Storyline
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.
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Cast
John Hawkes, Michael Kelly, Jake Gyllenhaal, Robin Wright, Demetri Goritsas, Martin Henderson, Emily Watson, Josh Brolin, Sam Worthington, Jason Clarke, Mark Derwin, Keira Knightley, Chike Chan, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Elizabeth Debicki, Todd Boyce, Nancy Baldwin, Micah A. Hauptman, Tom Goodman-Hill, Clive Standen, Vanessa Kirby, Justin Salinger, Mia Goth, Naoko Mori, Thomas M. Wright, Ang Phula Sherpa, Charlotte Bøving, Pemba Sherpa, Amy Shindler, Simon Harrison, Chris Reilly, Tim Dantay, Stormur Jón Kormákur Baltasarsson, Lucy Newman-Williams, Vijay Lama, Avin Shah
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Reviews
83
It lacks the same constant surprises of last year's "Gravity" or the visual poetry of "Mad Max: Fury Road," but Kormákur's movie nonetheless marks the rare fusion of effective craftsmanship with focused storytelling.
80
With its perilous central premise and gallery of individuals some of whom are destined not to make it, you could say Everest is a disaster movie in the old Hollywood sense of the term, but it doesn't feel like one. And that's a good thing.
80
Kormákur creates such a convincing world – the craft of this film is astonishing – that you’re willing to forgive its less delicate touches in favour of its totally compelling depiction of what it must be like to ascend into a place that’s heaven one moment and hell the very next.
70
Kormakur doesn’t make the mistake of exalting his subjects as extraordinary individuals, or suggesting that they were obeying some sort of noble higher calling. Everest is blunt, businesslike and — as it begins its long march through the death zone — something of an achievement.
67
Salvatore Totino's crisp 3D photography and Kormakur's way with a clear, fluid, thrilling action sequence show off the mountain in immensely impressive ways. But the humans involved get short shrift.
