Lovesusti
The Worst Film Ever
BootDigest
Such a frustrating disappointment
Aiden Melton
The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
jostannie
What a sucker I was to take notice of the highly rated reviews here. This movie is more of a comedy than anything else. Having crash landed in the middle of nowhere with only a pen knife and box of matches between them, they manage to survive for days with no food or shelter in the high mountains with a bear stalking them. The funniest moment for me was when, shortly after killing the bear, they managed to produce a pair of nicely stitched together bearskin jackets the Ray Mears would have been proud of!! Try doing than with a pen knife and a box of matches.I'm afraid this movie was probably only made to get Elle MacPherson on screen. When she asks her husband (Hopkins) if he'd go and make her a sandwich as she climbed into bed I laughed out loud. Anyone else would have said sod that and jumped in with her!!Good for a laugh but nothing else.
edwagreen
Very fine acting by Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin marked this interesting 1997 film.Hopkins steals the show as a perceptive, brilliant, billionaire who becomes isolated along with Baldwin, a photographer, when Hopkins's plane is hit by birds and crashes deep in the woodlands.At the film's beginning, I thought I was seeing a Doris Day look alike with that hat that Elle MacPherson was wearing. Hopkins is perceptive in that he can see by the way that Bob (Baldwin) looks at the MacPherson character, that something is going on and that Baldwin will want to kill him.How many times during the film does Bob call Charles, the Hopkins character by first name? It became rather annoying.Much of the film is dedicated to how the two guys out-smarted a bear that was stalking them.This is a film of ultimate redemption, perseverance and understanding and forgiveness of humans.
mircea-1600
The whole movie is plain ridiculous. Mostly because Americans have no idea what smart means. I mean come on, trying to look smart with 12 yo knowledge?Had the young guy been the main character, it could be a romance movie. You can't do that with a rich old fart. It will never be a fatal lover.It can't pass as a drama either. There can't be much drama in guarding a fortune from people as greedy as the owner.Having this movie I skipped all negative reviews from the start, in hope they are wrong. Turns out they had a solid reason. As shown before, this is some adventure movie, with ordinary Hollywood seasoning. Such kind of movies should be made by people who love nature. The people behind this movie were both stupid and arrogant. This is what all this movie is about.
jmcd2007
I first saw the TV version of this film while at a family gathering about a couple of years ago. To cut to the chase, this film had my entire family (myself included) laughing hysterically throughout its entire running time due to its cheesy and unrealistic story plot. There are so many areas of this film that are so unrealistic that it leaves you wondering how the writers of the script even got away with turning in such mediocre work. Yes, I'm talking about a bear so vicious that it rips through large, old, and sturdy trees like an army tank, Charles' knife that never loses its sharp edge despite how many times he has used it throughout the film, the ability to start quick fires during a snowstorm, and the ease of lighting said fire with watch lenses. Oh, and why did the Director and/or writers feel that it was necessary for everyone in the film to say Charles' name over 80 times? Is this man of high honor or something without us, the audience, knowing? In any case, if you're looking for a good laugh with a totally unrealistic story plot, then go for this film. You will be laughing for hours!
