Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson,
Harold Perrineau Jr., L.Q. Jones
Directed by Lee Tamahori
A billionaire
flies his supermodel wife up to Alaska for a fashion shoot. While
there the billionaire's plane crashes in the middle of the deserted
wilderness, leaving only the billionaire and the fashion photographer
alive. They depend on each other for survival, but the relationship
is tenuous since the billionaire suspects the photographer of having
an affair with his supermodel wife, and also plotting his murder to
get his money as well. In the middle of the vast uncharted
wilderness, who would know of his demise?
This film
plays like an action version of SLEUTH with the two stars trying to
stay on top of what the other is doing. However, the film is far too
simplistic in nature, and the overall storyline is shallow at best.
The film gets it's few moments of life during some exciting action
sequences, with a memorable fight to the death with a large Kodiak
bear. It's definitely a departure in material from screenwriter
David Mamet (THE UNTOUCHABLES), although it's probably his worst work
to date. It's a disappointing but passable time-killer.
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