Three
skiers are stuck on a ski lift.
A new
arrival in the peculiar horror subgenre of “We are stuck” this is basically “Open
water” on the show.
The premise
may sound incredible, and the writer director Adam Green certainly went to
great length to establish that they are really really unlucky, but it actually
happened and if you think about it, it can certainly be a mortal situation.
The problem
is that the three protagonists aren’t very interesting types. This is very bad
because when we are stuck in the same place with the camera on three talking
heads you need some very interesting talk to keep a decent level of interest.
Another
problem is that there are not a lot of ways to develop this situation. You need
a genius like Danny Boyle to get a good movie out of something like this.
Instead we are stuck in much less competent hands that start piling improbable
stuff to stretch the idea a little bit further.
The movie
is not that bad, for example it can be a great conversation opener… “What would
you do if you got stuck on a ski lift?” is a fun game, it’s just too limited.
If they were still making shorts this would be a perfect short movie.
Not really recommended
to anyone, but decent enough to make some time go by.
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