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Seven prisoners have to depend on each other and break down the wall each has built around himself, if any are to make it through alive after they escape from their Siberian Gulag.
Drama - This is a fairly long and slow historical drama aimed at adult
moviegoers. Fans of Ed Harris and Jim Sturgess should be pleased
though Colin Farrell's screen time is more limited. Violence and
intense situations make the film inappropriate for young children.
Jim Sturgess LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS THE OWLS OF GA HOOLE, 21 Ed Harris APPALOOSA, NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS Saoirse Ronan THE LOVELY BONES, CITY OF EMBER, ATONEMENT Colin Farrell ONDINE, THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS Mark Strong ROBIN HOOD, KICK-ASS, SHERLOCK HOLMES Director:Peter Weir MASTER AND COMMANDER, THE TRUMAN SHOW
PROFANITY: 2 F-words, 1 S-word, a few others. SEX/NUDITY: Some nude drawings. VIOLENCE: Stabbings; bleeding wounds. DRUGS/ALCOHOL: Alcohol and tobacco. ACTION: A big chase. COMEDY: None.
Roger EbertFull Review Above Average Not every incredible story makes a compelling movie.
USA TodayFull Review Above Average So it got the setting right, but not necessarily the substance. Even when not being compared with those classics, it falls short in character development.
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With a night time blizzard as cover, seven prisoners, caught up in Stalin's
Reign of Terror, escape a Soviet Gulag in 1940. They are now free men and almost
certainly, dead men…for their impending trek to safety defies any reasonable
chance of success and the landscape they must cross is unforgiving.
With little food or equipment, and no certainty of their location or intended
direction, they embark on a journey that will present unimaginable hardship and
drama. Driven by base animal instincts—survival and fear—while relying on
evolved human traits—compassion and trust—the group endures transformative
experiences that are profound and abysmal, anguished and ecstatic.
All the while, they abide by one unceasing mandate: keep moving, keep moving,
keep moving…
