Fresh
...The Edge's fusion of Mametspeak with a true life adventure remains brawny entertainment, even it it is difficult to take as seriously as the filmmakers intend.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
The Edge
They were fighting over a woman when the plane went down. Now, their only chance for survival is each other.
1997 · 1h 57m · R
Action, Adventure, Drama
Directed by
Lee Tamahori
Overview
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles suspects is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's subtly funny in the way it toys with the cliches of the genre.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
...The Edge is not only half-baked, warmed-over Hemingway.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
The Edge succeeds ably in blending his famously acerbic dialogue with nerve-racking adventure scenes.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
But it's too predictable by half, and Mamet's profundities have more volume than mass.
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle
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