The spoiler is at the end of this review and you'll be warned. I suggest you read the rest.

There was a movie here that could have been rated a 5, but it would have been a 50 minute short film.

Here's what you do.

Anytime you see William Baldwin, fast forward. This will leave you with a few detached story threads, but nothing vital. William Baldwin's story arc is a complete waste of time and should have been written out.

What you're left with is a modest but very nicely filmed adventure story. It just needed some tweaks.

That short film would have gotten a five from me except for the major dangling thread at the end.

IMHO, the last line of the film should have been, and here's the spoiler:

"Great! Now who's gonna rescue US?!"

So much promise with those splendid locations, but almost every bit of acting is half hearted. Some characters look interesting but then nothing comes of it. A wee girl who can't be bothered, two not that attractive women stripped down together in a hot air balloon, Baldwin just looks Pervy. Nope, this is a flop, that had souch promise. Don't waste your time gals and guys!

Its a nice set up for the balloon ride and nice to see a horror that is 'accidental' rather than another psycho type film. However it doesn't really have much beyond that initial idea.

The subplot involving William Baldwin makes no sense, if this is how they both make a living I doubt they cover the bar bill in the nightclub each time they pull this off. Its odd.

We also get no real character resolution, what there is thats set up early on in the film is never dealt with, watching the film you often feel like a couple of scenes were skipped or that you fell asleep and missed something.

Parts of the film are well made and well shot while some scenes are laughably hokey. The scenery is nice, some of the actors including the lead are good, some less so. The music is loud in the mix and I had to turn the volume down when it came on and then up to hear the dialogue.

I think if you cut 30 or 40 minutes out of this film you could make something thats a little less silly and much more watchable. As it is it feels like a film with half a script.

Furthermore why that title, it makes no sense, its not like there is any choice between 'survive or sacrifice' that comes up.