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    Ottway 

John Ottway

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"Once more into the fray. Into the last good fight I'll ever know. Live and die on this day. Live and die on this day."
Played By: Liam Neeson

    Diaz 

John Diaz

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"I got a book. It's called "We're all fucked". It's a bestseller."
Played By: Frank Grillo

  • Expy: Of Fred Ward's character Lonnie Reece from Southern Comfort, due to them being the more aggressive members of the groups who are trying to survive in the wilderness. However, unlike Reece, Diaz is more nobler and redemptive in contrast up to the very end, while Reece dies an Asshole Victim.
  • Face Death with Dignity: He just lies down in a place with a good view.
  • Hot-Blooded: His first appearance shows him getting into a fight. He's also aggressive toward the other survivors.
  • I Will Only Slow You Down: He tells Ottway and Hendrick that he can't continue any further after suffering a knee injury. He makes peace with them and himself before they move on.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: After the crash, he mocks the other survivors for their attempts to survive and steals from the dead. Later it's revealed that he's a lonely, scared man trying to compensate.
  • Peaceful in Death: After suffering a leg injury, Diaz eventually accepts his fate and sits down to rest by a river with a nice view after it becomes too painful to go on, insisting that the others leave him behind. When he hears the wolves approaching from his rear, he calmly states aloud that he isn't afraid anymore.

    Talget 

Jerome Talget

Played By: Dermot Mulroney

  • Cruel and Unusual Death: When crossing on a rope from a cliff to some trees, the rope gives way and Talget falls through the trees and breaks several bones on his way down. He lies on the ground barely conscious for several moments before the wolves arrive to finish him off. The only respite is he didn't seem to be lucid or even aware of his situation at the end, hallucinating that his daughter was with him instead.

    Hendrick 

Pete Hendrick

Played By: Dallas Roberts

  • Cruel and Unusual Death: He is trapped underwater in a flowing river after falling in and having his boot become lodged between some rocks, and ends up drowning despite his face being mere inches from the water's surface.
  • The Heart: Of all the survivors, he's the most conscientious and believes in respecting the dead.
  • Nice Guy: Hendrick is an essentially kind man.

    Burke 

Jackson Burke

Played By: Nonso Anozie

    Flannery 

Todd Flannery

Played By: Joe Anderson

  • The Ditz: Flannery isn't all that bright, thinking that Ottway's wolf bite will mean he'll get some kind of rabies that equates to becoming a werewolf.
  • Motor Mouth: Flannery cannot stop talking. He jabbers incessantly to anyone who's listening, and anyone who isn't. This trait deeply irritates Ottway and the other survivors.

    Lewenden 

Luke Lewenden

Played By: James Badge Dale

  • Alliterative Name: Luke Lewenden
  • Died in Your Arms Tonight: Mortally wounded after the crash, Lewenden dies in Ottway's arms.
  • Face Death with Dignity: With Ottway's help, Lewenden is able to accept his death and pass away.
  • Red Shirt: His entire screentime consists of him dying.
  • Peaceful in Death: Ottway calmly tells Lewenden that he's going to die; his injuries are too severe and there's no way to treat them. He helps Lewenden to focus on his happy memories and just drift away into death, which he does.

    Hernandez 

Hernandez

Played By: Ben Bray

  • Cruel and Unusual Death: Being ripped apart by wolves isn't the most pleasant way to go.
  • Mauve Shirt: He gets zero characterization beyond having a kid and being frustrated by a videogame before being killed to establish that yes, the wolves are an active danger who won't keep to themselves.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Walks an unreasonable distance away from the relative safety of the campfire to take a pee, which ends up getting him killed when the wolves attack him.

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