Probably a polar survival epic isn’t everybody’s choice to watch on a Saturday night in. But there was nothing exciting on the telly last Saturday. I watched the opening scene and somehow stayed glued to the screen for the next 90 minutes or so.
It’s bleak, it’s slow, it has very little dialogue monologue in it, although at times I wished it had even less of it. To stay alive, Mads “the sexiest man in Denmark” Mikkelsen’s character should have paid more attention to his clothing; the polar bear was too well-fed to be plausibly found in the wild; but all in all, a well-crafted film. Also, a good reminder why I don’t want to live in a place that is covered in snow most of the year, or, come to think about it, any part of the year.
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