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Sugar Mountain

2016 · 107 min

A slow-burning, tense thriller that traps you in the cold Alaskan wilderness as a simple lie spirals into danger.

Directed by
Richard Gray
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Drew Roy, Haley Webb, Shane Coffey
Overview
Two brothers, down on their luck, fake a disappearance in the Alaskan wilderness so they'll have a great survival story to sell, but the hoax turns out to be more real than they planned.

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Stream in the UK
  • Channel 101 Amazon Channel
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Richard Gray
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Drew Roy, Haley Webb, Shane Coffey
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • survival
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • isolation
Places
  • wilderness
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Richard Gray
Written by
Abe Pogos
Starring
Drew Roy, Haley Webb, Shane Coffey, Melora Walters, Anna Hutchison, Crawford Wilson, John Karna, Nick Farnell
Music
Alies Sluiter
Cinematography
John Garrett
Runtime
107 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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