Hopeless Adventure Picture

Rating: 6/10 (27 September 2015)

There were some decent performances from Jason Clarke and Josh Brolin but mostly this film was pretty forgettable. I did like the beautiful shots of the massive mountain but didn't get that sense of vertigo that I was hoping for. This did not compare to the IMAX experience of Into Thin Air. I only saw it on XD 3D but still I didn't get a sense that I needed to see it on a bigger screen since it wasn't that impressive. The characters were interesting at first and they did a decent job giving them background to generate sympathy for later. However, once they got to the top it seemed frustrating as an audience member that their ill-prepared venture wasn't foreshadowed more. I thought these guys knew what they were doing. The treat for this film were small roles for Jake Gyllenhall and Sam Worthington again. The ads and positive buzz brought me in but I wouldn't recommend this too highly to anyone.