Directed by : Baltasar Kormákur
Written by : William Nicholson, Simon Beaufoy
Starring : Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley, Jake Gyllenhaal
Release Date : September 16, 2015
When watching "Everest," I experienced two immediate reactions from seeing this. The sudden desire to consider actually climbing Mount Everest, and then the fear of being reminded that no human was meant to do so. This movie showcases wonderful visuals of the mountain that is great to look at and admire, but it also goes out of it's way to remind us of how dangerous it is to try and reach the summit.
Based on a true story, the plot is rather straightforward. At times it almost feels like a pseudo documentary, many times it feels like an adventure film, and several scenes also make this look like a horror movie. It's amazing to think that people actually do this in real life, and this film does a great job of allowing us to witness and feel immersed in what it must be like, while sitting comfortably in a movie theater.
There's an all star cast here, led by the very likable Jason Clarke as Rob Hall, and Josh Brolin as one of his gruff clients Beck Weathers. Since the characters are all based on real life people, the intense scenes of disaster and death, actually felt scarier and more tragic than it would have if this was a work of fiction. It's a huge cast though, so many of the characters unfortunately do not get enough screen time compared to others.
"Everest" as a disaster film may seem like it doesn't do that much more than many other films of this genre, but it's the tragedy of how this actually happened in real life that should resonate well after the movie has ended.
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