Anthony Hopkins Movie:

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Editorial Review:
Writer David Mamet created two engrossing and memorable characters, played by Alec Baldwin as the urbane fashion photographer and Anthony Hopkins as a reserved and intellectual billionaire. They find themselves teamed up against a giant Kodiak bear, and their own inner demons, when lost together in the Alaskan wilderness. There is a lot going on in this picture, as the subject matter includes male rivalry, the isolationism of extreme wealth, and, most conspicuously, the survival of the fittest. Mamet's script, which sounds a little too arch in spots, is well served by New Zealand director Lee Tamahori, who knows how to capture beauty and brutality in one frame. Although the themes are enormous in scope, they are well balanced. One rarely overpowers the other, nor does the achingly beautiful scenery overshadow the acting. Even if you do not like the intellectualism of the dialogue, there are some great scenes with the bear. --Rochelle O'Gorman

The Edge [Region 2] Reviews:
Fascinating character development based on surrounding change
2009-01-08 - This movie is the most under-rated films of all time. Briefly:

Pros:
1.) Beautiful photography and locations.
2.) Decent theme background music.
3.) Great character sketches and developments

Cons:

Can't think of any right now.

All in all, I bought it (not as a DVD) but as video on demand thingie(just easier that way for me), But I'd buy a Blu Ray disc if there's one available simply because of its video-photography which makes it amazingly gorgeous.

Regards
Vyas, Anirudh

Great Film - Poor DVD
2008-12-17 - It's an entertaining survival story, but the US Region 1 NTSC DVD sold here is washed out and grainy, rendering otherwise outstanding scenery looking like a poor quality video tape. I purchased the PAL Region 2 edition from Amazon UK and the difference is striking. If you have a multi-region dvd player and a PAL compatible display - order that one. It's the perfect type of film to justify a future Blu-Ray release.

What's With the Stupid Floating Needle Compass..?
2008-12-14 - All in all, The Edge is a pretty decent movie -- with plenty of fine cinematography of the Alaskan wilderness, excellent action sequences with the BEAR, and good performances by Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin and Harold Perrineau.

But I couldn't get over the fact that none of the three plane crash survivors had enough common sense to approximate which way was south -- not even Hopkins, who was supposed to be genius. I mean, at midday, when the sun's at it's peak, it's position in the sky would be roughly due SOUTH (and when Hopkins first made his floating needle compass, the sky was clear and sunny). Yet, they all relied on his cheesy compass, which caused them to unwittingly loose their direction and find themselves at their starting point a day later and after many miles of hiking.

Other actions by Hopkins were similarly stupid. For instance, when rescuing Baldwin from his plunge into the deadfall bear trap (shortly after Baldwin was about to kill him), Hopkins pulls the half-buried wooden spike, which had pierced Baldwin's leg, straight up, which would drag an incredible amount of dirt into the puncture wound -- greatly increasing the degree of infection. (A smarter idea would have been to cut the spike and lift Baldwin's leg off of it.) Another dumb move was not to keep some kind of fire or torch burning at all times, so that they could both conserve their SIX matches and be ready to immediately start a larger fire in the event that a search plane or helicopter was seen or heard. (And those six matches seemed to remarkably light as many fires, suggesting that none were lit for naught.)

Further, how could Balwin -- after the three survivors had already been chased by a Kodiak man-killer -- leave a blood-soaked pant leg (cut from Perrineau's trousers after he wounded himself with a knife) on a tree limb, the scent of which would attract any Kodiak for perhaps miles around. And where did that supply of wooden spears come from -- one of which killed the Kodiak -- after the bear chased Hopkins and Baldwin through the woods and over a steep embankment into a stream bed.

Anyway, there were too many inconsistencies of that sort that served to discredit a movie that was otherwise pretty good.

Struggle for life
2008-09-25 - Like all good movies, this one is worth viewing multiple times. Each time I watch it I find new things I hadn't fully appreciated before. The Edge is not just about physical survival, but also about the search for meaning in one's life. The characters in the story struggle to stay alive in the wilderness on their quest back to civilization as they confront the question of what it is they are living for.

Egde of your seat!
2008-09-18 - Thrilling story of survival against all odds. Spectacular scenery and great actors. One of my favorites.