127 Hours

Synopsis

Making an action film about a guy who can't move is a tough challenge - but Brit director Danny Boyle uses all the technical and creative tricks in his arsenal to ensure this film is never less than gripping. The guy in question is real-life mountain climber and thrill junkie Aron Ralston, whose arm is trapped by a fallen boulder in an isolated Utah desert canyon. Over the next five days, slowly dying of starvation and with only a blunt pocket knife, some climbing ropes and 300 ml of water to draw on, he resorts to desperate measures to survive, while looking back over the mistakes of his life.