Sunday 17 July 2016

Climbing catastrophe

Everest (2015)

Directed by Baltasar Kormakur this film based on real events stars Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes and Emily Watson. We follow climbers that were caught up in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster as they attempt to climb the famous peak.

Taking what appears to be a fairly accurate stab at the story of what happened in 1996 this film really captures the danger in climbing Everest. Through out there is plenty of tension as you know disaster is looming and frankly this film was enough to ever put me off wanting to climb a mountain. There are decent performances from the cast but the stand out is the direction which provides some amazing landscape shots.


4/5

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