Drew Parker (Aaron Orr) is a small town forest ranger who meets yuppie Mark (Matthew Montgomery) after he falls while rock climbing. Mark wakes up in the hospital with amnesia and sees that Drew has remained by his side since the accident. As he recovers, he and Drew form a close friendship that slowly grows into something much more. Drew offers to move in with Mark to help him out until he regains his memory, which propels the two men into a passionate affair. But things start to change as Mark's memory slowly returns and their time together is cut short when the hiker's old life comes back to reclaim him. The scene in the living room where Mark asks Drew to tell him about the rescue is riveting, and their love scene goes beyond the typical Hollywood sanitized nonsense, and is tastefully done.
This sexy and intriguing love story has a soap opera plot with a balance of humor, happiness, hope, sadness, and seriousness. The dialogue and scenes do jump awkwardly occasionally, but the good cast has great chemistry, acting is simple and natural, with good dialogue and great cinematography. The supporting role of Ariadne Shaffer as Catherine Reeves is like watching Kathleen Turner 20 years ago. The musical score is great, especially "Staring Straight Into The Sun" by Jared Young. Incidental music was composed by Shaun Cromwell, and Michael D. Akers wrote the screenplay and directed.
