Saturday, 11 October 2014

Doesn't float my boat

All is Lost (2013)

Written and directed by J. C. Chandor this film stars Robert Redford. On a sail boat in the Indian Ocean a lone sailor attempts to survive a series of misfortunes.

I was a big fan of Chandor's first film so I was really looking forward to this film and there is a lot of skill used to bring off a whole film with practically no dialogue and only one actor. Redford does a good job in the lead role but the film never asks us anything about the nature of survival like The Wall (2012) for example. Unfortunately while the film always holds your attention it never becomes more than a straight survival peace and the ending is an annoyingly cheesy cliché.


3/5

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