A truly s#!t film. It's so dull. The script is like it was written by a thirteen year old; it's shallow and unexciting. For a film about adrenaline junkies, no one looks like they're having any fun.
Yes, there are a bunch of extreme sports stunts in the film, but the truth is I can see much better stunts on youtube. The surfing scene was reminiscent of the original, but lacked the heart. The wingsuit scene was less impressive than dozens of youtube videos. The snowboarding scene was less impressive than dozens of youtube videos.
One of the characters dies during a snowboarding scene and it barely even registers. Why? Firstly because the characters are so poorly written that the audience literally doesn't care when one of them dies horribly. Secondly, the loss of one of the crew doesn't even affect the other characters. It literally makes no difference to the plot.
The original film was great. It had style, it had a coherent plot, and it had heart. This film is just another soulless s#!tty remake. There's no sense of camaraderie amongst the crew, there's no examination of the lifestyle or of what binds the crew together.
It sucks. It's a shame because it could have been great if they'd either made a faithful remake of the original, or just frigging written a decent script. It has glimmers of interesting ideas that pop up from time to time, but they're under-utilised.
For everything this film fails at, and for all the ways in which something good seemed like it might happen, only to be submerged in more bulls#!t, I give this 1 out of 10.
Yes, there are a bunch of extreme sports stunts in the film, but the truth is I can see much better stunts on youtube. The surfing scene was reminiscent of the original, but lacked the heart. The wingsuit scene was less impressive than dozens of youtube videos. The snowboarding scene was less impressive than dozens of youtube videos.
One of the characters dies during a snowboarding scene and it barely even registers. Why? Firstly because the characters are so poorly written that the audience literally doesn't care when one of them dies horribly. Secondly, the loss of one of the crew doesn't even affect the other characters. It literally makes no difference to the plot.
The original film was great. It had style, it had a coherent plot, and it had heart. This film is just another soulless s#!tty remake. There's no sense of camaraderie amongst the crew, there's no examination of the lifestyle or of what binds the crew together.
It sucks. It's a shame because it could have been great if they'd either made a faithful remake of the original, or just frigging written a decent script. It has glimmers of interesting ideas that pop up from time to time, but they're under-utilised.
For everything this film fails at, and for all the ways in which something good seemed like it might happen, only to be submerged in more bulls#!t, I give this 1 out of 10.