Winslett playing Alex Martin, a famous photo-journalist, is stranded with him and equally desperate to travel as she is due to get married in New York the following day. Elba plays Ben Bass, a neuro-surgeon stranded at Boise airport who has to get back to Baltimore for an important operation.
And he is the best thing in the film: lots of the brooding look that he is so famous for. Here he is given more of a chance to shine, in what is almost a two-hander with Kate Winslet ("Triple 9", "Steve Jobs") for most of the film.
Although he's had some strong supporting roles ("Molly's Game" and "Star Trek Beyond" for example) and small bit parts in the Marvel universe, when he has landed a lead role they are in films best forgotton (e.g. Civilization is many kilometres away across snowy and elevated terrain.Idris Elba after scoring a mammoth hit with UK TV's "Luther" has really struggled to make a breakthrough as a leading man into A-grade movies. Did I mention that he’s adorable? The dog, not the pilot.īad things happened, and now the wrecked plane rests atop a Utah mountain (actually one in B.C., where this was filmed) with no pilot and no radio or cellphone signal. So Alex and Ben, complete strangers, did what any sensible people would do and hired a tiny charter plane, flown by a sketchy pilot (Beau Bridges) and his friendly dog. Ben, a neurosurgeon, had important doctor stuff to attend to.Īn approaching winter storm prevented their commercial flights from taking off from the Salt Lake City airport. Alex, a photojournalist, was supposed to be flying to her wedding. The humans do have a reason for being miserable. The same can’t be said of his human companions: feisty Alex (Winslet) and studly Ben (Elba), who look like they’re going to freeze, starve or argue unto death, whichever comes first. He manages to remain perky and adorable at all times, despite being stranded inside a crashed airplane atop a high peak in the Rockies. The pooch in question, a Labrador retriever with more personality than a basketful of puppies, deserves marquee status along with his Hollywood companions. The Mountain Between Us is a survival romance starring Kate Winslet, Idris Elba and a dog with no name.
Starring Kate Winslet, Idris Elba and a dog.
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