What lets the movie down, surprisingly enough, is its David Mamet script which promises high tension and emotional confrontation bolted to quality action.
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The Edge (1997)
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Reviews Counted:43
Fresh:24
Rotten:19
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: An aging billionaire (Hopkins) and a fashion photographer (Baldwin) having an affair with the rich man's wife must struggle against the elements--including a man-eating bear--after their plane goes... [More]
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, Harold Perrineau
Director: Lee Tamahori
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01/26/06
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01/01/00
...not a terrifically memorable piece of filmmaking.
01/08/05
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10/11/02
The Edge, more of a drama than the action/thriller it's being billed as, exhibits a restrained literateness that's quite effective.
06/05/02
It's subtly funny in the way it toys with the cliches of the genre.
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10/15/02
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06/27/08
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01/01/00
Mamet's somewhat original script almost succeeds in breathing new life into the genre ... before making a fatal miscalculation in plotting toward the end.
01/01/00
Anthony Hopkins' first action movie casts him as a gentle, brainy tycoon stuck in the Alaskan wilderness with only voracious bears and, just as threatening, Alec Baldwin for company.
01/01/00
Hopkins and Baldwin turn in smoldering performances, but this is definitely not top-shelf Mamet...
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Top CriticMamets and Baldwins and bears. Oh my!
07/27/02
A riveting story of survival, and the most rousing and gripping outdoor adventure since the original Jaws. One of 1997's very best films.
01/25/06
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05/22/03
With its stripped-down emphasis on surviving the elements and a natural predator, The Edge generates more suspense than many a fabricated action thriller.
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02/08/03
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February 02, 2006:
Director Lee Tamahori Charged With Solicitation
According to celeb-watching site TMZ.com, New Zealand-born director Lee Tamahori was arrested January 8 in Hollywood for solicitation of an undercover cop; furthermore, the... More...
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