Customer Reviews

Escape From Alaska

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I saw this movie on TV, it was under the name Avalanche. I tried to find it everywhere. One day a stumbled across it at a movie shop in the mall. I was sooooo happy. The special effects in this movie are far from today's standards, but the characters I believe are worth it. I am happy to have it in my collection.

Some good photography of Alaska and the native wildlife. The acting is 3 stars and the scenery is 5 stars. There are exciting special effects and exciting flying in a two-seater airplane. A large avalanche is very dramatic in the second half of the film. Most of the action in the film in total is in the second half.

Let me start by saying I rented this from the local video store with high hopes based on the back of the DVD. The story line is very interesting and pulled me in. The scenery was really nice (which gives it the 1.5 stars)

But, and I do mean BUT it was painful to watch! The special effects were so bad that I have seen local kids produce better things. The snow scenes where the avalanche goes through the town were obviously scales as they looked like models.

The premise is that there is a new pipeline being built over the tundra and into Juneau, which is in a valley and the main character thinks that there is just to much chance for something to go wrong and a giant avalanche to bury the town. You see she has a past experience with avalanches as she has lived through one from years ago. So now she is with the EPA and out to stop the project, almost reluctantly with the help of a former friend. There is even a scene with a wild wolf cub... (Cute but not real believable)...

On top of that the acting was just ok. I didn't believe the characters though I have seen some of these same actors in other movies, do well. There were just way to many unbelievable scenes to enjoy the movie.

Don't spend your money on this one if you must then rent it.

What can one say about a movie that offers such gorgeous vistas of the beautiful Alaskan countryside? Admit it - those of us who have never experienced such wonder can only stare in awe at the tremendous power of the avalanche. Add Thomas Ian Griffith's dimples, Caroleen Feeney's birthmark, F. Lee Ermey's continued lack of acting ability; C. Thomas Howell's quick departure, and some adequate special effects, you can't help but be entertained by this cornball thriller. Some cute animals, and a nice turn by Geoffrey Lower as a villain make ESCAPE FROM ALASKA good escapist fare!

There is a little bit of everythiing in this movie - plot, pretext, suspense, action, mystery, and romance.

There's nothing wrong with this movie..... and of course it's cornballed. Thomas Ian Griffith is famous for those.

Effects good as can be expected for this type of movie.
Story line of a couple in love and then to have to face the lose of the lover [husband] is always touching.

Concerns for the environment and wildlife fleshes out the story of sorrow and lose.
The oil refinery appears to be the villian here [or rather the people managing it]. The reasons behind the treachary adds mystery to the story and the lose of friendship between Dr. Lia Freeman and her husband's pilot friend adds depth to it.

The oil people hopes Dr. Freeman is nothing but an alarmist and too emotionally involved.
I was expecting an explosion of the plane.

Of course Grifith's bed interest was a bit trite [or silly] but what can you expect from the male intellect.
An how else is anyone going to see what looks like an actual avalanche? [that snow looked good after all this heat].

Not matter what any one says it is good entertainment. What else do we want? We seem to be spoiled with high-powered Tech.

I agree with the reviewer before me. I rented this to watch with my kids one afternoon thinking it would be a great wilderness adventure movie. My kids even kept saying,"Mom, that looks so fake"... they said this many times during the movie. The scenery was pretty but the acting just so-so. I wouldn't recommend this although it had very few cuss words and no sex or voilence. This was a plus since my kids watched it with me.