Beyond the Reach
Beyond the Reach
R | 17 April 2015 (USA)
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A high-rolling corporate shark and his impoverished young guide play the most dangerous game during a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert.

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Hellen

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Titreenp

SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

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Protraph

Lack of good storyline.

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Sarita Rafferty

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

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cmovies-99674

PROS: Hands down the best part of this movie was the acting. I haven't seen acting this good in such a long time. The genuineness and rawness the actors showed was incredible. The characters shared bonds that initiated much of their decisions. The environment was a character in this film. You don't often find that the setting/scenery in which the movie takes place to be so influential, but in this case the environment really acts as though it is its own person. The desert had character development and personality. It played a key role in what made this film what it was. The other thing to point out would be how unparalleled the story ark was compared to any other film I have seen. There was man vs. wild and man vs. man and those two attributes were very well articulated throughout the film. CONS: The one thing for me would have to be how confusing the end of the movie got. I was stuck with the legitimacy of the storyline. The whole film you were gifted with an exceptional idea and setting, but at the end you get a very unwelcoming slap in the face when the movie tries to add stuff that it really didn't need. The extra bells and whistles weren't able to enhance the film which is what their goal was, but in fact it actually drew away from the pureness and integrity of it.www.chorror.com

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zardoz-13

What was producer & star Michael Douglas thinking when he decided to remake the movie-of-the-week suspense saga "Savages" with French director Jean-Baptiste Leonetti making his English language debut at the helm? Talk about an overcooked contrivance! "Beyond the Reach" doesn't deviate too far from author Robb White's novel "Deathwatch" about a lunatic big-game hunter on safari for bighorn sheep in the desert who accidentally shoots an innocent bystander that he mistakes for a sheep. The twentysomething guide that the hunter hired to help him find the sheep refuses to accept a bribe to keep quiet about the blunder. "Grudge" scenarist Stephen Susco has adapted White's novel so that Michael Douglas is cast as the wealthy hunter while John Irvine plays the idealist guide. A handful of other characters flesh out the cast, including Ronny Cox and Hanna Mangan Lawrence. If you've seen Lee H. Katzin's movie-of-the-week "Savages" (1974), you won't be surprised by anything that happens in this big-budget rehash. "Beyond the Reach" reached only limited release for a mere two weeks in theaters. Douglas looks like he was doing a rift on his "Wall Street" villain Gordon Gekko, but to what end was he aiming. Mind you, production values are sterling. Oscar-winning lenser Russell Carpenter of "Titanic" fame makes everything look dazzling in the sprawling desolation around Shiprock, New Mexico, when this lackluster tale unfolds. Douglas has ramped up the stakes. Instead of being a lawyer, Douglas portrays a well-heeled entrepreneur who is making a business deal to relocate his American-based company to China if he doesn't let the deal fall through because of his trigger-happy urge for another wall trophy. Under Andy Griffith in the original, Douglas' character John Madec travels with only the best. He cruises into the Mojave Desert in a half-million dollar Mercedes SUV equipped with everything imaginable short of an android. Ultimately, "Beyond the Reach" boils down to a game of wits between the underdog Road Runner—the savvy guide with desert survival experience—and Madec's Wile E. Coyote killer. Watch the original made-for-television version instead of this bombastic waste of time.

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851222

Greetings from Lithuania."Beyond the Reach" (2014) is nice little flick for some boring evening. It has nothing special, nothing original, nothing really great yet it is an enjoyable thriller, but with a bad ending, very bad ending. Michael Douglas was the first and only reason why i saw this flick in the first place. He does not disappoint, but sadly there is almost absolutely nothing to do in here for THIS caliber actor. Jeremy Irvine is quite good in here, but the role doesn't requires much except for physical suffering. Overall, "Beyond the Reach" was nice little flick. I enjoyed for what it was, but the ending was terrible. That wouldn't happen in real life not in a million years. Who wrote THAT bad ending?

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LeonLouisRicci

Michael Douglas has been in His Share of Clunkers Over His Long and Varied Career. But Here He Literally Made This One, He was the "Money Man" Behind it and Helped its Appeal by Appearing in This Two Character Study that is Big on Scenery and Clichéd Stereotypical Characters that are of the Income Inequality Variety.This Isn't Awful, the Story Itself is Timeless Like the "Previously Underwater" Sprawling Environment. Of Course Douglas Playing a Soulless Sob Who Literally Takes a Pee on Nature. He Drives a Half-Million Dollar Car and "Sports" a Wonder Weapon to Shoot One of His Wall Trophies, a Mountain Ram.Things Go Sideways from the Start as He Hires Jeremy Irvine to be His Guide and Then Promptly Forces Him to Strip to His Undies (listening Girls) and the Chase is On. A Competent Time Filler with Enough Concern for Social and Ethical Issues and an Ending that Everyone Hates. You Can't Really Hate the Movie Because it is Well Done. It's Just Mediocre Movie Making that Has an Appeal but a Limited Appeal at Best.

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