An aging billionaire (Hopkins) and a fashion photographer (Baldwin) having an affair with the rich man's wife must struggle against the elements--including a man-eating bear--after their plane goes down in the Alaskan wild. An unusually dense and cerebral wilderness thriller, penned by literatus David Mamet and helmed by Tamahori (ONCE WERE WARRIORS).
Review 1:
"...A barbed, great-looking adventure film written cannily by David Mamet and directed with verve and fury by Lee Tamahori..."
Source: New York Times
p.E10 09/26/1997
Review 2:
"...The well-matched actors grab their parts with disciplined ferocity. Baldwin does his best work in a long time....And Hopkins creates one of his most satisfying, complex characters..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.52-3 10/03/1997
Review 3:
"...It's subtly funny in the way it toys with the cliches of the genre....The movie contains glorious scenery..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.37 09/26/1997
Review 4:
"...THE EDGE's fusion of Mametspeak with a true life adventure remains brawny entertainment..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F4 09/26/1997
Review 5:
"...[THE EDGE] exhibits a restrained literateness that's quite effective..."
Source: Box Office
p.42 10/01/1997
Review 6:
"...THE EDGE boasts some awesome effects..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.41 02/01/1998
Review 7:
"...Great bear. Great Hopkins...
Source: USA Today
p.6D 09/26/1997
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