A short trip to evict a squatter from a family cabin turns into a fight for survival in this 2014 Canadian comedy-drama about two brothers who cannot stop competing with each other.
What is Mountain Men about?
Toph and Cooper haven't spent much time together in years, and the cracks show almost immediately once they set off for the remote mountain cabin they inherited. What should be a quick, practical errand — clear out a stranger living on the property and head home — collapses under the weight of old grudges and bruised pride between the two of them. Before long their car is wrecked, the cabin itself has burned to the ground, and the brothers are left with nothing but each other in the middle of a Rocky Mountain winter. The rest of the film follows their slow, often reluctant journey back toward civilization, forcing two men who barely speak to actually work together if either of them wants to make it out.
About the cast
Chace Crawford and Tyler Labine play the estranged brothers at the center of the story, with Christine Willes, Brittney Irvin, and Ben Cotton rounding out the cast of people they cross paths with along the way. The two leads carry most of the film as a mismatched pair whose bickering is as central to the story as the wilderness around them.
Context & significance
Director Cameron Labine sets the film's family conflict against the isolation of the Canadian Rockies, using the harsh winter landscape as pressure that strips away everything except the brothers' relationship. The comedy leans on the absurdity of two grown men undone by their own stubbornness, while the drama comes from what that stubbornness costs them once the stakes turn serious.
Watching Mountain Men on Ktime
Mountain Men is available to stream on K-Time with a simple free account login — no purchase, subscription trial, or extra steps required. K-Time's Farsi-first interface makes it easy for viewers in the Iranian diaspora to browse and settle in for a wilderness comedy-drama built around brothers, survival, and reluctant teamwork.