In Arctic, Mads Mikkelsen is surviving alone at the North Pole after a plane crash in what seems like the end of a survival movie. But rescue proves problematic so off he goes to try and reach "civilization". Pure procedural, without the benefit of flashbacks or any character building that's not about the crisis at hand. No narration and very little dialog/monologue. It's just him, bleak white wilderness, and the problems of survival. Does Mikkelsen even need to act? He's there, in the arctic wastes (well, Iceland), he's suffering and miserable. But he's not strictly alone and he's hopefully not in the same danger, so the moments of despair have to be acted, and they're strong moments. The movie does cheat on some points - no goggles to prevent snow blindness, for example, so we can see Mads' face - but generally, it's about one man's resourcefulness and determination to survive the many harsh challenges of the environment. The closest comparison I can make is Robert Redford in All Is Lost.
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Harrowing tale of survival in a brutally unforgiving climate. Mikkelsen was putting on a clinic, fine performance.Earring72
Slow but rewarding survival movieBolero Tenebris
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In Arctic, Mads Mikkelsen is surviving alone at the North Pole after a plane crash in what seems like the end of a survival movie. But rescue proves problematic so off he goes to try and reach "civilization". Pure procedural, without the benefit of flashbacks or any character building that's not about the crisis at hand. No narration and very little dialog/monologue. It's just him, bleak white wilderness, and the problems of survival. Does Mikkelsen even need to act? He's there, in the arctic wastes (well, Iceland), he's suffering and miserable. But he's not strictly alone and he's hopefully not in the same danger, so the moments of despair have to be acted, and they're strong moments. The movie does cheat on some points - no goggles to prevent snow blindness, for example, so we can see Mads' face - but generally, it's about one man's resourcefulness and determination to survive the many harsh challenges of the environment. The closest comparison I can make is Robert Redford in All Is Lost.