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Dir: Hany Abu-Assad (15, 103 mins)
Idris Elba and Kate Winslet team up in this survivalist romance that pits his surgeon and her photojournalist against each other and the elements. Desperate to get home as weather conditions worsen, Winslet and Elba decide to share a charter plane so that he can be back in time to perform an operation and she can be back for her wedding. The plane crashes in the snowy mountains of Colarado, the now dead pilot made no official flight plan, so no one knows where they are and they have to rely on each other to reach civilisation. The film relies heavily on chemistry, but with Elba and Winslet something is lacking. The exteriors are extraordinary, but the interior landscape of the characters feels half baked. Elba coasts on his charisma as Winslet tries to connect with him amidst the icy perils, creating a flawed, rather so-so relationship drama.
Opens Oct 6