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"There's not a second that goes by when I'm not thinking of you in some way. I want to see your face. Feel your hands in mine. Feel you against me. But I know that will never be. You left me, and I can't get you back... I move like I imagine the damned do, cursed. I feel like it's only a matter of time... I don't know why I'm writing this, I don't know what can come of it. I know I can't get you back. I don't know why this has happened to us. I feel like it's me. Bad luck. Poison. I've stopped doing this world any real good." -Ottoway
John Ralph Ottway works in Alaska, killing wolves that threaten an oil drilling team. On his last day on the job, Ottway writes his wife, Ana, a letter explaining his plans to commit suicide. However, he doesn't follow this through. The next day, the plane carrying the team, including Ottway, crashes in a blizzard. Ottway sees a vision of his wife urging him not to feel afraid, and awakens to find one of the team, Lewenden, mortally wounded. Ottway calms him, and Lewenden dies. Taking charge, Ottway sets the survivors the task of building a fire. While doing this, he discovers a corpse, and is attacked by the grey wolf feeding on it. After saving Ottway, the group surmises that they are in the wolves' territory. They decide to take turns keeping watch for the predators.
Later, Hernandez is killed by two wolves, and the group discovers his body in the morning. Ottway suggests they leave the crash site, but Diaz questions his leadership. While searching for the wallets of their deceased colleagues, intending to return them to their families, Diaz finds an emergency wrist watch containing a radio beacon. The group then leaves the site. While walking through the snow, Flannery falls, and is killed by wolves. One of the group sees a pack of wolves approaching, and the survivors run for the trees, lighting a fire in an attempt to ward off their attackers. The group sets about producing makeshift weaponry, and Diaz threatens Ottway with a knife, but is disarmed. They then kill and eat an omega wolf sent by the pack leader to test them. Diaz, as a symbol of defiance, throws the head back at the pack, a move noted by the group as unwise, as wolves are the only creatures known to take revenge. While sitting around the fire, Diaz tells the group of his atheist beliefs, and Talget states he believes in God. Ottway states he is also an atheist, but wishes he could believe. A blizzard approaches, and the survivors set to maintaining the fire.
In the morning, Burke, who had been suffering from hypoxia, is found dead. The remaining survivors leave the camp, and travel to the edge of a steep canyon. They secure a line, and Diaz and Ottway traverse the canyon. Talget, however, is afraid of heights, and loses his glasses. His injured hand becomes caught on the rope, which breaks. He falls to the ground, and is dragged away by wolves. Diaz attempts to save Talget, but fails, and injures his knee. The three remaining survivors continue, and arrive at a river. There, Diaz explains that he would rather die there than return home to a meaningless life. He refuses offers of help, and asks Ottway whether death would bring him comfort. They part company, and Ottway and Hendrick continue on together. Left alone, Diaz hears the wolves approaching. Further long the river, Ottway and Hendrick are set upon by wolves once again. In an attempt to flee, Hendrick falls into the river, and is trapped beneath the surface. Ottway attempts to save him, but is unsuccessful, and Hendrick drowns.
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Ottway, cold and wet, continues alone, and begins to suffer hallucinations due to the onset of hypothermia. He falls to the ground, and the pack of wolves
surround him. Ottway places his colleagues wallets in the snow, along with the undelivered letter to his wife. He sees a hallucination of his wife, dying on a
hospital bed. As the alpha wolf approaches him, he arms himself with a knife, the wire antenna from the emergency wristwatch and shards of glass tied to his hand, and attacks.
In a post-credits scene, the back of Ottway's head is seen lying on top of a panting wolf's stomach. The ultimate fate of both Ottway and the wolf is not made clear.
surround him. Ottway places his colleagues wallets in the snow, along with the undelivered letter to his wife. He sees a hallucination of his wife, dying on a
hospital bed. As the alpha wolf approaches him, he arms himself with a knife, the wire antenna from the emergency wristwatch and shards of glass tied to his hand, and attacks.
In a post-credits scene, the back of Ottway's head is seen lying on top of a panting wolf's stomach. The ultimate fate of both Ottway and the wolf is not made clear.