Friday, June 7, 2013

The Edge


Jmac:
'The Edge' tells the story of a group of guys (Alec Baldwin, Anthony Hopkins, and "WAAAALLLLTTTT from Lost, I don't know his name, nor do I really care to look it up) lost in the Alaskan wilderness and their struggle to survive as a man eating bear chases them. Rrrawwarr!
In terms of survival movies, this was full of old Indian remedies for various things, and just by watching it you could pick up something that if you are ever trapped out in the wild, may just save your life.
While this movie is older, its is much better than its essential remake ‘The Grey’ with Liam Neeson, but both are totally enjoyable films if you like survival against terrible odds type movies.
There is also a most dangerous game aspect throughout the movie as Baldwin and Hopkins are at odds with each other over Hopkin's model wife and family fortune.
It appears to be shot entirely on location in Alaska, and maybe parts of Canada as well, so the scenery is stunning, and it really makes you want to go trout fishing with all the rocky rivers shown.
Since I really enjoy movies with just man and nature I thoroughly enjoyed this one, and I give it a 4.3 grizzly bear ripped off limbs out of 5.

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