Saturday, September 12, 2015

Sep 11th  
Everest* (12A)
(Showcase De Lux, Derby)

(GB/US/Iceland/Ita 2015) 3-D X-Plus

Mountain climbers on a corporate expedition to Everest stay too long on the famous mountain and some get caught in one of its worst storms.
Another film about the perils of mountain climbing seems routine (after the likes of K2, Touching the Void, 127 HoursNorth Face, and others), even when based on true events. The mixture of star names and unknown faces make for variable semi-documentary entertainment, of emotional power, although the earlier build-up scenes are actually more interesting, when the later scenes of hardship have confused identities and no definite idea of which main character to follow.

w: William Nicholson, Simon Beaufoy, based on the book:
d: Balthasar Kormakur
s: Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Emily Watson, John Hawkes, Sam Worthington, Robin Wright, Keira Knightley
ph: Savlatore Totino
m: Dario Marianelli


+ see also The Epic of Everest (qv)

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