Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Territorial Behavior’

Written by Scott Edwards

​Being able to get a connection with the outdoors is something that more of us need to take advantage of. With the mundane day to day activities that we take part in, it is easy to forget what magical things nature can bring us. Being lucky enough to live near some parks, I must admit that the decorations that Mother Nature has left for us to witness are more amazing than anything a person can create. But being in nature may not be everyone’s bag as Territorial Behavior shows us and needing to know how to survive while being lost in its majesty is vital, especially if you want to live to see another day.
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Coming to the realization that his camping survival school needs something extra to keep going, Bailey Rhodes decides to make a tutorial that could provide him with some more business. Wanting to give just a few basics of survival, Bailey will make it apparent that anyone that does not want to risk dying while enjoying the wilderness during a hiking or camping trip, needs his class. Showing the camera what he will have along for the video, Bailey is ready to take his hike deep into the Montana wilderness, so he can get lost for the first time in his life.

Arriving at a good spot to start, Bailey turns the cameras on and covers the absolute priority when it comes to survival in the wilderness; finding a water source. While continuing to cover the basics, he also is very frank about traveling at night, which nobody should do, no matter what. Setting up his camp, Bailey takes a call from his wife and editor to tell them how the first day of shooting has gone and without any issues, they are looking forward to a good video from him. Seemingly alone in the wilderness is great for Bailey and he has never felt so much at home as he does now, but day two will come with all sorts of problems that he could not have expected.

Getting to work on showing people how to make a fire out of nothing other than branches from a tree, Bailey sees a couple poachers in the distance that are appearing in his shot. After the two men move along, Bailey forces himself to move his camp, since it is supposed to be him versus nature and nobody else. But he quickly finds out after setting up camp for the night that the poachers are following him, along with something else hiding in the woods. Hearing gunshots during the night and waking up only to get shot at, Bailey decides that his life is not worth this video shoot and tries to make his way back to the main path. In his agitated state however, Bailey finds that he has gotten turned around and being too proud to admit it, he will not accept any help, that is until he finds out that the poachers are the least of his problems.

This is a pretty good lost in the woods movie, as you get to see all of the do’s and do not’s exhibited on the screen. I liked how the story started out being pretty mellow and even the threat of the poachers did not seem that bad, until they took a pot shot at Bailey. Watching as Bailey starts to breakdown is really what takes the cake in this movie, mainly because when help is offered, he will not accept it. Then there is a pair of large red eyes in the woods that are looking for something from the soon to be found footage host and it is most likely not his camera equipment. With a tutorial of how to survive while lost in the woods, a tenured host, some poachers, trap cameras, an unseen beast, some knocking and a grizzly bear hitting an electric fence, this movie brings some fun, frights and fear of the unknown to the table when it comes to getting lost in the wilderness, even when there are people around that could help. Stay Scared.

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