Based on an incredible true story, the movie features an amazing cast and stunning visuals, but the script is poor with clipped, predictable dialogue and choppy scene transitions. It's almost like they chopped up a two and a half hour epic to fit into a 90 minute time slot. Brian Presley is beautiful and rugged and portrays the anguish of loss well, but it seems he was too busy writing to direct, too busy directing to act, and too busy acting to write. It was a definite positive to include the native Alaskan aspect of the story that is too often ignored in retellings. I really wanted to like this movie. The story of men and dogs braving the weather and treacherous terrain to deliver medicine and avoid a disastrous epidemic is thrilling and uplifting, but the movie just has too many issues.
Review of The Great Alaskan Race
