The Edge

100695 / 16 / US / 1997 / Tamahori, Lee / / adventure / thriller
Edge, The / Reunalla. © 20th Century Fox. P: Art Linson. D: Lee Tamahori. SC: David Mamet. DP: Donald M. McAlpine. CAST: Anthony Hopkins (Charles Morse), Alec Baldwin (Robert Green), Elle Macpherson (Mickey Morse), L.Q. Jones (Styles), Bart the Bear. Shot on location in Alberta, Canada. 117’. Scope. MPAA 35275. R = 17. Finnish / Swedish subtitles by Janne Staffans. DIST: Columbia Finland. Viewed in Helsinki, VET, Thursday 16 April 1998. *** ”Why is the rabbit not afraid? Because he’s smarter than the jaguar.” A good survival thriller about three men stranded in deepest Alaska forest after a plain crash. Anthony Hopkins is the millionaire who can never know whether others really like him and has had to learn to trust only his own resources. A bookworm, he learns to master the skills needed in the wilderness with no fire, no food, no shelter, and no weapons against the man-eating kodiak bear. Hopkins even learns to create fire with ice. - Visually majestic, with no razzle-dazzle. This is good solid story-telling, and it’s not even story-driven but character-driven.

Mercury Rising

Harold Becker: Mercury Rising (US 1998). Bruce Willis (Art Jeffries), Miko Hughes (Simon).

100689 / 16 / US / 1998 / Becker, Harold / / thriller

Mercury Rising / Salasana: Mercury. © Universal. D: Harold Becker. SC: Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal - based on the novel Simple Simon by Ryne Douglas Pearson. DP: Michael Seresin. CAST: Bruce Willis (Art Jeffries), Alex Baldwin (Lt. Col. Nicholas Kudrow), Miko Hughes (Simon), Kim Dickens (Stacey). 110’. Scope. MPAA 35891. Rated R = 17. Finnish / Swedish subtitles by Timo Porri / Eirik Udd. DIST: UIP Finland. Viewed in Helsinki, VET, Wednesday 8 April 1998. *** An autistic boy cracks the code of a secret government agency. Now the boy’s life is in danger, but maverick FBI agent Bruce Willis comes to the rescue.