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At the Fork (2016)
Fresh perspective, inquisitive insights
24 October 2020
Nicely shot, balanced overview, candid interviews, asking the questions we all want answers to.
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The Ascent (2010)
Awful, truly awful
11 November 2010 - 12 out of 16 users found this review helpful.
Some mild spoilers.
I caught the last half of this on TV last night, and seeing there wasn't a single review here on IMDb, thought I would scribble a few words.
Well I can't believe this was actually released - the acting is poor & hammy, the dialogue stilted and the 'action' scenes completely unbelievable.
With such an obvious small budget, the director has been too adventurous - far better to have concentrated on character dialogue rather than such poor 'adventure' scenes. With TV shows such as '24' and 'Dexter' managing to be fun & exciting, as well as reasonably realistic, there really doesn't seem to be a place for this type of movie any more.
- Cave scene - the interior is obviously fake cement 'rock' and there are no wide shots at all.
- 2 characters fall over a cliff, and are then shown hanging by their fingertips, somehow *beneath* an overhang, on an obvious climbing-wall !
- 1 character gets stabbed in the stomach, apparently so badly that his bandages get blood-soaked every few minutes, but he hardly experiences any pain and is able to carry on OK, albeit with a limp !
- Some characters are killed, and there is no emotion or tension at all in the survivors.
- After trekking & struggling across some quite rugged terrain, there is suddenly a path with a guide rail !
1/10, with a bonus point for "so bad, it's good".
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