Jen and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life.
Jen and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life.
The film explores the brutal clash between modern urban values and an isolated, extreme traditionalist community, critiquing the dangers of both naive intrusion and xenophobic isolationism, ultimately focusing on individual survival in a violent environment.
The movie features a visibly diverse main cast among its protagonists. The narrative prominently portrays the primary antagonists as an insular, predominantly white, and violent community, framing their traditional way of life negatively as the central conflict.
The film features a gay couple, Adam and Gary, whose relationship is portrayed as normal and loving within the friend group. Their queer identity is present but not central to the plot, neither uplifting nor denigrating, and is not a source of conflict or stereotype. They face the same external threats as all other characters.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 2021 film is a reboot that introduces an entirely new cast of characters and a different antagonist group, distinct from the original series' established characters. No characters from previous installments or source material are re-imagined with a different gender.
The 2021 film is a reboot featuring new, original characters. There are no specific legacy characters from prior installments or source material who were established as one race and then portrayed as a different race in this film.
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