Bear Island [1979]

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Home Page About MacLean MacLean's Life and Writing Alistair MacLean: A Life Alistair MacLean: The Key is Fear Alistair MacLean's War Book Reviews BOOK RATINGS - best to worst The Secret Ways The Satan Bug Ice Station Zebra H. I hadn’t seen this film since it came out at the theater and maybe a network debut the following year and upon this revisit, time hasn’t marred my judgement. The Third Reich ended here…The Fourth Reich is just beginning…’ runs the tagline for Don Sharp’s 1979 Alistair MacLean adaptation, a big all-star action movie that was way out of fashion with critics and audiences back in the day. Left stranded, the cast must have drawn straws for lines like 'This is no place for scientists who can't control themselves'.

Sehenswert sind jedoch die beeindruckenden Landschaftsaufnahmen, die in Alaska und Kanada gedreht wurden und für die Alan Hume verantwortlich war, der sich damit für die nächsten drei Bond-Filme als Kameramann qualifizierte. We're delighted to be working on an international picture", said second unit director Alan Simmonds. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

This movie was intended as the first in a series of Alistair MacLean adaptations, which would have included "El Dorado", "Athabasca", "Night Without End", and "The Way to Dusty Death".

For a certain kind of guy, that’s more than enough reason to tune in, but there’s lots more going on. Barely anyone escapes without putting on a silly accent, and Donald Sutherland makes for a compelling lead (like, who knew).it's routine adventure- flick stuff: blood, guts and (a little) suspense intercut with acting of appalling quality, and dialogue that makes one yearn for the days of silent movies.