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A visceral thriller set in the rugged Alaskan wilderness, The Edge augments its man-against-nature theme with complications deriving from human fear and treachery. Things get off to a shaky start when middle-aged billionaire Charles Morse (Anthony Hopkins) accompanies his supermodel trophy wife, Mickey (Elle Macpherson), on a shoot staged by smug photographer Robert Green (Alec Baldwin) and his weak-willed assistant, Steven (Harold Perrineau). When their sightseeing trip ends with a plane crash in a dense, remote forest, the three men are forced to rely on each other while finding their way back to civilization -- but distrust rears its ugly head and eventually pits moneybags against shutterbugs. As the bookish intellectual whose superior knowledge makes him a formidable survivalist, Hopkins is perfectly cast and extremely effective. Baldwin, likewise, is well suited to the role of the arrogant photographer. David Mamet’s script isn’t very strong on character motivation, and some of the situations strain credulity, but Mamet’s dialogue is characteristically terse and biting. The muscular direction of Lee Tamahori (Along Came a Spider) keeps things moving at a slam-bang pace and wrings every drop of suspense from the characters’ predicaments -- especially their pursuit by a huge, incensed Kodiak bear. The Edge is well titled: That’s the part of the chair on which you’ll be perched for the duration of this unbearably tense flick. Ed Hulse

All Movie Guide

Billionaire Charles Morse (Anthony Hopkins) accompanies his much-younger wife Mickey (Elle Macpherson) and a fashion photography team headed by Bob Green (Alec Baldwin) to a remote lodge in Alaska. Charles is a quiet, introspective man, fond of accumulating trivia and other facts in his encyclopedic mind; he is also troubled with the idea that Bob and Mickey may be lovers. Even though he suspects the younger man plans to kill him, Charles goes with Bob and his assistant Stephen (Harold Perrineau) on an airplane trip to find a photogenic friend (Gordon Tootoosis) of the lodge owner (L.Q. Jones), but the plane crashes in a lake, killing the pilot. The crash is miles from their planned path, so they can't expect to be spotted by an aerial search; there's only one chance: they have to walk to a more likely spot.Though Robert and Stephan are more physically fit, Charles' calm wit and ingenuity proves the key to their survival, especially after a ferocious bear brutally kills Stephen. Robert and Charles' odyssey becomes more urgent when they discover that the bear is now stalking them. Bill Warren

Chicago Sun-Times

The Edge is like a wilderness adventure movie written by David Mamet, which is not surprising, since it was written by Mamet. It's subtly funny in the way it toys with the cliches of the genre. Roger Ebert

Product Details

• UPC: 086162104268
• Source: 20TH CENTURY FOX
• Region Code: 1
• Aspect Ratio: Cinemascope (2.35:1)
• Presentation: Wide Screen
• Sound: Dolby Digital Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
• Language: English, Français
• Subtitles: English, Español
• Time: 2:00:00
• Sales Rank: 24,047

This DVD is also available as part of a box set:

• Edge / Tigerland