Against the Ice

Worth watching to see the limits of human endurance in another era before GPS, mobile phones, modern equipment. It must have been the 1910 equivalent of a trip into outer space . Absorbing film that captured the extreme length of the expedition and what must have been huge monotony without actually being boring.

Directed by Peter Flinth, the movie is like a Jack London novel set in 1910.

Dogs, polar travel, nature and people.

Although Peter Flinth has many films, this one is a masterpiece.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Joe Derrick both starred and wrote the script.

Charles Dance is the surprise name of the movie.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau deserves all my respect.

Visual and sound engineering is very good.

The movie is a very good choice, especially for those who like Jack London-style novels.

I'm usually fairly stingy when giving my star ratings, so my 7 star rating here is meant as a high rating when coming from me. I felt the events were mostly realistically portrayed which I appreciated since it's based on a true story. I think Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has a characteristic of likability that makes you root for him even if the characters he plays might normally be hard to side with (similar to Bryan Cranston), and that's helpful in this case. If you like exploration and survival stories this is definitely worth watching.

Good survival movie, and knowing it was based on a true story made it even better; the motion picture and cinematography are fantastic and realistic; the story and plot are very good; when they show you the days and dates it helps you understand the suffering; however, I didn't believe it all the time; but even so, it's fine; the acting is amazing and pleasant; Nikolaj Coster and Joe Cole has done it very well. After all, it's a beautiful film that's well worth seeing.

It's not an "easy" watch which probably explains most of the low ratings. Ignore them. Watch a well made film with real characters experiencing overwhelming hardships to an ending that . . .

Watch it.