Mountaineering
movies haven’t come a long way since genre’s first box-office smasher,
„Cliffhanger”. If we exclude several European tryouts („Nordwand”), everything
else coming from Hollywood was mediocre. „Everest” doesn’t represent an
exception from that rule.
Story based on true
events takes us on a final civil excursion on the highest peak in the world
which several climbers won’t finish among the living. Besides the highly
speculative script, the main roles fail significantly (Josh Brolin, Keira Knightley), while the better part of the casting remain unused (Jake Gyllenhaal, Sam Worthington). On the bright side, there are some merciless
scenes and realistic portrays of climber’s final moments.
„Everest” offers
nothing new to the subgenre and therefore should not be the subject of such a
hype that followed it.
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