Arctic, 2018, directed by Joe Penna, streamed on Prime Video, 4 stars.
This movie is not complicated. A guy has survived a small-plane crash, is stranded in the Arctic and is living in the wrecked aircraft.
He finds a crude map of the ice-covered terrain and discovers there might be a refuge station within a few days' trek.
This movie is that trek. The trek is harrowing, it's distressing, it's freezing cold, it's painful for the duration of the film's 97-minute runtime.
The cinematography is breathtaking. It's really white. There is a lot of white. And there is a lot of Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, who carries this film all by himself and makes us feel every deep breath he takes and every ache he feels.
Arctic is an excellent tale of desperate survival. Check it out.
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Premise is intriguing, akin to “All Is Lost”, Robert Redford’s great one-man-adrft-at-sea flick.
ReplyDeleteI have seen a few of these survivalist movies, most notably Cast Away. This one I particularly enjoyed because it's really beatuful and white, and Mads does a fantastic job carrying this movie completely on his shoulders.
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