‘The Edge’ is an edgy thriller. Get it? Hahaha! In fact it’s bear-y good! Hahaha! Hooo I’m on fire today. Anthony Hopkins is…uh…hoppy? Okay I got nothin. But it’s a good flick. Hopkins is a rich billionaire with a trophy wife and all the book smarts in the world. But can he apply those smarts in the wild?
What ‘The Edge’ does well it does well in spades. The sequence with the bear is pretty much unparalleled in any other film. In fact, Bart the Bear would probably earn my award for best performance of an animal in any film…ever. Believe me, he beats out Lassie or Benji. Or Air Bud for that matter too. But the bear inspires such fear out of the men (and the audience) that he deserves it.
What the does poorly however shows. The film lags before and after the bear sequence (which is about 45 minutes). The whole thing with Alec Baldwin and Hopkins vying with each other doesn’t really maintain my interest for long. But the bit with the bear will remain etched in my memory for quite some time.
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