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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Turner Home Ent
Salesrank: 14385
Released: September 3, 2002 |
| Our Price: $7.10 |
| Used Price: $5.00 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Two teenagers journey into the Alaskan wilderness to rescue their father, a bush pilot whose plane has crashed.
Description of Alaska:
Director Fraser Heston captures the danger and beauty of Alaska in this adventurous family film about two kids who embark on a very personal rescue mission. Former 747 pilot Jake Barnes (Dirk Benedict) moved away from a fast-paced Chicago lifestyle with his two children, Jessie and Sean, after the death of his wife. While daughter Jessie thoroughly enjoys and excels in her new surroundings, son Sean's moodiness and homesickness escalates. One stormy night Jake's small plane crashes during an emergency flight, leaving him stuck on a treacherous cliff with a broken leg and no radio. The local search and rescue team soon gives up, prompting Sean and Jessie to kayak, hike, canoe, and rappel their way over many lush and snowy miles to save their dad.
Younger kids will enjoy the antics of Cubby, the baby polar bear who befriends the youthful trekkers and eventually leads them to their father. They'll also enjoy the good-natured sibling rivalry between the tough but tender-hearted Jessie (Thora Birch of Now and Then) and Sean (Vincent Kartheiser of The Indian in the Cupboard) and a chance to hiss at the two evil poachers (including the director's father, Charlton Heston). Parents, on the other hand, may feel compelled to explain etiquette around wild animals, the dangers of hypothermia, and how to pack for a long hike. But the scenic Cook's tour of Alaska and British Columbia makes some of these otherwise corny elements tolerable to grown-ups. --Liane Thomas
Alaska Reviews:
ahh alaska 
2009-10-11 - alaska is so good they made it in to a movie. wow! i did not know alaska was so good. i hope the gobi is a movie some day.
Great wilderness movie
2009-03-20 - This just another great movie.... The polar bear cub and the relationship with the two children is amazing. Sceneries are great. I watched it many times, and I'm not a family kind movie fan... 5 STARS
Alaska is a really dangerous place to fly an airplane 
2009-02-23 - Both the river stunts and the nature photography in this picture are excellent, but the plot is mostly unbelievable.
A man exposed in a small airplane in sub-freezing temperature for a week may live two days, maybe if he has really warm clothes.
Not a week while his kids hike in...
And the bear cub attaching itself to the teenagers: that doesn't seem likely either.
Most of the plot is a Dizzy type made for kids movie.The most believable thing in the movie is the Carlton Heston villain of a helicopter poacher!
Alaska 
2007-10-03 - This is a great family movie. The polar bear is priceless. Also if you are into mountains and scenery this movie is for you. Have watched it four times since we received it.
excellent
2007-05-14 - i would highly recommend this to anyone interested in the outdoors or
family values.
