I will say this. It looks surprisingly good and despite the premise that sounds a bit much like a typical bible-thumper propaganda piece the religious aspects were thankfully downplayed for the most part.
What wasn't downplayed was the utter frustration of having to see a supposedly intelligent adult doing everything he can to catch hypothermia and die in 6 below... (And no. This film has nothing in common with the films 7 Below and 8 Below...)
Ok. The title doesn't specify if the -6 is in fahrenheit or Celcius. But let's be generous and say it's Fahrenheit since it's intended for american audiences. That equals -21 degrees Celcius. I'll give the film that... even though most of the film it looks like it's closer to 0 degrees C. And yes. Freezing to death is possible even in those conditions where water barely freezes if you play your cards wrong. But it's very surviveable if you keep a level head.
In the situation we see here there are two pretty much logical options. Go upwards towards the tourist trap you came from or go downwards until you find roads and go downhill with that road. This characters decision? Randomly walk around the mountainside both downhill and uphill and be surprised that you aren't getting anywhere. Even when the character stumbles on a suspiciously flat area on the mountainside with no visible vegetation on it he just walks out on it. And to no sane persons surprise... it turns out it's a lake that's barely frozen over (further making me believe it's closer to -6C than -6F because if it was more of the latter the ice would probably be thick enough to park trucks on). And all I could think was "If you want to die so badly why not just drown right there?"
Now. Ok. I know it's supposedly based on a real event. And the protagonist probably weren't "sober" so to speak since he seems to have been having serious drug problems. But if you want to see a person go through hell to get out of a sticky situation he put himself in, then I would suggest 127 Hours with James Franco stuck in a dessert cave. He at least tries everything before resorting to the act that got that person famous for surviving. This guy? Again. It may be real. But it's not compelling to watch a person do everything he can to die in a forest when I'm supposed to think he wants to survive.
Again. The cinematography is great. I only saw the Bluray release on a rental which had the 2.76:1 ultra panavision format (like Hateful 8). Seeing this with the tripple projection system must have been quite a treat. But that does not save this film from being a chore to sit through when the main protagonist is so hell bent on not succeeding.
What wasn't downplayed was the utter frustration of having to see a supposedly intelligent adult doing everything he can to catch hypothermia and die in 6 below... (And no. This film has nothing in common with the films 7 Below and 8 Below...)
Ok. The title doesn't specify if the -6 is in fahrenheit or Celcius. But let's be generous and say it's Fahrenheit since it's intended for american audiences. That equals -21 degrees Celcius. I'll give the film that... even though most of the film it looks like it's closer to 0 degrees C. And yes. Freezing to death is possible even in those conditions where water barely freezes if you play your cards wrong. But it's very surviveable if you keep a level head.
In the situation we see here there are two pretty much logical options. Go upwards towards the tourist trap you came from or go downwards until you find roads and go downhill with that road. This characters decision? Randomly walk around the mountainside both downhill and uphill and be surprised that you aren't getting anywhere. Even when the character stumbles on a suspiciously flat area on the mountainside with no visible vegetation on it he just walks out on it. And to no sane persons surprise... it turns out it's a lake that's barely frozen over (further making me believe it's closer to -6C than -6F because if it was more of the latter the ice would probably be thick enough to park trucks on). And all I could think was "If you want to die so badly why not just drown right there?"
Now. Ok. I know it's supposedly based on a real event. And the protagonist probably weren't "sober" so to speak since he seems to have been having serious drug problems. But if you want to see a person go through hell to get out of a sticky situation he put himself in, then I would suggest 127 Hours with James Franco stuck in a dessert cave. He at least tries everything before resorting to the act that got that person famous for surviving. This guy? Again. It may be real. But it's not compelling to watch a person do everything he can to die in a forest when I'm supposed to think he wants to survive.
Again. The cinematography is great. I only saw the Bluray release on a rental which had the 2.76:1 ultra panavision format (like Hateful 8). Seeing this with the tripple projection system must have been quite a treat. But that does not save this film from being a chore to sit through when the main protagonist is so hell bent on not succeeding.