Hunter Killer (2018) --- "Courage Runs Deep"

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Deep under the Arctic Ocean, American submarine Captain Joe Glass is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress when he discovers a secret Russian coup is in the offing, threatening to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line, Captain Glass must now assemble an elite group of Navy SEALs to rescue the kidnapped Russian president and sneak through enemy waters to stop WWIII from beginning. (1)

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      Directed by Donovan Marsh, written by Arne Schmidt and Jamie Moss, and based on the novel Firing Point by George Wallace & Don Keith, Hunter Killer (2018) is a fairly good action thriller that takes audiences inside the battlegrounds of a submarine. Despite all the negative, low rating or deeply opinionated reviews, Hunter Killer is exactly how a war style thriller should be done, not to mention being a well-written story as well.

Adrift (2018) --- “The Incredible True Story About Love, Loss, And Survival At Sea.”

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      Directed by Baltasar Kormákur (Everest, The Deep), written by David Branson Smith (Ingrid Goes West) and Aaron & Jordan Kandell (Moana), and based on the book by Tami Ashcraft, Adrift (2018) is a true story filled with action, adventure, drama, and romance. In 1983 Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley) is a young single woman from San Diego who has been backpacking and working from place to place on a worldwide adventure of self-discovery. After arriving in Tahiti, she starts working at the dock by doing maintenance and cleaning on a variety of sea vessels. There she meets Richard Sharp (Sam Claflin), a handsome and charming young sailor who is in the process of sailing around the world in his own journey of self-discovery. The two quickly fall in love and go on numerous little exertions around Tahiti, when a wealthy older couple asks Richard and Tami to sail their yacht to San Diego, in exchange for $10,000 and two First Class tickets to Tahiti. Despite not being ready to go home yet, Tami is not ready to be parted from her new love and agrees to go for the ride. Unfortunately two weeks into their trip, Tami and Richard get caught in a violent Category 5 hurricane that severely damages the boat and each other. Their best solution is to allow the prevailing winds and current to carry them east towards Hawaii and hope that they will survive long enough to get there.

     After filming Jaws, director Spielberg stated that filmmakers should never film on the open sea because the waves and weather can easily cause chaos. However, director Kormakur did not take head to Spielberg’s advice and the end result is nothing short of a masterpiece.

The Mountain Between Us (2017) --- "Surviving Brought These Strangers Together."

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Stranded on a mountain after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the extreme elements of the remote, snow-covered terrain. Realizing that help is not on the way, they embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing each other to survive and discovering their inner strength. (1) 

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     The Mountain Between Us (2017) focus on two strangers who have met under the most unusual circumstances are forced to work together in order to survive the harsh and icy terrain of the Rocky Mountains and find civilization knowing that nobody knows where they are. After seeing this film I was shocked to discover that it received a good number of negative reviews but in my opinion, this was a pretty entertaining film. There’s action, drama, adventure, romance, and some deeply emotional moments. The action scenes are heart-pounding, exciting, and very realistic to watch. ***TINY SPOILER*** The existence of the cabin – the one Alex (Kate Winslet) discovers while taking photos during a rest period – being out in the middle of nowhere is totally believable. If you have ever seen DISCOVERY’S Alaskan Bush People or HISTORY’s Mountain Men, then you would know that there are people who live full-time or live part-time out in the middle of nowhere hunting, foraging, or protecting wildlife as a way of making a living. Cabins such as the one featured in this film are supposed to be in the wilderness with no man-made access road nearby; it’s called living off the grid. ***END*** The symbolism of this film is interesting because it is not only embedded in the story but also the title, mountains. These mighty and majestic mountains are monumental displays of nature and are the premises for so many forms of expression – such as literature/poetry, music, art, the Bible, even movies. Mountains are primarily used to symbolize an obstruction that an individual has to overcome in order to learn a valuable lesson and come away a different and more mature person. This is exactly what happens to the two main characters.

Everest (2015) --- “It’s Both Stunningly Beautiful And The Most Dangerous Place On Earth. The Last Word Belongs To The Mountain.”

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     Named after Sir George Everest and standing as 29,017 ft, Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. Above 26,000ft it is known as the death zone but most deaths don’t occur until after summiting but that is not the only challenge the mountain presents. With varying levels of ice, a peak in the stratosphere, air-pressure a 1/3 that of sea-level, and winds that can reduce the already thinning oxygen by 14% it is no wonder why Everest is one of the hardest climbs in the world. Not even the 7-10 day window of lighter winds in the Spring and Fall make the climb easier.

     Everest (2015) is set in May of 1996 and tells the true story of rival adventure guide companies, Adventure Consultants led by Rob Hall (Jason Clarke) and Mountain Madness led by Scott Fischer (Jake Gyllenhaal), as they each organize fee-paying climbing trips for clients to Mt. Everest’s summit. Although the guides help the climbers get to the top, their primary job is to get them down safely but when a ravaging storm hits the mountain while most of the climbers reach the top the descent becomes unimaginably treacherous.

The Grey (2011) --- “Live Or Die On This Day”

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Following a grueling five-week shift at an Alaskan oil refinery, workers led by sharpshooter John Ottway (Liam Neeson) are flying home for a much-needed vacation. A brutal storm causes their plane to crash in the frozen wilderness, and only eight men (Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney), including Ottway, survive. As they trek southward toward civilization and safety, Ottway and his companions must battle mortal injuries, the icy elements, and a pack of hungry wolves. (1)

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     Directed by Joe Carnahan (The A-Team) and co-written alongside Ian Mackenzie Jeffers (Death Sentence), The Grey (2011) is a dark and gripping thriller with breathtaking landscapes, perfectly captured camera work, decent special effects, intense action, and authentic acting. Within this grey atmosphere and pessimistic look at life, there is a message of hope and faith that gives this film an almost beautiful quality.