All too familiar pandemic ridden scenes lead us into Camping Trip. 

Shots of deserted streets, health warnings and ravaged supermarket shelves flicker across the screen in scenes that until just a few short years ago belonged only in the world of fiction.

Fresh from the Fuica Brothers, Camping Trip opens in the midst of a lockdown, where we see two couples decide to sod the rules, pack up a car and head out to the country to get away from it all.

The intro shots do a great job of setting the tone for the world the characters have been living in. Unfortunately though, any impact is soon drowned out to an annoying techno beat as one of the couples pull up to pick up the other and it’s clear from the get go that these probably aren’t your kind of people.

Set in the wilds of Canadian country, the production of Camping Trip feels a little on the cheap side and it all just feels a bit forced. Thankfully, shots of incredible natural beauty distract us from the film as they take us from one scene to another.

Leonardo Fuica directs and stars as one of the obnoxious foursome. Its hard to relate to the characters in Camping Trip as they tend to lack any sort of development.

It’s fair to say that the characters become ever more deplorable from start to finish and to be honest, it’s not exactly clear whether they even like each other. 

So, after finding a life changing amount of money AND a dead body in the same day, the group decide not to cut their holiday short and carry on partying as loudly as possible. Oh, how the other half must live.

Shame really, that they are not as alone as they think.

A convoluted, inexplicable plot drags us through Camping Trip as the film falls flatly into failed suspense and an erratic, under-developed plotline.

You may find yourself struggling to pay attention and you’ll probably find yourself wondering why these people didn’t just stay at home like the rest of us did.