Top Notch True Story Adventure-Thriller!

Rating: 7/10 (28 September 2015)

I got around to seeing this at the local multi-plex over the weekend, and it's a first-rate thriller! "Everest" is based on the real events of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, and focuses on the survival attempts of two expedition groups- one led by Scott Fischer, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, and the other by Rob Hall, played by Jason Clarke.
Since I have a little thing called "acrophobia", no way in F**KING H**L I was going to see this movie in 3-D! It was still stunning visually in the 2-D. This is one of those movies that even though it's set in this vast wide open landscape, it still manages to be a little claustrophobic. You feel as if you are stuck right there with the characters.
And I have never been a big fan of Gyllenhaal's up until now- with this movie and last year's "Nightcrawler", I think he is really coming into his own. The rest of the all-star cast includes Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley and Emily Watson.