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Robert Redford plays a solitary yachtsman in the middle of the Indian Ocean whose boat is hit by an abandoned shipping container. With the boat taking on water and in danger of sinking, the unnamed man attempts to patch the ruptured vessel, but with heavy storms and rough waters continuing to threaten his existence, it isn't long before he is face to face with his own mortality. He is then forced to make use of the limited resources onboard while desperately trying to navigate himself to safety. (Universal Pictures UK)
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A unique and unusual film based solely on editing and the main protagonist - Robert Redford. Similarly urgent and minimalist as Tom Hanks's Cast Away, or Gravity, except here the hero has even less space, a few square meters to be precise. Although everything seems to be captured authentically at first glance, it doesn't entertain that much, its too slow and contemplative. In the end, only very high-quality craftsmanship remains.
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An incredible demonstration of will to survive. Yes, a comparison to "Gravity" comes to mind, even in the sense that there are some very impressive effects here, or rather, the execution looks unbelievably believable, which is also due to Robert Redford's incredible performance. To undergo this at an age when most people are already looking for their favorite retirement homes or, God forbid, coffins, he embarked on a quite demanding filming and demonstrated that he is a true legend. Although it's sometimes a bit boring, I still eagerly awaited how it would turn out and what obstacles fate would throw at him.
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I wouldn't really chase the whole Gravity thing. Not only am I not particularly keen on comparing the cute ripples of the Indian Ocean to tens of thousands of chunks of space debris peppering orbital stations, but the protagonist, whose range of motion is about 6 x 6 x 6 meters on one and a half ships for the entire movie doesn't resemble Sandra Bullock in her und... I mean, orbiting the Earth. All is Lost is pretty much the same scenario as Buried. It's definitely a good movie, and I'm even convinced that the story in question couldn't have been done better, but I still feel that 106 minutes of an exhausted, aging actor in life peril in the middle of nowhere minus Somali pirates, Navy Seals, and words is more of a instructional manual on hope than a functional narrative. //// The Golden Globe for music at least reassured me that there was some music.
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Awesome Redford under the modest and precise direction of J.C. Chandor. An intense ride from start to finish, when even the viewer descends into deep despair, face to face with the bleakness of the situation. The golden adage “things could always be worse" applies here too. Maybe it’s a bit of a shame that the creator didn’t cross the imaginary line, but it’s true that everybody would have left the theater in a really gloomy mood. One of the movies of the year doomed to be trampled (but unrightfully) by the strong competition.
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A movie that will captivate you just like Gravity without having to see it in 3D on a big screen (the only added value of the cinema is the spatial sound of rumbling water or a thunderstorm). Though it is not as sentimentally touching and contemplative as Gravity, it is more exciting and realistic, building on a similarly close look at the thinking process and behavior of its protagonist and finding the way out of situations using the things he has at hand. Even with the bold, more than a hundred-minute running time, the film works without a single boring moment or stumble in telling the story. Robert Redford excels with his believable facial expressions. But the ending shouldn’t have… you’ll see.
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