The Way Back (I) (2010)
7/10
Beautiful scenery, flawed storytelling
8 November 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Yes I loved the movie, because it's great to watch a survival road trip from Siberia to Lake Baikal, through the Ghobi Desert, china, Tibet & finally India. Beautiful shots! The suffering in Russia & Mongolia was really shown very well, You could almost feel the blisters of the desert sun on your own face.

However, so many mistakes in the storytelling department: some characters were not worked out (of one I only remember he liked salt, Mark Strong's character arc wasn't properly closed) some parts so rushed (china & Himalaya were crossed in a minute). I really disliked the ending; they should've told us what happened to the other survivors (I.e. In the ending titles), instead they only showed it for the main character. Also, in the ending titles I would have expected them to tell "they walked for x months and walked y miles"). So many missed opportunities that a 7/10 is the highest score possible.
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