There’s a lot of emphasis placed on Ben’s history with depression and hints that his repressed anger is causing damage. Mostly because “The Hike” seems to be trying to make a point about anger or depression through an “Alice in Wonderland” style story, which doesn’t come across very well. While the constant barrage of weirdness coming at Ben was exactly what I had been looking for, it stopped working for me around the mid-point. The best way to describe “The Hike” is as a series of crazy nonsensical events. Pursued by the killers, Ben quickly finds himself stumbling down an unfamiliar path where things like talking crabs, cannibalistic giants and a humongous cricket wait for him. When he sees two men wearing the skinned-off faces of Rottweilers dragging a dead body in the woods, he makes a run for it. Ben is on a work trip when he decides to take a short hike while waiting for a meeting. In the mood for something trippy? Then “The Hike” is for you.
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