All is Lost

Robert Redford

Simple, engrossing man-against-the-sea drama. The perils of the sea and the will to survive are front-row here in this extraordinarily demanding (for Redford) script. He looks pretty grizzled now but he successfully convinced as a capable, methodical man who uses all his resources to battle back against enormous indifferent forces.

The arc of the story is determined by the title...so suspense wasn't an issue. It was more a demonstration of how much a man can endure and just how tenacious is the hold on life...and what a man can do to stay alive if he keeps his wits about him.

Kudos to Redford for this one. An award perhaps? This film raises the bar for sea-survival dramas.

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