Monday, 18 March 2013

Man in a hole


127 Hours (2010)

Directed by Danny Boyle this film based on a true story stars James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn and Clemence Poesy. An adventure nut spends a weekend climbing but forgets to tell anyone where he is going and becomes trapped.

What is most impressive about this film is that it manages to pull of a story that is essentially one man trapped alone in a hole for large portions of the film. At times the film is hard to watch, especially the inevitable way the protagonist has to free himself. It helps that he film largely sticks to what really happened with only a little embellishment but is also limited by focusing solely on the protagonist.

4/5

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