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In a nutshell: A vastly underrated thriller / adventure with great performances from Hopkins and Baldwin. After about a third of the way in, it's a two man show with excellent pacing, you will not be disappointed...
The Edge
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
9/6/1997
117
R
They were fighting over a woman when the plane went down. Now, their only chance for survival is each other.
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles suspects is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.
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- Revenue:
- $43,300,000
- Budget:
- $30,000,000
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Cast
- Anthony HopkinsCharles Morse
- Alec BaldwinRobert Green
- Elle MacphersonMickey Morse
- Harold PerrineauStephen
- L.Q. JonesStyles
- Kathleen WilhoiteGinny
- Mark KielyMechanic
- Eli GabayJet Pilot
- Larry MusserAmphibian Pilot
- Bart the BearBear
- Brian ArnoldReporter
- David LindstedtJames
- Brian SteeleBear (attack sequence) (uncredited)
Reviews
Geronimo1967
Sir Anthony Hopkins is billionaire "Charles" who finds himself stranded in the Alaskan wilderness after a plane crash leaves him, his friend "Robert" (Alec Baldwin) and his assistant "Stephen" (Harold Perrineau) in the middle of nowhere - and a fairly hostile nowhere at that! Fortunately, he was a boy scout as a kid - he knows how to light a fire, to make a compass from a leaf and so armed with a somewhat optimistically stoic attitude they set off to find civilisation. Not long into their journey, they pick up an unwanted guest - a 1,200lb Kodiak bear - and it is as hungry as they are lost. It will take all of their ingenuity to outsmart this hunter and reach safety. Along the way, we also discover there is just a little bit of a personal g...