It is a true life depiction of how avid mountain climber and adventure freak Aron Ralston, gets trapped in the Blue John Canyon for 127 hours.
He goes off without leaving a note and no one knows his whereabouts during these 127 hours. He initially frantically tries to set his arm free, but later realizes that it is not going to help and slowly he uses all his memories of his past, his family, friends, his lady love and he even hallucinates about a talk show where he has a conversation with himself and he really repents his state.
He finally does the unthinkable after surviving with bare minimum water, food and protection. He even drinks his own urine to survive. He cuts his arm off in a moment of sheer desperation to survive. He leaves the place in a rescue chopper after he finally finds help through some other fellow climbers.
Hits
- James Franco literally lives the role. We can feel the pain through him.
- A.R. Rahman provides some soul lifting BGM for the scenes when Aron is in the process of severing his arm and also in the final sequences when he shouts for help after escaping the canyon. Fills us with tears and goose bumps.
- The cinematography is imposing particularly in the sequence when the camera moves top angle to show us the extent of the depth of the crack that Aron is stuck in
- The dialogues are quite brilliant and emotional particularly the final dialogue by Aron after his escape “I need help. I need water. I got stuck in a crack. I cut my arm”. When complemented by ARR’s BGM, it is time to get overwhelmed by a swirl of emotions.
VERDICT
Sheer triumph of the human spirit and the will to survive. Great cinema by Danny Boyle to bring to the silver screens the life of a great adventurer and survivor, Aron Ralston.
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