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| Edge, The |
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  (8/10)
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Runtime: 117 |
| Public Rating: 7.09 (131 votes) |
Director: Lee Tamahori |
MPAA Rating:  |
| Genre: Drama/Action/Thriller |
Year: 1997 |
| Writer(s): David Mamet |
| Reviewed by: Arturo García Lasca |
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David Mamet does it again. When someone writes scripts as good as this guy does, it's no wonder the film is always going to get at least one great actor in it's cast. In this case the big star was Sir Anthony Hopkins who, not surprisingly, did an outstanding job. While some might say they've seen similar stories many times, this is one of the very few in which the main focus is on the psychological side, that's probably the main reason why I like this film.
Charles Morse (Anthony Hopkins) is a very wealthy man who goes to Alaska so that her much younger wife Mickey (Elle Macpherson), a model, can have some photographs taken by a younger -than Charles-photographer, Robert Greene (Alec Baldwin). While Charles and Robert fly on a plane trying find a good place to take the photographs, an accident occurs and they are left all alone in the middle of icy mountains. Just before they went on the flight Charles had started to suspect his wife was having an affair with Robert, but since they're now alone their only chance to survive is to team up.
It's great to see how Hopkins is handling the situation because he is pretty sure Robert is having an affair with his wife, but still he knows he can't start a fight or something because they need each other in there. Charles is the kind of guy who likes adventures, he has read lots of books and enough right material to be prepared for this kind of situation, but this is the first time he actually has to use his knowledge. Hopkins and Baldwin's conversations were really intense, specially while arguing; Charles thinks that at some point Robert was going to kill him in order to stay with the rich widow Mickey, but still he does nothing to Robert. As I mentioned before the director, Tamahori, puts a lot of emphasis on the psychological aspect, forcing the audience to take one of the two main character's point of view of the situation and try to figure out what he's gonna do next, it's actually a pretty cool feeling. Since the entire film couldn't be psychological and there was a lack of plot they introduced what most scripts have: a bad guy. In this case it's a big bad bear who smells blood from miles away and apparently is hungry at the moment. The bear takes a big place in the plot since for the entire film they talk about being careful with the bear, until they reach a point where they have no choice but to face it. The acting was great by everyone in here, nice script, good direction, pretty good film if you ask me, and you're gonna love the end, specially the last line, I loved it. I'd recommend it any time.
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