Paul takes his young daughter and mistress to a wild adventure in the desert to see the surroundings and observe different animal behavior. For some reason they must separate from Tally in order to reunite again later but Paul falls as a prey to a sort of hunters who he sees them taking the fangs from a rhinoceros. Fortunately Josie escapes unharmed and she is found by Tally but now the two must run from those who hunt them.Well, it was a good way to spend an hour and a half although the story is quite sad. I still like it and having in mind that it doesn't contain violence to the animals, is bearable. The action is little is more like a cat and mouse type we see more running then action scenes, maybe this is the reason for the low rating, oh, and yes the little girl is annoying but hey, she is just a teen in our days so she didn't make a mistake. So for an sad adventure tale or for the melancholic type of audience this one is just fine.

Man against the elements and predators on two legs is a regular cinematic theme, here though it is woman and feisty teenager against predators and then the elements. The hero, who studies hyenas and stuff for a living, doesn't last long when he is murdered after walking into what appears to be a rhino poaching operation. His daughter escapes, and is rescued by his Russian girlfriend. Clearly there has been friction between the two females, probably on account of the marriage break up, but you know how thirteen year olds can be.The big question is can either or both of them survive between automatic weapons, a shortage of potable water, hungry hyenas and the odd dust storm? Perhaps the even bigger question is what sort of poaching operation is this that has not only wheels but eyes in the sky? Still, one of the bad guys is not rotten to the core.

Wow.The producers should be sued for illegal logging, as this movie contained the largest display of wooden acting I've ever seen.Never mind the predictable outcome regarding step-kid hates step-mum, clichéd baddies and plod along plot, this cringe worthy excuse for a movie had my toes curled with embarrassment as planes fly overhead just as people jump into bushes - yet they somehow cannot be seen. Multiple times.Peter Stormare, who generally plays a terrific baddie in my opinion (Berlin in The Blacklist comes to mind), was director bashed into appearing as a high-school stage actor during the campsite scene when he stands between his partners in crime berating them with a little bit of finger waggle action.The script was bad, the direction was appalling, acting was nonexistent, even the scenic camera-work I can get on Youtube for free..The only reason I watched this movie in full was due to sadomasochistic fascination at how bad it was.

No spoilers in this review, but a brief summary of my impressions about the film: The movie was better than I expected, and I was a bit surprised by the low 4.8 rating (at the time of writing) on IMDb.Granted, it's not a very good film, but it's not that bad either: The dialogue is OK and it avoids many of the narrative clichés you often see in low-budget films (even big-budget films as well), and the acting is (in general) more than decent enough (more about that later).Thumbs up to the screenwriters for at least attempting to add some depth to the film: At first you may get the impression that this is some sort of action-film, but it's more like a thriller with some underlying "family" drama (with focus on father/"stepmother"-daughter relationships).I was less enthusiastic about the pacing of the last half of the movie: I think the film could have been shortened a bit, to add more focus towards the end. I also felt that the foreign accent of Tally was a bit distracting, even though English was not the native language of her character (or the actress herself).Peter Stormare was, as usual, quite funny. It's almost over-the-top, but he somehow manages to sell the performance because it seems to fit his character.Maisie Williams is a young and very talented actress. Her character starts off as an annoying, bratty teen, but the turn of events help to bring her into a more sympathetic light (a lesser script could easily have made the character much more two-dimensional and clichéd). Kudos to Maisie for bringing her character to life, even though she didn't have that much material to work with.However, one reviewer here wrote that "she does not have much acting skill. ... Maisie mesmerizes the audience with her eyes. People mistaken it for acting".The reviewer couldn't be more wrong, in my opinion: Good acting is not only how you act or perform, it's about how you *RE*act. And Maisie's ability to communicate and express emotions via her eyes is one of the very reasons why she's so talented. She listens and reacts. Maisie's performances are also emotionally honest and "real", and it's not often I see these qualities in young actors in their first screen roles.Overall, I think this film passed the "watch clock" or "falling asleep" tests: In general, if a film manages to entertain me enough to avoid these things from happening, then it usually deserves at least 6/10. Heatstroke started of well, and although it started to slow down towards the end, it still left a positive impression.