In my opinion, the most glaring part of this movie is the one black character, Rudi, that appears in the beginning of the movie as part of the group, but then suddenly disappears, appearing only in the background until the last half of the film, and then disappears again. He's the only character whose story never gets fleshed out in any way, and never gets an official ending. Sad to see tokenism is still alive and well.
Other than that, it's an engaging film, the climbing scenes are done very well, and I found the lead actor particularly talented. However, one other oddity of this film were the touches of old school nods such as the disposable camera, the film camera, the 1950s looking radio, etc..
If you enjoy films about climbing and climbers, you'll probably enjoy this film.
Plot summary
A daring dream to scale the world's most challenging trio of mountains soon turns into a terrifying nightmare for a group of friends when a deadly storm traps the climbers near the summit and cuts off all hope of rescue. With the odds stacked against them, the friends are forced to trust each other to save themselves by any means necessary.
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March 02, 2023 at 04:05 PM
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Tokenism at it's finest
Not much plot here
SUMMIT FEVER is one of the more disappointing mountaineering films out there, mainly because it has no real plot. At least thrillers like CLIFFHANGER and A LONELY PLACE TO DIE (which director Julian Gilbey also made) had thriller plots with a mountaineering backdrop, which gave them drive and narrative coherency. Here, we just get a group of dull young friends (and added Hollywood star Ryan Philippe for name value) who decide to go climb a few mountains. Tragedy strikes on occasion, but it's not very thrilling or indeed involving. Gilbey obviously has a real-life passion for mountaineering but I do wonder if this would have just worked better as a documentary.
Simply go watch it
It's a movie about real people and real fellings.
It's good, really good.
Good acting, good writing, good photography, good directing.
If you are like me that are sick of woke trash on movies, and want to simply watch a nice, intimate and humane work of art, then this movie is for you.
Anyone can relate to the fellings and facts that surround this story, it doesn't matter if you do not ski or don't like mountaneering. The movie is more than that.
It's a decent thriller and reminds me of movies like Point Break.
It has a sense of adventure and young stupidity that we all had in life.
Plus is so realistic...
Nice, I had a good intimate moment watching it.
Thank you.