The Walk (2015)

Release date: 2015-10-09
Country: USA
Language: English|French|Czech
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Production Co: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), TriStar Productions, ImageMovers
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Rating: 7.3/10
Length: 2h 3min

Storyline

Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man - Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) - has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Petit and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan. Robert Zemeckis, the director of such marvels as Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future, Polar Express and Flight, again uses cutting edge technology in the service of an emotional, character-driven story. With innovative photorealistic techniques and IMAX 3D wizardry, The Walk is true big-screen cinema, a chance for moviegoers to viscerally experience the feeling of reaching the clouds. The film, a PG-rated, all-audience entertainment for moviegoers 8 to 80, unlike anything audiences have seen before, is a love letter to Paris and New York City in the 1970s, ...

Plot Keywords

new york city, 1970s, skyscraper, based on true story, world trade center manhattan new york city, world trade center, manhattan new york city, frenchman abroad, planning, fear of heights, mentor protege relationship, talking to the camera, year 1973, street performer, circus performer, newspaper, newspaper headline, notre dame cathedral, mime, statue of liberty new york city

Short Review

The Walk turns what is a relatively straightforward act - albeit a scarily placed one - into something stunning by restoring a sense of physicality to what's happening onscreen.