Having this on real, old fashioned, vintage VHS, I plugged it in tonight for a blast from the past.
Through all the cheese, and swan music, I still found a good story with lots of beautiful chillingly cold scenery. And even the music sounded surprisingly good played through my old Dolby receiver.
One thing I didn't like about this film is how they portrayed them getting stuck in the first place. Here's a military soldier suddenly plowing into a thick snow covered road, as if he had no warning, while playing some kind of word game with his wife next to him in the car. And then trying to go further up the snow covered road instead of backing out. There must have been more to the real story.
I felt the final recovery efforts, and the people involved, were glanced over at the end. I would have liked to see much more of these people and their efforts. For example, the ham radio operator who made the initial call for help after Jim found him.
Overall, not a horrible movie. And fun to see Neil Patrick Harris just after his Doogie Howser days.
Through all the cheese, and swan music, I still found a good story with lots of beautiful chillingly cold scenery. And even the music sounded surprisingly good played through my old Dolby receiver.
One thing I didn't like about this film is how they portrayed them getting stuck in the first place. Here's a military soldier suddenly plowing into a thick snow covered road, as if he had no warning, while playing some kind of word game with his wife next to him in the car. And then trying to go further up the snow covered road instead of backing out. There must have been more to the real story.
I felt the final recovery efforts, and the people involved, were glanced over at the end. I would have liked to see much more of these people and their efforts. For example, the ham radio operator who made the initial call for help after Jim found him.
Overall, not a horrible movie. And fun to see Neil Patrick Harris just after his Doogie Howser days.