Iain Gray Freelance Writer
The Edge - Review
An against-all-odds adventure from the pen of David Mamet which tackles his usual themes of masculine aggression, secrets and lies, but removes the protagonists from the distractions of civilization.
After their plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness, billionaire publisher Charles Morse (Anthony Hopkins) and his friend and intense rival Bob Green (Alec Baldwin) must work together in the unforgiving environment.
A ferocious kodiak bear represents their personal conflict; relentless and monstrous, it gradually becomes something that has to be confronted rather than avoided. All the while, the two men find their human natures eroded to merely that which is needed to survive, or at least to outlive the other.
Thrilling, intelligent film-making.
Article archive
2012
July
- 27.07.12 Dr Seuss’ The Lorax - Review
June
- 12.06.12 Rock of Ages - Review
May
- 11.05.12 Charlie Casanova - Review
- 04.05.12 Being Elmo - Review
2009
April
- 19.04.09 LA Confidential - Review
- 05.04.09 Ran - Review
March
- 29.03.09 Sherman’s March - Review
- 22.03.09 A Man Escaped - Review
- 15.03.09 Raging Bull - Review
- 08.03.09 8 Women - Review
- 08.03.09 The Terror by Dan Simmons - Review
- 01.03.09 King Kong - Review
February
- 22.02.09 Taxi To The Dark Side - Review
- 15.02.09 Audition - Review
- 08.02.09 When Harry Met Sally - Review
- 01.02.09 Vanishing Point - Review
January
- 25.01.09 Black Narcissus - Review
- 18.01.09 Dracula - Review
- 11.01.09 Brazil - Review
- 04.01.09 Lantana - Review
2008
December
- 28.12.08 The Edge - Review
- 14.12.08 The French Connection - Review
- 07.12.08 Annie Hall - Review
November
- 30.11.08 Rescue Dawn - Review
- 23.11.08 Million Dollar Baby - Review
- 16.11.08 Baraka - Review
- 09.11.08 The Searchers - Review
- 08.11.08 Far Cry 2 - Review
- 02.11.08 Great Expectations - Review
October
- 26.10.08 Jacob’s Ladder - Review
- 19.10.08 The Last Waltz - Review
- 12.10.08 Mulholland Drive - Review
- 05.10.08 Bringing Up Baby - Review
September
- 28.09.08 The Killing - Review
- 21.09.08 The Man Who Wasn’t There - Review
- 14.09.08 Big Night - Review
- 07.09.08 Total Recall - Review
August
- 31.08.08 The Exterminating Angel - Review
- 24.08.08 Dark City - Review
- 17.08.08 Chinatown - Review
- 10.08.08 Escape From New York - Review
- 03.08.08 Best in Show - Review
July
- 27.07.08 The Cider House Rules - Review
- 20.07.08 The Prestige - Review
- 13.07.08 La Reine Margot - Review
- 06.07.08 The Remains of the Day - Review
June
- 29.06.08 The Station Agent - Review
- 22.06.08 Duck Soup - Review
- 15.06.08 Dirty Harry - Review
- 08.06.08 Dancer in the Dark - Review
- 01.06.08 A Matter of Life and Death - Review
May
- 18.05.08 Days of Heaven - Review
- 11.05.08 Assembly - Review
- 04.05.08 Vertigo - Review
April
- 27.04.08 My Neighbour Totoro - Review
- 20.04.08 A Simple Plan - Review
- 13.04.08 True Lies - Review
- 06.04.08 Excalibur - Review
March
- 30.03.08 Rendition - Review
- 23.03.08 After Life - Review
- 16.03.08 Les Diaboliques - Review
- 09.03.08 2001: A Space Odyssey - Review
- 02.03.08 Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Review
February
- 24.02.08 Blood Simple - Review
- 17.02.08 Ratatouille - Review
- 12.02.08 Terrible film - great tagline
- 10.02.08 Atonement - Review
- 03.02.08 3:10 to Yuma - Review
January
- 20.01.08 Arsenic and Old Lace - Review
- 13.01.08 Stranger Than Fiction - Review
- 06.01.08 Half Ton Mom - Review
2007
December
- 30.12.07 1408 - Review
- 16.12.07 The Bourne Ultimatum - Review
- 02.12.07 Prepare the perfect Christmas #1
- 02.12.07 Prepare the perfect Christmas #2
- 02.12.07 Prepare the perfect Christmas #3
- 02.12.07 Shrek the Third- Review
November
- 25.11.07 Property Ladder - Review
- 18.11.07 Deja-vu or Re-record?
- 17.11.07 Warhawk - Review
- 04.11.07 Die Hard 4.0 - Review
October
- 31.10.07 Some day your prints will come