Everest 3D
Mountaineering thriller, based on the 1996 Mt Everest disaster where eight climbers were caught in a vicious blizzard in the most unforgiving of environments. Jason Clarke (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) is Kiwi mountaineer Rob Hall, Keira Knightley plays his pregnant wife who waits at home in Christchurch for updates, Jake Gyllenhaal is American guide Scott Fischer. Co-stars Emily Watson, Josh Brolin, Martin Henderson, Robin Wright and Sam Worthington.
- Director:
- Baltasar Kormákur ('2 Guns', 'Contraband')
- Writer:
- Justin IsbellWilliam NicholsonSimon BeaufoyMark Medoff
- Cast:
- Jake GyllenhaalKeira KnightleyJosh BrolinRobin WrightSam WorthingtonJason ClarkeEmily WatsonJohn Hawkes
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressBlunt, businesslike and — as it begins its long march through the death zone — something of an achievement.
The Guardian
pressA frustrating movie in many ways... it doesn’t quite deliver the edge-of-your-seat thrills that many were hoping for...
Little White Lies
pressA big, brassy '70s-style disaster movie which wears its clichés lightly and packs a hefty emotional punch.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA disaster movie in the old Hollywood sense of the term, but it doesn't feel like one. And that's a good thing.
I spent the first half of the film cheering the men (and woman) on up Everest, hoping that what I knew was coming wouldn't eventuate. Unfortunately, history has dictated how this film was to end and for some it was just that. Everest really was a spectacular film, the setting was remarkable, the acting was spot on and the kiwi accents which I think are so...
Why, oh why, would you want to do it? Climb Everest, that is, and before I sat down to a film where the outcome is a foregone conclusion, many people have asked me why I attempt to do the things that I do. At the end of the day we all want to feel as though we are alive and that our existence on this earth has not gone unnoticed. Our need to achieve the...
Variety
pressBlunt, businesslike and — as it begins its long march through the death zone — something of an achievement.
The Guardian
pressA frustrating movie in many ways... it doesn’t quite deliver the edge-of-your-seat thrills that many were hoping for...
Little White Lies
pressA big, brassy '70s-style disaster movie which wears its clichés lightly and packs a hefty emotional punch.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA disaster movie in the old Hollywood sense of the term, but it doesn't feel like one. And that's a good thing.
I spent the first half of the film cheering the men (and woman) on up Everest, hoping that what I knew was coming wouldn't eventuate. Unfortunately, history has dictated how this film was to end and for some it was just that. Everest really was a spectacular film, the setting was remarkable, the acting was spot on and the kiwi accents which I think are...
Why, oh why, would you want to do it? Climb Everest, that is, and before I sat down to a film where the outcome is a foregone conclusion, many people have asked me why I attempt to do the things that I do. At the end of the day we all want to feel as though we are alive and that our existence on this earth has not gone unnoticed. Our need to achieve the...
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