It seems odd a film starring Michael Douglas has received such a limited release . Douglas as you may remember was one of the biggest names in Hollywood . The characters he played were rarely likable but always manly , perhaps too much so . But if you wanted someone to play an Alpha male control freak Douglas was the guy to hire and with this film BEYOND THE REACH he still shows what he's good at
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Based on a novel by Robb White BEYOND THE REACH has already been adapted to media back in 1974 as SAVAGES a television movie when America made very impressive and thrilling TVMs . The concept of the premise wasn't all that original when White wrote his novel being a remake of sorts of THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME and THE NAKED PREY . The premise involves Ben a young trekking guide being hired by a businessman called John Madec to take him on a hunting expedition to the Desert and because of a fatal accident Ben finds himself being stalked by Madec
Frenchman Jean Baptiste Leonetti does very well in showing us the inhospitable environment of a dry merciless arid desert . The best time of year to watch this is on a cold winter evening because you actually feel the heat blazing out of the screen . Ben being slowly tortured to death by the cruel , burning sun is what works best in this thriller though it should be noted that after a while you start noticing Leonetti overdoes the close ups a bit too often but this is only a minor criticism and for the most part you know you're watching a very good thriller . There is a major problem and that is the production team don't keep faith in the simple premise of "Man being hunted in the desert" and when the film reaches its natural climax there's an extra ten minutes nailed on at the end that feel they belong in an entirely different film all together which is rather perplexing and means BEYOND THE REACH ends up becoming a good thriller instead a very good one
!!!! SUGGESTIVE SPOILERS !!!!!
Based on a novel by Robb White BEYOND THE REACH has already been adapted to media back in 1974 as SAVAGES a television movie when America made very impressive and thrilling TVMs . The concept of the premise wasn't all that original when White wrote his novel being a remake of sorts of THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME and THE NAKED PREY . The premise involves Ben a young trekking guide being hired by a businessman called John Madec to take him on a hunting expedition to the Desert and because of a fatal accident Ben finds himself being stalked by Madec
Frenchman Jean Baptiste Leonetti does very well in showing us the inhospitable environment of a dry merciless arid desert . The best time of year to watch this is on a cold winter evening because you actually feel the heat blazing out of the screen . Ben being slowly tortured to death by the cruel , burning sun is what works best in this thriller though it should be noted that after a while you start noticing Leonetti overdoes the close ups a bit too often but this is only a minor criticism and for the most part you know you're watching a very good thriller . There is a major problem and that is the production team don't keep faith in the simple premise of "Man being hunted in the desert" and when the film reaches its natural climax there's an extra ten minutes nailed on at the end that feel they belong in an entirely different film all together which is rather perplexing and means BEYOND THE REACH ends up becoming a good thriller instead a very good one