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Yes, years ago Kurt Cobain sang in the song "Polly" from the album "Nevermind" (1991) Nirvana. It is true that the last film of Joe Carnahan to such reflection is unlikely to lead, but cinema is positively surprising.
Author of "On the trail of evil" deftly moves in their chosen conventions, offering viewers a solid portion, survival of entertainment, thanks to which they should not leave the theater disappointed. Convincingly played by Liam Neeson, John Ottway already fought many a battle in your life and you can not say that they were won. Tormented by childhood memories and reminiscences of his deceased wife, which lead him to insert a rifle barrel into the mouth. Before pulling the trigger stop him heard the distant howl of a wolf.
Not even suspect that desperate resignation soon turn into a dramatic duel with the hostile wilderness and the owners of half sinister and salutary for Ottwaya howl. Plane carrying a group of employees on the oil fields crashes because in the heart of icy Alaska.
With over hundreds of passengers manage to survive eight. The worst, however, only in front of them.
Wind, snow and biting cold will prove to be only a minor nuisance in the face of a confrontation with a gang of bloodthirsty wolves. Waiting for their murderous struggle on the ice desert, which only the strongest can win and those who lose in the duel with each other. And ultimately hired to protect workers from the camp wild animals Ottway becomes a natural leader survived eight.
Among the remnants of many a schism occurs, each of them not quite as tough call otherwise. But nature patiently revise their actual strength and leave alive most persistent.
A measure of this proves to be the simplest gesture - a handshake.
As shown by the above description, Carnahan fills diagram survivalowego cinema. But does it so skillfully and sensitively, the use of the film tried not to glare emanating from the screen snow white Alaskan wasteland.
Probably he keeps the pace of the story and leads the action assisted energetic music, releasing when you need to, but never falling into boring. Not afraid to weave a few coarse jokes, so the screen does not beat without interruption deadly seriousness, and viewers may from time to time to breathe a sigh of relief before the next protagonists struggle with canines swarm. Greatly helps him in this game nuanced Neeson great role in checking defeated by life nieułomka who gets a chance for catharsis for the mistakes of the past. And antagonist - nature. Beautifully photographed in the "survival" tundra of Alaska is overwhelming, sucking the strength of the human powers. Community wolves while the opponent is the perfect killer - put together, intelligent organism. Symbol of fear. Synonym life. Nature is absolute, there is no mercy for unwanted people. Or, if you put next to this fact the reason for the ill-fated flight, oil extraction, you can suspect the nature of revenge for devastating human activity? The weaker side film stem from the limited budget. It manifests itself in the "survival" in two ways. On the one hand, Carnahan was forced to use relatively conventional means of expression (which by the way it came out great), on the other - you can see that his film is not as pampered as visually similar productions of Dream Factory.
Consider the sequence of the plane crash - a relatively brief and cost-effectively activates the imagination, but a breath in his chest does not deny; or wolves - do appear to be quite rare, which intensifies the tension, but even then it can be seen that their animation leaves something to be desired. Also sheds little eyes no more pierwszoligowych stars.
I suppose you could also give up a few shots (especially the final) and avoid undue being cloying, while reducing video beaten nearly two hours.
There are, however, aspects of drastically lowering the value of "Survival" and emanating from its powerful and sincere emotional charge that makes the said one hundred and twenty minutes of work Carnahan expires very quickly and pleasantly. I was expecting something weaker, the more I recommend ..
