Powerful film and story with a fine cast, enjoyed every second of it. It’s funny how the cast were changing how many they were in each scene to the point it looked like there was more at the end than at the beginning ha

The power of this movie when it first came out was not lost on 12-year old me, and this film has stuck with me through the years. The carnal ferocity they fought for life was depicted really well in this film, and the I just saw the new film based on the story (https://trakt.tv/movies/society-of-the-snow-2023), and this film does a much better job of reflecting how harsh things were.

It's a good film, based on a true story - which always increases the watchability of a film anyway. Although they're stuck in the same place with no new characters for the majority of the film, and the film is LONG, it's not hard to watch. The only criticism I have is cgi isn't amazing (which is okay for 1993 but just look at Titanic less than five years later in 1997) and the ending is abrupt. There's a beginning, a middle and then all of a sudden, it's the end. I won't give any spoilers but you really want to see what happens at the end. Instead, they just kinda talk about it and then they skip to where it happens. The ending should be the most euphoric part but to me it was probably the beginning. Still, it's an instant classic so worth the watch.

The film itself perhaps has some flaws but the story is so intriguing that it makes up for some of its short falls.

The amazing and terrifying true story of survival in a hostile environment.