Directed by:
Joe PennaCinematography:
Tómas Örn TómassonComposer:
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A man stranded in the Arctic after an airplane crash must decide whether to remain in the safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown. (Prime Video)
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Or when the label "minimalist, non-literal, cold, detached procedural" for a survival genre film is taken literally. Like really literally. And that’s a good thing. Speechless, blinkered, detached, pragmatic and bereft of hope and the will to live, Mikkelsen pulls it off reliably together with the impressively chilling atmosphere of endless snowdrifts, despite the somewhat stilted pacing and setbacks during all that tedious step-breathe-step trudging.
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After a slow start, Arctic takes on a more dramatic character due to the hopelessness of the situation
depicted, without resorting to thriller clichés, while retaining the parameters of a minimalist,
believable survival drama worthy of the participation of my current favorite European actor. But
don’t expect anything revolutionary, such as Boyle’s 127 Hours. [Cannes]
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One man show by Madse Mikkelsen, from which you can feel the rawness from the first minute. Beautiful shots of endless snowy Icelandic hills and the fact that filming here must have been painful at times only proves that Mads is a total trooper, but also that you won't encounter a similar survival piece every day. 97 minutes of intense tension with no deeper dialogues (or actually dialogues in general).
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One hundred percent immersive spectacle. I believed everything Mads Mikkelsen did, and that was the basis of its success. I liked that we don't know anything more about his character than that he's a smart guy, we're thrown into the plot at the beginning and gradually get to know what the creators want us to know. For example, that a man can remain a man even in the worst conditions. Or should.
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A conventional slow survival story where Mads Mikkelsen finds himself alive past the Arctic Circle after a plane crash and does all he can to come back to civilisation. It’s almost dialogue-free and everything relies on Mikkelsen’s acting and facial expressions – which is quite impressive. As for the plot, it doesn’t innovate much compared to other films of that kind. With time, I can therefore imagine how Arctic will be remembered as the one where Mads is dragging a sleigh. After the screening, I felt as exhausted as the main hero. [Sitges 2018]
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