The Dyatlov Pass Incident (2013)

Five young filmmakers retrace the steps of a doomed group of hikers in pursuit of an unsolvable mystery.

Director:

Renny Harlin

Writer:

Vikram Weet

Stars:

Richard Reid, Matt Stokoe, Gemma Atkinson

Cast

Credited cast:
Richard Reid	...	Sgt. Smirnov
Gemma Atkinson	...	Denise Evers
Matt Stokoe	...	Jenson Day
Luke Albright	...	JP Hauser Jr.
Holly Goss	...	Holly King
Ryan Hawley	...	Andy Thatcher
Anastasiya Burdina	...	Holly Creature
Sergey Lobanov	...	Bartender
Nelly Nielsen	...	Alya (73 Years)
Boris Stepanov	...	Piotr Karov
Igor Kulachko	...	Sgt. Tupelov
Nikolay Butenin	...	Sergei
Anton Klimov	...	Sgt. Smirnoff (Voice)
Valeriy Fedorovich	...	Alya (20 Years)
Aleksey Nesterov	...	Officer

Storyline

The Dyatlove Pass Incident follows a group of students on a trek to investigate the true life mystery of nine Russian skiers who befell an unexplained death while skiing in the Russian mountains in 1959. To this day, their deaths have been one of the most bizarre unsolved mysteries of the 20th century.

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Genres:

Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence/disturbing images, and for a sexual reference

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [ru]

Country:

USA UK Russia

Language:

English

Release Date:

2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Renny Harlin Project

Filming Locations:

Russia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aldamisa Entertainment, K. JAM Media, Future Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Just another Hollywood mystery NOT about the reality

OK, most (i hope) viewers of this film will know, it is "kind of" based on real tragic mystery that happened in 1959. There are lots and lots of different theories about what has really happened then on the Mount of Death. No one knows.

So, from all of the possible happenings (including UFO, Secret Military station, Yeti and just an ordinary avalanche) the plot suggested in the film was the most absurd and in some cases just stupid. It hardly will be accepted by anyone who is familiar with the history. Especially the possible relatives, friends and just anyone that knew the victims or where somehow involved in investigation.

If the story was not taken from real history, this would be just another Hollywood mystique thriller to watch with a bunch of Pop-corn.

BUT, as it is not someones written story, and if you know the history, this is not the scenario to shoot about it.

By the way, the name of one of the man in Dyatlov's team was changed in the film. Maybe it needed to be done?

There actually was one interesting thing about the movie. The found footage genre.

So if you're not interested in history and want another "little scary" evening, go on and watch it. But otherwise, I'd say the film might insult the memory of those 9 young people who left the world of living in such strange and tragic way.