Redundant and unnecessary.

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Expected more

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Thouching the Void If you like extraordinary and real history, you have read this book Thouching the Void by Joe Simpsom in 1988 and watching the film created in 2003. This film is adapted the Bestseller and account the real history about Joe Simpsom and your courage and ability to survive in a very difficult situation. It's all about Joe's accident when he climbed with your friend Simon in Peru it's set on Siula Grande in Codillera Huayhuash in 1985. The main characters are Joe Simpsom and Simon Yates and it tell story of how Joe survive the terrible accident when they were down Siula Grande and when they thought that would die. Joe describes his terrible experiences on Siula Grande when he broke your right leg and after he falled on the cliff and waited your dead. The characters are strong and they had make important decision to survive. This film is adapted the book that is a important Bestseller. It is a very good story. I enjoyed the book and film. Its theme is challenging to many people. I chose it because I like a good story of the courage. You will like it.

I've seen quite a lot of films and generally like all genre. So I don't mind watching a documentary every now and then. And I never review any title before as most of the time, most existing reviews are more or less conforms to what I think of about a particular film. But after watching Touching the Void, I feel really compelled to say a word or two. It is by far the best docudrama I've ever seen.As a film, it is near-perfect. The way they shoot some scenes was very effective especially during the climbing and their descent before the broken leg tragedy. At times, I kind of forget that it was all re-enactment of the events narrated by the legendary mountaineers.Despite knowing that both of them survived at the end, some scenes were really heartbreaking. The film effectively shows the state of utter hopelessness in Joe's struggle for survival. One can only imagine what he'd been through after falling down into an ice crevice, with a broken leg, extremely dehydrated while already exhausted both physically and mentally - basically lost in a middle of nowhere with very low chance of survival. And as someone who has been through some kind of utter hopelessness situation myself, at least mentally, I can totally relate on a certain level.And despite the overwhelming odds, he never stopped struggling and kept going and hoping, knowing full well that he and only he himself will be able to get him out of there. And as the story goes on, you can't help but be dragged along through his painful struggle from the way he climbed out of the crevice, dragging himself slowly off the huge icy area and to the excruciatingly painful scenes of repeated falling downs in the rocky area.And finally to his rather humorous and yet quite creepy and sad state of mental breakdown with the Boney M song after yet again faced with hopeless situation that will be the end of him, so it seems. And it was expected of someone who has gone through such perilous ordeal. For me, he really did, in a sense, touched the void.And in the end, you can't help but cheer and be happy for him and at the same time relieved as he did finally found by his friends, and survived to tell this heroic survival story.This film is one of the very few out there that truly shows the amazing capability of human body and mind for survival. For many, it seems almost superhuman and considered impossible given the odds and circumstances.And I don't know how they do the effects, if any, but the state of the actors after been through such ordeal was very real, from the extremely dehydrated facial skins, their expressions and the blacked fingers due to frostbites.Overall, this docudrama is near-perfect in my opinion. In term of film that portrays the human struggle to survive, it is the BEST I've ever seen. I'm so glad to finally seen it after been able to get my hands on it very recently. Rated 9/10!

As someone who is into high altitude hiking i can definitely relate to the dangers and loneliness of the mountains.Stories like this prove once again that real life is the greatest drama. This is exactly why movies do not always need to be entirely scripted for it to have an interesting story.This movie is not just about mountaineering, it gives us a better look at the human mind. Most of us have been there, a crossroad where we must decide to either keep going forward, or wait it out until everything goes completely dark.This is not just about climbing mountains, it is about life and the importance of going forward, however dire the situation becomes.In a way, climbing is the struggle of life. For me, that is why i enjoy the mountains. It makes me understand life better. I highly recommend this movie, even if you just want to see human drama. One of the best i have seen so far.

'Touching the Void' is the most extraordinary story of survival I have ever encountered. It is brought to life through the fantastically creative talents of the film maker and the honest, moving accounts of the protagonists.The story is so incredible that it is actually difficult to imagine how survival was possible - even though we are being told the story by those involved! The film is technically brilliant and does not succumb to overly dramatic devices - not least because it doesn't need them: if you are not absolutely transfixed by the simple facts then no amount of special effects and invasive music would move you.I thoroughly recommend this film / story as the very definition of determination in the face of impossible odds.