Just looking at the cover for "Sasquatch" you know it's going to be a bad movie because of the ludicrous tag line "based on a true story". If you pop this sucker into your DVD player, you've got no idea what you've got in store for yourself. Luckily for you though, I sat through this terrible horror film and will gladly let you know why you should stay away from it.The premise of the movie is that millionaire Harlan Knowles (Lance Henriksen) hires a team of experts to search a remote forest where his daughter's plane crashed several months ago. The search and rescue people have given up, but Knowles is determined to find her. It becomes clear once they begin getting closer to the crash site that something out there is following them. Killer Bigfoot would be enough, but there's something not quite right about the rich employer. Is he actually coming here to save his daughter, or is there another goal for this trip? It's not that this movie is bad because of the script or the acting or the special effects, it's mostly that it is dull. When you see the DVD cover (which features a sasquatch that looks nothing like the creature featured in the movie) you figure you're going to be treating yourself to something akin a slasher film, but with the killer being a man-eating mythical creature that is going to pick off these foolish explorers one by one. That's what I was hoping to see, but there's little horror in this picture. The focus is almost entirely on the explorers as they try to piece together where the plane has crashed and uncover clues as to what happened. It's as dull as it sounds. They basically stumble through the forest, encountering Sasquatch for a few seconds a couple of times, discover the plane and follow bunch of other clues that don't lead anywhere.Call it a SPOILER ALERT! If you must, but this film sucks so I'm just going to go ahead with it. About halfway through we learn that Knowles is not, in fact looking for his daughter. He's looking for a scientific device (which I operates on magic as far as I can tell). The device in question is able to analyze the DNA of any animal or human and instantly identify it, along with some key physical descriptions, like the colour of your hair or your height. As you can imagine, that's kind of a big deal and they go on to describe how this machine could go on to benefit mankind greatly. Instantly, my enthusiasm for the protagonist plummeted. I could get over the fact that Knowles frankly didn't care about his daughter much, but the fact that he took a bunch of people and lead them to a dangerous place without letting them know what was really going on is pretty reprehensible, particularly when people are being attacked and die. The way the movie ends I also thought was particularly stupid. Apparently Big Foot is not just a wild animal, it's a sentient creature able to dodge bullets like the Flash, collects dead bodies and is able to read minds. I say this because it figures things out about our group of protagonists that there is no way it could understand. Yes they give an "explanation" in the movie but come on, really think about it and you'll realize it makes no sense.This movie feels like someone read a newspaper clipping from a trashy magazine and decided to investigate it. When they found the guy who had "witnessed" these events, they realized that the story was not particularly interesting or believable but decided that because it was "based on true events" it was good enough to actually make into a movie. This story could have used some senseless gore, dumb teenagers or even some atrocious dialogue to make it actually interesting. As is, it really feels like a waste of your time because as soon as the movie is over, your memories will have already started to fade. You won't even remember why you disliked it so much. I can't think of anyone, save maybe people who actually believe that sasquatch/yeti/abominable snowman is real that would enjoy this film. (On DVD, April 25, 2014)

Based on actual accounts, "The Untold" is the story of Harlan Knowles (Lance Henriksen), billionaire and President of Bio-Comp Industries who heads up a team of experts in a quest to locate a company plane that disappeared over the remote forests of the Pacific Northwest.This film is another example of Lance Henriksen giving credibility to a movie that did not deserve it. That is not to knock him. He is a great actor, and has made consistently good movies and television since before I was born. But the sad thing is his willingness to appear in low-budget films means people will rent or buy a film to see him, even though the rest of the movie (plot, direction) is just awful.I do not even feel the need to review this film because it was so bad. There was a clever gimmick of having a DNA analysis machine. I liked that, except when it said that someone had a heart condition in their youth. I highly doubt that would be in the DNA code.

Well, I read the other comments. Didn't think it sounded any good, but decided to tape it anyway. Perhaps not so smart to read all the poor reviews before watching this movie, because of course I would be noticing all the same weird things. Excessive use of fade to black, a few weird camera angles and crosscutting dialog for different conversations with the same people taking place at different times! But noticing all that I thought to myself: Well, this would probably be really boring if it was all going chronologically. The conversations aren't that exciting, but kind of mandatory. And the constant fading to black after really short scenes really makes it feel like the story is fast forwarding too the interesting part. Skipping the boring bits. At the end of the movie it gets a bit exciting too. Will they survive? So I actually liked this movie? No, not really. The director had some interesting ideas on how to keep the audience from being bored while he is trying to introduce the characters. But he is overdoing it. It gets annoying, and sometimes confusing. This was apparently only the second movie he directed, so maybe he will learn and make really good stuff in the future. And if you're sitting there (in the future) reading this wondering if the now famous directors second movie is worth a watch. Well, if he is good in the future, sure, watch this crap and wonder how he ever got to make a third one. Otherwise this movie isn't really worth watching unless you very interested in film-making, and want to see one way you can cut the mandatory boring introductory scenes into something watchable.

I love when people rag on a horror flick because it wasn't 'deep' or 'brilliant' or 'epic'. It's a monster movie. I wanted to see a monster kill some people in a cool landscape or environment. That's what I saw.I thought it was a good flick, just what I wanted when I rented it. I didn't want to be moved, or think a lot. I wasn't looking for stunning cinematography or amazing special effects. Sometimes a guy just wants a good old fashioned monster movie. A little gore, a little twist...that's it. Every film shouldn't be the 'Thin Red Line'. Entertainment isn't always rocket science.Good performances by Lance Henrickson and Russell Ferrier.