there 👋) this was absolutely hilarious. I have so many questions. I think that they couldn't decide if they wanted to go with USFS or NPS so they settled for this weird mishmash and made a lot of shit up- I mean, this guy is supposed to be the sole LEO (presumably) ranger in an entire national park/forest (idk they kept changing it, what was up with that logo on his car lmfao), judging by the fact that there wasn't even a radio to dispatch. Or a check station. Or a fire watcher. That doesn't happen in... any place, in like, the past 50 years. Maybe Lake Clark. And his cabin was SO nice, I mean, running water? Electricity? No roommates? A basement to keep his captives in? No nosy manager checking in to make sure you haven't broken anything constantly? This guy has gotta be a GS-11 perm. Anyway, definitley showing this to my fellow rangers on the upcoming movie night. Also, I wanna add that I felt the punks were realistic. Amber hinted at her unsupportive parents, Jerk and Abe were gay, and I'm sure Chelsea and Garth have suffered from a lot of trauma. They don't have respect for authority, because why would they? Authority has only ever been cruel to them. I winced when they were painting the trees and starting up a bonfire, but that's stupid 20-something year olds for you. They enjoy their freedom from the system but haven't quite figured out how to live with nature.