Some movies have such unique and creative concepts but end up failing to deliver a solid film from beginning to end, which only frustrates the horror movie loving fan. "YellowBrickRoad" is such a film, beginning with a strong first half but somehow losing its way, just like the characters in the movie do, in the final half. The story introduces elements that are never explained and the ending feels like the writer had just given up and threw in a random final scene just to be done with it all. Watching the film, I felt cheated by the ending because the movie did introduce a very unique element in particular and I enjoyed the journey that the characters were forced to endure.
I honestly don't know how they could have explained the "why's" and "how's" of some of the questions that are left unanswered within the film. It may have been best if the film makers had decided to use tried and true story elements rather than trying one that they themselves could not explain. Luckily, only one of the several characters is left to deal with the odd and wonky ending.
What I did enjoy about the film is that the characters do die off in believable and interesting ways, including one of the more unique and violent acts I've seen in a few months. I also appreciated seeing how the characters dealt with their individual emotional and psychological break downs after they passed the point of no return.
The movie is about the residents of a small New Hampshire town who one day left en mass up a trail that headed north and was called the Yellow Brick Road. All of the residents either died from hyperthermia or were killed in violent ways; some were never even found. There was only one known survivor but he was delirious and couldn't help the authorities figure out what had happened. 50 years later, a group of professionals, including two cartographers and a psychologist, embark on a multi-day hike up the Yellow Brick Road to see if they could find any clues.
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